Hull, Mechanical & Electrical Pierside Assists (HM&E)

The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ on August 16, 2019, for hull, mechanical, and electrical pierside assists on U.S. Navy and military vessels, including submarines, with a shared ceiling of $25 million. The vehicle is no longer active for new task orders; ordering closed on August 15, 2024.

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center in Norfolk, Virginia manages the contract. Ten prime contractors have been awarded task orders across 42 total awards. Lyon Shipyard Inc. leads by order count with 9 awards totaling $3.5 million in combined potential value, followed by Auxiliary Systems Inc. with 5 orders and $3.1 million. East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC holds 6 orders valued at $827 thousand. The top three primes by potential value represent 92 percent of all awarded work. The remaining seven contractors hold smaller shares; activity is moderately concentrated among the top two or three firms.

Naval Sea Systems Command placed 41 of the 42 orders; one order funded Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel. All 42 task orders carry no set-aside designation, making this an unrestricted vehicle.

The combined task-order potential value is $9.6 million, fully obligated. Recent ordering activity shows volatility: 10 orders in 2022, 2 in 2023, and 7 in 2024 (through September). Individual orders range from low thousands to $2.68 million for hull, mechanical, and electrical repairs to the TSV-4 Narragansett awarded September 10, 2024. Task orders are firm fixed price with completion windows typically between four and fourteen months. The vehicle employed minimum guarantees at award in 2019, most valued at $2,500 each per contractor.

Work is vessel-specific, supporting repairs and alterations to named ships including USS Bataan, USS Hugo, USS Narragansett, USS Dynamic, USS Monterey, and others, with performance at multiple Navy facilities and vessel locations.

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) of Norfolk, VA awarded this IDIQ for HM & E Pierside Assists in which the contractor shall furnish the necessary management, technical services, labor, material, support services and equipment to accomplish a full range of depot level repairs and alterations, troubleshooting, maintenance, installation, and removal of main and auxiliary HM & E equipment and systems onboard U.S. Navy or other military type vessels including submarines.