Payload Integration into Deep Submergence Systems - Hardware and Services

This vehicle is closed to new orders and no longer available for pursuit. Naval Sea Systems Command established the Payload Integration into Deep Submergence Systems Master IDIQ on September 27, 2019, with a last date to order of September 26, 2024—ordering ceased over a year ago.

The vehicle procured hardware fabrication, receipt inspection, ship checks, concept development, design work, testing, material handling, installation, removal, repairs, and life cycle support for deep submergence systems components including cradles, stowage equipment, handling equipment, and electronic control systems. Work encompassed both Deep Submergence Systems Scope of Certification (DSS-SOC) and non-DSS-SOC items, with performance at contractor facilities, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, and submarine bases.

American Systems Corporation dominated the vehicle, capturing 10 of 18 task orders with $13.1 million in combined potential value, while Oceaneering International Inc. held six orders valued at $6.2 million combined. Two small firms—Seacorp, LLC and Serco Inc.—each received a single $1 thousand order. All 18 orders carried unrestricted (no set-aside) competition. All customer funding came from Naval Sea Systems Command.

Task orders ranged from $1 thousand post-award kick-off meetings to a $11.1 million installation and removal services order (N6660419DL901-N6660424FL916, ceiling $11.1 million, obligated $7.2 million, completion March 20, 2026). Most orders carried cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing; two were firm-fixed-price. Task-order durations ranged from a few months to multi-year periods. The vehicle's combined potential value stood at $19.3 million, with $11.1 million obligated at closure (57% utilization).

Ordering activity peaked in 2021 with four orders, then stabilized at two to three orders annually through 2024. The vehicle was structured as a multiple-award IDIQ under FAR Part 15 full and open competition with no incumbent.

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.