NAVFAC 8a MACC for Norfolk Shipyard and Medical Center

The Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command established this 8(a) competitive set-aside Master IDIQ for general construction services at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Naval Support Activity, and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia on August 15, 2019, with a shared ceiling of $95 million across all awardees and a last date to order of August 14, 2024 — ordering is now closed and no new task orders may be placed against this vehicle.

The vehicle has exhausted its ordering period. Its 46 task orders, awarded across a five-year active span, obligated the full $75.7 million combined potential value. Activity peaked in 2023 with 15 orders, then dropped sharply to 2 orders in 2024 before the ordering window closed.

Scope centers on firm-fixed-price design-build and design-bid-build projects including new construction, demolition, repair, alteration, and renovation of buildings and infrastructure. Work spans administrative, industrial, maintenance, warehouse, hangar, communications, medical, training, and utility facilities. Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and communication systems are included. Recent task orders show emphasis on fire alarm system replacements, electrical substation upgrades, roof replacements, HVAC systems, emergency generator installations, and structural preservation at the shipyard and medical center.

Turner Strategic Technologies, LLC dominates the prime field, holding 17 orders valued at $36.1 million — roughly 48 percent of combined potential value. Syncon LLC and Safeco-CDSI JV follow with 11 orders each ($18.2 million and $14 million respectively), capturing another 42 percent combined. Succor-Ocean JV and Global-Homeland JV One complete the five-awardee base. The Department of the Navy Installations Command represents approximately 75 percent of funding through 28 orders valued at $57 million.

The portfolio shows a marked divergence between the original 8(a) set-aside structure and actual utilization. Although advertised as a competitive 8(a) vehicle, only 4 of 46 task orders (9 percent) were placed as competitive 8(a), with 1 order (2 percent) under total small business and 41 orders (89 percent) issued without set-aside designation. Typical task orders range from under $1 million to mid-$4 million, with the largest single order at $5.3 million (fire alarm loop 3 replacement, awarded August 2022). Task order durations typically span 12 to 18 months.

The vehicle is spent. With the last order date closed nearly two years ago and all potential value obligated, pursuing work under this IDIQ is not viable; focus should turn to successor vehicles if NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic has issued new construction MACCs for this facility family.

General construction of DB and DBB projects include, but are not limited to, new construction, demolition, repair, alteration, and renovation of buildings, systems and infrastructure and may include civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, fire protection, and communication systems. Types of facilities include administrative, industrial, maintenance, warehouses, hangars, communications, personnel support, recreation, lodging, dormitory, medical, training, ranges, roads, etc. in support of Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Naval Support Activity and Naval Medical Center Portsmouth managed by NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic.