SeaPort-e

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) established SeaPort-e, a Navy multiple-award IDIQ for acquiring engineering, financial management, program management, and related professional services across 22 functional areas, but ordering closed on December 31, 2019, making this vehicle inactive for new task-order competition. The vehicle was awarded April 5, 2004, and succeeded by Seaport Next Generation (awarded January 2, 2019). No new orders may be placed; the most recent task order award occurred in August 2023 against the legacy vehicle, representing cleanup activity rather than active procurement.

SeaPort-e was structured to support Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, Military Sealift Command, and the Marine Corps through task-order competition in seven geographic zones. The platform attracted 4,455 distinct prime contractors, reflecting a deliberately broad competitive base under rolling-admission structure. Competition emphasized best-value evaluation and performance-based orders; no time-and-material pricing was permitted. The vehicle established a 33 percent small-business prime contracting goal and required large-business primes to subcontract at least 20 percent of obligated dollars to small businesses.

Task-order activity peaked during the vehicle's operational period and has declined sharply post-closure: 210 orders placed in 2019 (the final year), dropping to 6 in 2020, then 1 to 2 annually through 2023. Across 10,000 total task orders, Navy Naval Sea Systems Command dominated customer concentration, placing 7,381 orders (approximately 74 percent of awards) valued at $38.72 billion in combined potential. Science Applications International Corporation led prime concentration with 252 orders and $9.68 billion combined potential value, followed by General Dynamics Information Technology with 210 orders ($2.73 billion), and Booz Allen Hamilton with 164 orders ($4.06 billion). The top five primes collectively hold roughly 9 percent of order count but wider shares of potential value, reflecting consolidation in large-value awards.

Task orders span ship design and integration services, in-service engineering support, program management, cybersecurity, combat-systems engineering, and supply-chain support across naval platforms. Representative recent orders include PMS 377 professional support for amphibious platforms ($224.8 million ceiling), ship design services ($67.1 million ceiling), and submarine command-and-control engineering support ($122.7 million ceiling). Pricing structures favor cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-with-no-fee arrangements. The combined potential value across all task orders is $38.84 billion, with $77.15 billion obligated (a reporting artifact reflecting the difference between potential ceilings and cumulative obligations across the portfolio's lifecycle).

This vehicle is closed to new prime awards and active task-order placement. It remains relevant only for incumbent primes tracking legacy obligation patterns or for firms studying Navy service-contracting structure on successor vehicles.

SeaPort-e is the Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 22 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management. The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, SPAWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research, Military Sealift Command, and the United States Marine Corps compete their service requirements amongst 2400+ SeaPort-e IDIQ multiple award contract holders.