CNO Availabilities for Fast Attack Submarines

Naval Sea Systems Command established a Master IDIQ for CNO Availabilities on Fast Attack Submarines on September 2, 2025, with ordering authority through September 1, 2033. The vehicle is unrestricted (no set-aside), structured as a multiple-award contract with two work tiers — Lot 1 (Critical Systems) and Lot 2 (Non-Critical Systems) — and includes rolling admissions to add awardees periodically throughout the ordering period.

Ordering remains open with over seven years of procurement authority remaining. The originating solicitation sought discrete production, non-discrete production, and other work to support Navy repair, maintenance, and modernization of nuclear-powered attack submarines at four public shipyards: Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Norfolk, Virginia), Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton, Washington), Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (Honolulu, Hawaii), and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Kittery, Maine). Work encompasses preservation, structural and non-destructive testing, shipboard work, electrical services, component repair, and engineering support. Offerors need not own their own drydock.

The vehicle shows early momentum with 26 task orders awarded in September 2025 alone, all issued to distinct primes — Moog Military Aircraft LLC, Oceaneering International Inc., Colonna's Ship Yard Incorporated, Standard Inspection Services, General Dynamics Information Technology Inc., and a broader pool of 21 additional awardees. No prime has yet captured significant share; the five largest hold only 19 percent of orders by count and combined potential value. All customers are Naval Sea Systems Command.

Combined task-order potential value stands at $130 thousand, with all amounts obligated. Individual delivery orders carry ceiling values of $5 thousand, priced firm fixed price with completion dates of October 15, 2025. The narrow order values and immediate completion dates suggest these initial awards are technical proof-of-concept or planning buys rather than production work at scale. The vehicle is young and the order pattern atypical; future orders are likely to be substantially larger and longer-duration as the Navy scales production and modernization work across the four shipyards.