Support contract for GE gas turbines

Canada’s Public Works and Government Services has extended the contract for a further three years, with a two-year option. The original five-year contract began in 2001, and was renewed in 2006 for an additional five years. According to GE, as a result the RCN can dedicate resources to other equipment and maintenance tasks. In addition, the arrangement has led to a decrease in administrative functions such as procurement, inspection and technical support, and material and inventory management associated with the LM2500. The RCN is said to see considerable benefits from the contract’s spare LM2500 inventory control features.

Backed by GE’s global network of field service technicians, the RCN has access to GE services, providing immediate onsite technical support 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week. Similar to the original contract, the scope of the renewed contract includes:

• Repair, overhaul and engineering support
• Parts warehousing and inventory management (including spare engines, supply of spare parts and replenishment of inventory)
• Field service representative support (home port and deployed)
• Support of RCN naval engineering school training curriculum for on-engine and equipment maintenance
• Operational level maintenance
• Configuration management
• Supply and distribution of technical manuals

“We are delighted that the RCN opted to extend the contract another three years, with a further two-year option, and that they see the many benefits which include a lower total cost of ownership for the fleet of 24 installed LM2500 gas turbines and spare engines,” said Brien Bolsinger, GE Marine general manager, Evendale, Ohio. “In fact, under this contract the RCN has witnessed an outstanding 100% availability over the past three years. The availability of the RCN’s LM2500 fleet over the first 10 years of the GE contract averaged 99.85%.”