HM&E Modernization Program

Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ to provide hull, mechanical, and electrical engineering and technical services for surface fleet, submarine, and shore-based installations on September 14, 2018, but ordering closed on September 12, 2023, more than two years ago. The vehicle is no longer accepting new orders.

The master IDIQ accrued 183 task orders totaling $257.8 million in combined potential value before the ordering deadline. As of the most recent data, $189.3 million (73% of combined potential value) has been obligated. Activity declined sharply in the final years: the vehicle issued 39 orders in 2020 and 40 in 2021, but only 21 in 2023 and 6 in 2024, reflecting the approaching closure. Orders continued through at least September 2024, suggesting delayed processing of task orders placed before the September 12, 2023 deadline.

Awarded work spans prototype engineering, system integration and installation, on-site technical support, alteration services, logistics support, system certification, and staging for destroyer, amphibious, submarine, and carrier platforms. Representative recent orders include cryogenic ventilation-system cleaning across surface combatants, amphibious assault ships, and carriers; sonar dome pressurization overhaul and training for DDG-51 class destroyers; potable water system installations on LHD-class amphibious assault ships; and specialized system repairs aboard submarines and Military Sealift Command vessels.

Competition is concentrated among five established primes: Delphinus Engineering holds 39 orders worth $83.8 million; HII Fleet Support Group holds 37 orders for $48.4 million; QED Systems holds 26 orders for $45.6 million; Epsilon Systems Solutions holds 24 orders for $30.2 million; and General Dynamics Information Technology holds 30 orders for $29.1 million. These five firms account for 152 of 183 orders and roughly 92% of combined potential value. Nearly all work is unrestricted (96% of orders), with only 5 small-business orders (3%) and 3 competitive 8(a) orders (2%). Naval Sea Systems Command funds 182 of 183 orders ($255.6 million combined potential value); the Defense Contract Management Agency placed one order ($2.3 million).

Task-order value ranges from less than $40,000 to $5.8 million, with most awards in the $500,000 to $3 million range. Pricing includes both cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-no-fee structures. Place of performance spans domestic shipyards, naval bases, and overseas locations including submarine refit facilities.

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) has awarded a Master IDIQ for engineering and technical services to include: Prototype engineering, system integration/installation, on-site technical, alteration services, integrated logistics, system certification support and staging support services in support of surface fleet, submarine, and shore-based installations in support of Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM & E) machinery and systems.