Ocean Engineering Services 2018-2023

Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded this Master IDIQ for ocean engineering services on April 25, 2018, but ordering closed on October 24, 2023, making this vehicle inactive for new task-order placement. The shared ceiling is $245 million. A predecessor vehicle, Ocean Engineering Services 2014-2018, was awarded in September 2014.

Of the $170.2 million in combined potential value across 110 task orders, $168.4 million (99 percent) has been obligated. Recent ordering momentum shows stable activity: the vehicle sustained 12 to 17 orders per year from 2020 through 2024, with 14 orders placed in 2024 alone—the most recent award dated October 21, 2024. This ongoing obligation activity, even after the ordering deadline, reflects the administrative tail of a maturing vehicle.

The scope centers on ocean cable systems, ocean work systems including shipboard load handling and undersea equipment, waterfront facilities, offshore structures, moorings, and ocean construction across arctic-to-tropical environments at all water depths. Task orders span cable fabrication and installation, fleet mooring sustainment and refurbishment, handling system spares and technical support for SURTASS vessels, horizontal directional drilling at shore facilities, and magnetic silencing facility work. Pricing runs both firm fixed price and cost-plus fixed fee.

Pcci, Inc. and Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. dominate by potential value, holding $50.1 million and $41.9 million respectively across their combined task orders. Oceanetics Inc. ($38.8 million, 32 orders) and GPA Technologies, Inc. ($25.7 million, 29 orders) follow; together these four primes account for 96 percent of combined potential value. The remaining three primes and a small tail of awardees hold the balance.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command placed 64 orders valued at $82.8 million; Naval Sea Systems Command placed 19 orders worth $47.6 million. The remainder funded other Navy organizations including Installations Command, Supply Systems Command, and Pacific Fleet Forces. Roughly 81 percent of orders carried no set-aside designation, with 19 percent designated small business—a mix skewed heavily toward unrestricted competition.

Task-order values vary widely, from under $100,000 to over $24 million (Guam Underwater Electro-Magnetic Measure, $24.5 million). Typical orders range from several hundred thousand to a few million dollars. Durations span from under one year to multi-year efforts with periodic extensions. Notable recent orders include the Spruce Cape, Kodiak Island HDD utility conduit design and installation awarded in October 2024 as a total small business order valued at $11.4 million.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center has awarded a Master IDIQ for Ocean Engineering services. Contractors will provide ocean engineering services in support of projects involving ocean cable systems, ocean work systems (such as shipboard load handling systems and undersea work systems), waterfront facilities, offshore structures, moorings, and ocean construction equipment. The work will be performed in environments ranging from arctic to tropic and at all water depths where construction, installation, maintenance, inspection, repair, and salvage operations may be needed