Metro Machine Corp, doing business as General Dynamics NASSCO Mayport, was awarded a $171,264.44 firm fixed-price purchase order on November 21, 2025, for voyage repair services supporting USS San Antonio (LPD-17) during its fourth fleet deployment. The contract, funded by US Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet), encompasses two specific work items: repair of a Bridge Ramp Slip Coupling by authorized Original Equipment Manufacturer Jered LLC and installation of a Number 7 Air Conditioning Compressor Motor by authorized OEM Hansome Energy Systems Inc. Work will be performed in Ponce, Puerto Rico, with a completion date of December 16, 2025. This procurement was conducted as a sole-source, non-competitive acquisition under the simplified acquisition threshold, with no small business set-aside designation applied.
The award supports the LPD-17 San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock program, a Major Defense Acquisition Program managed by the U.S. Navy that produces amphibious warfare vessels for transporting and deploying Marines and their equipment. Metro Machine Corp, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, serves as a critical sustainment contractor for the Atlantic Fleet and maintains two substantial Indefinite Delivery Contracts valued at approximately $1.67 billion for surface ship maintenance and littoral combat ship services through 2026 and 2029, respectively. The contractor's extensive experience includes repair and modernization services for guided missile destroyers and other surface combatants homeported at Naval Station Mayport.