Payload Integration into Deep Submergence Systems - Hardware and Services

The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a multiple-award Master IDIQ, Payload Integration into Deep Submergence Systems - Hardware and Services, on September 27, 2019, for hardware procurement, fabrication, and receipt inspection, plus engineering, installation, removal, and repair services on Deep Submergence Systems Scope of Certification (DSS-SOC) items. Orders may be placed through September 26, 2029, and the vehicle carries a shared ceiling of $49,452,651 with no set-aside.

Ordering authority has 2 years and 10 months remaining, but activity has slowed. The vehicle has 19 task orders, the most recent awarded April 17, 2026, with annual counts of 4 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2024, none in 2025, and 1 in 2026. Combined task-order potential value is $21.7 million, of which $11.3 million (52%) is obligated.

American Systems Corporation holds 11 orders worth $15.5 million, and Oceaneering International Inc. holds six orders worth $6.2 million. Seacorp, LLC and Serco Inc. each received one $1 thousand kick-off order. Two firms account for 17 of 19 orders, so competition for work under the vehicle is concentrated. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command is the sole customer, placing 100% of orders. All 19 orders are No Set-Aside Used.

Recent orders buy DSS-SOC engineering support, technical data package development, installation and removal support, temporary alterations, cable and multiplexing system work, and hardware and material procurement. The solicitation also covered non-DSS-SOC hardware and services, and one 2021 order is for non-DSS-SOC hardware. The solicitation stipulated that DSS-SOC work requires authorization under NAVSEA Notice 5000 as a condition of award. Most orders are cost-plus-fixed-fee, while kick-off meetings and one hardware order are firm-fixed-price.

Ceiling values for non-kick-off orders in the recent set range from $8,977.99 to $11,129,106.00. The largest is Delivery Order N6660419DL901-N6660424FL916, for DSS-SOC installation and removal services, awarded March 19, 2024, with $7,122,384.90 obligated against an $11,129,106.00 ceiling. Most orders run between one and three years.

Performance is specified at contractor facilities, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, Rhode Island, and submarine bases.

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, RI (NUWCDIVNPT) Platform and Payload Integration Department, Code 40, has a requirement for procurement, fabrication, and receipt inspection of hardware, and for services to perform ship checks, develop concepts, conduct design activities, develop, test, perform controlled material handling, perform installation activities, perform removal activities on Deep Submergence Systems - Scope of Certification (DSS-SOC) items, perform repairs and develop life cycle support plans for software and hardware which include cradles, stowage and handling equipment, and electronic control systems.