Messing and Berthing Barges Support

Naval Sea Systems Command established this Master IDIQ for depot-level troubleshooting, repair, renewal, refurbishment, modernization, maintenance, and testing of U.S. Navy living barges and their hull, mechanical, and electrical auxiliary systems, with the ordering period closing on February 9, 2025. The vehicle is now closed to new task orders; all 201 orders were placed during the five-year window from award on February 10, 2020 through the ordering deadline.

Ordering momentum accelerated consistently across the vehicle's active life, growing from 26 orders in 2021 to a peak of 48 in 2024, before declining to 21 in 2025 as the deadline approached. Combined potential value across all task orders stands at $203.9 million, with $195.1 million already obligated—96 percent of the vehicle's total capacity. Task orders range from under $50,000 to nearly $18 million, typically structured as firm fixed price awards against individual barge repair and sustainment requirements. Recent orders show concentrated value in periodic docking, maintenance availability, and restoration efforts tied to specific barge hull designations (YRBM, APL, YR series).

Competition concentrated among five primes. Colonna's Ship Yard, Incorporated dominates by potential value, holding $89.7 million across 27 orders—roughly 44 percent of the vehicle's total value. Bmft JV LLC and Lyon Shipyard Inc. follow closely, each with $40.6 million potential value but across 67 and 54 orders respectively, indicating lower average order size. Fairlead Boatworks, Inc. and East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC hold the remaining $33 million combined. All orders funded through Naval Sea Systems Command; no other agency placed work against this vehicle.

Set-aside distribution favored unrestricted competition: 187 orders (93 percent) carried no set-aside designation, while only 14 orders (7 percent) were designated Total Small Business. Work performed within 50 miles of Norfolk, Virginia, reflecting the vehicle's Hampton Roads geographic scope. All pricing was firm fixed price, with durations typically ranging from under one year to approximately two years for sustainment and maintenance availabilities.

Management, administrative and production support, materials, tools, equipment, facilities, and required support to accomplish a full range of depot level troubleshooting, repair, renewal, refurbishment, modernization, maintenance, and testing of U.S. Navy Living Barges and their auxiliary systems (hull, mechanical, and electrical) including the potential of periodic docking.