Non-Skid Removal and Application

The Naval Sea Systems Command established this Master IDIQ for non-skid removal, surface preparation, and application services on U.S. Navy vessels on February 11, 2021, with a final ordering date of February 11, 2026—which has now passed. The vehicle is no longer active for new orders, though awarded work continues to completion.

The vehicle executed 185 task orders across a five-year span with $38.3 million in combined potential value, of which $38.2 million (100 percent) has been obligated. Ordering momentum declined steadily: from 43 orders in 2022 to 12 in the partial year 2026 (through April). The most recent award dates to April 13, 2026, three months ago, indicating work continues under orders placed before the vehicle's closure.

The scope is tightly focused on deck surface restoration and non-skid installation: removal of existing deck covering and underlayment, abrasive blasting, ultra-high-pressure water-jet cleaning, surface preparation, primer application, and new non-skid deck covering installation. Awarded task orders confirm the work applies to active Navy vessels including carrier strike groups (USS George H.W. Bush, USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Harry S. Truman, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, USS George Washington), amphibious vessels (USS Arlington, USS Fort Lauderdale, USS New York, USS Wasp, USS Iwo Jima), guided-missile destroyers (USS Cole, USS James E. Williams, USS Gonzalez, USS McFaul, USS Nitze), and landing craft air-cushion (LCAC) platforms.

Surface Technologies Corporation dominates the vehicle with 141 of 185 awards and $30 million of the $38.3 million combined potential value—capturing roughly 78 percent of all opportunity by dollars. International Flooring & Protective Coatings Inc. holds 20 orders worth $4.8 million, and South Bay Sand Blasting And Tank Cleaning, Inc. holds 16 orders worth $3 million. The remaining two primes (UHP Projects and Main Industries) combined account for less than $400,000. Competition is functionally non-existent: Surface Technologies captures all but four of the top 20 task orders by value.

All 185 orders funded the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command; no other customer agency placed orders. The set-aside mix shows 170 orders (92 percent) issued as unrestricted competition and 15 orders (8 percent) as Total Small Business set-asides. Task-order values range from under $4,000 to roughly $1.07 million, with firm-fixed-price pricing throughout. Representative single-vessel projects on carrier-class ships run $850,000 to $1.04 million; smaller naval vessels and LCAC craft generate orders of $25,000 to $250,000. Completion dates typically fall within two to five months of award.

With the ordering window closed and prime concentration extreme, new entrants face a closed vehicle. Existing awardees with past performance on Navy vessel non-skid work may pursue successor vehicles if the Navy recompetes the capability.

Provide management, administrative and production services, materials, tools, equipment, and required support to accomplish removal of old deck covering and underlayment (including rubber base if present), abrasive blast, ultra high pressure water jet, and power tool clean decks; prepare surfaces, apply primer coatings, and install new non-skid deck covering onboard U.S. Navy or other military type vessels including submarines.