Marine Design and Engineering Services 2015-2020

Naval Sea Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ on February 2, 2015, to provide marine design and engineering services to Norfolk Naval Shipyard's Engineering and Planning Department, with ordering authority closed as of July 31, 2020. The vehicle is no longer active for new task-order competition.

The scope spans ship checks, static and dynamic calculations, design and development of Ship's Installation Drawings (SIDs), on-site engineering functions, combat system support, record drawing updates, weight and moment data, logistics support, and technical specifications supporting alterations, repairs, and improvements to naval ships. Task orders reflect this breadth—orders have funded LHA/LHD surge support, CVN refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) planning, SID development for multiple ship classes, and engineering analysis for surface combatants.

Competition concentrated sharply among the top primes. Gryphon Marine, LLC dominated with 80 orders and $63.2 million in combined potential value, representing roughly 61 percent of the vehicle's total. Gryphon Technologies, L.C. held 31 orders worth $20.2 million; Marine Systems Corporation held 50 orders worth $11.6 million. Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC and Bruce S Rosenblatt & Associates LLC round out the field with smaller portfolios. All ordering activity served a single customer: Naval Sea Systems Command itself.

The set-aside mix strongly favored unrestricted competition—181 of 194 orders (93 percent) carried no set-aside designation. Thirteen orders (7 percent) were awarded as total small business.

Task-order economics ranged from below $100,000 to several million dollars. The vehicle's combined potential value across all 194 orders reached $103.1 million, with $82 million obligated (80 percent). The largest individual orders exceeded $7 million in ceiling value; several orders in the 2017–2020 period each carried $2 million to $3.7 million ceilings. All orders used cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing. Ordering velocity declined sharply after 2017, dropping from 45 orders in 2017 to 14 in 2019 and 19 in 2020. Only one order was awarded after the vehicle's July 31, 2020 ordering deadline, in February 2021, suggesting wind-down activity. All task orders to this vehicle have completed performance.

This Master IDIQ in support of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard's (NNSY) Engineering and Planning Department is to provide marine design and engineering services for NNSY. Specific tasks include: Ship checks, Static and dynamic calculations, Design and development of Ship's Installation Drawings (SIDs), On-site engineering functions, Combat system support, Update and correction of selected record drawings, Calculations and design analysis, Drawing schedules, Ship check reports, Logistics support, Weight and moment data, and Other technical data and specifications necessary to accomplish a full range of alterations, repairs, and improvements to naval ships.