Modernization and Life Cycle Engineering for Cybersecure Machinery Control Systems and Networks

The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command established a Master IDIQ on July 30, 2021, for modernization and life cycle engineering support to cybersecure machinery control systems and networks across Navy surface ships, carriers, submarines, and service craft, with ordering authority expiring July 29, 2026—approximately one week remaining. The vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $249.7 million and is unrestricted; no set-aside applies at the vehicle level, though individual task orders show a mixed allocation.

Ordering momentum has been variable but active. The vehicle has generated 33 task orders across five years, with peaks in 2022 (10 orders) and 2024 (9 orders), but only 3 orders in 2025 through mid-July. The combined task-order potential value stands at $145.6 million, with $66.5 million obligated to date (46% drawdown). The most recent award was issued July 17, 2025.

The competitive landscape is highly concentrated. Noblis MSD LLC holds 14 orders valued at $70.9 million combined potential, and Life Cycle Engineering Inc. holds 13 orders valued at $55.5 million combined potential. These two firms account for roughly 87% of combined potential value across all 33 orders. Delphinus Engineering, Inc. is a distant third with $19.1 million across 2 orders. Seven distinct primes have won awards overall, but the long tail (QED Systems, Inc. and Research And Development Solutions, Incorporated) accounts for negligible volume.

Ordering is concentrated within Navy Sea Systems Command, which placed 32 of 33 orders valued at $142.4 million combined potential. All work funds the Department of the Navy.

The actual set-aside distribution across task orders shows 18 unrestricted orders (55%) and 15 small-business orders (45%), evenly split between sole-source and competitive small-business awards. Typical task-order values range from approximately $3.9 million to $25.3 million ceiling, with performance durations extending 12 to 36 months from award. Work is performed at Naval Sea Systems Command Philadelphia Division facilities, onboard Navy vessels at Norfolk and San Diego, and contractor facilities supporting machinery control system engineering, cybersecurity architecture, integrated logistics support, and quality assurance for surface combatants and amphibious platforms.

Engineering and Support Services in support of Modernization Programs for various HM&E systems and equipment. The programs consist of critical-path Life Cycle Engineering and System Modernization Support for efforts, such as Ship Change (SC)/SHIPALTs, as part of key production light-off and testing milestones during Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities. The installs are intricate and affect system arrangement, interface, and distributive systems. Work includes performance on shipboard and shore-based systems, in the areas of Cybersecure Engineering Support, Integrated Logistics Support, and Quality Assurance Support. The target platforms are primarily U.S. Navy Surface Ships, Carriers, Submarines and Service Craft. In addition to the Active and Reserve U.S. Navy ships, this contract will also support HM&E upgrades on Army watercraft, Coast Guard vessels, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) platforms, Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessels, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Vessels, land-based test sites, and other DOD platforms.