Ocean Engineering Support Services

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command awarded a multiple-award Master IDIQ for Ocean Engineering Support Services on December 5, 2024, with a shared ceiling of $180 million and ordering authority extending through December 4, 2029. The vehicle is entirely set aside for small businesses under NAICS 541330 (Exception 3), with a size standard of $47 million.

The vehicle replaces a 2018 predecessor contract (N39430-18-D-2004) and covers ocean cable systems, ocean work systems, waterfront facilities, offshore structures, moorings, ocean construction equipment, load handling engineering, offshore structure installation, geotechnical surveys, and environmental permitting for ocean projects. The base period runs five years with an optional six-month extension; only the base period carries a minimum guarantee.

Seventeen task orders have been awarded since vehicle establishment, with ordering momentum accelerating from five orders in 2024 to eleven in 2025 and one in early 2026. Combined task-order potential value stands at $22.1 million, with $20.9 million obligated (95% of combined potential). Five prime contractors hold awards: Oceanetics Inc. leads by order count with eight orders valued at $8.2 million, while Makai Ocean Engineering Inc. holds the largest combined potential value at $8.4 million across two orders. Marine Ventures International, Inc. holds four orders worth $3.4 million. Roughly 65% of orders are unrestricted; 35% are small-business set-aside despite the vehicle's overall small-business-only designation—this indicates the Navy has exercised unrestricted authority within an eligible small-business pool vehicle.

Customer concentration is spread across five Navy commands, with Naval Sea Systems Command placing the highest volume (six orders, $13.4 million combined potential value). Funded work includes mooring system installation and refurbishment at Pearl Harbor and other Pacific facilities, electromagnetic research array deployment at Kauai, sensor system upgrades at Souda Bay Greece, marine handling system sustainment under cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements, and geotechnical characterization for horizontal directional drilling operations. Task orders are firm fixed price or cost-plus-fixed-fee, with individual values ranging from $10 thousand minimum guarantees to $8.4 million. Most recent major award was the Pacific Deep Electromagnetic Research Measurement Array system installation phase at Barking Sands, Kauai, valued at $8.4 million, awarded January 16, 2026.