Shipboard Habitability Ship Systems Alteration Development and Installation

The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the Shipboard Habitability Ship Systems Alteration Development and Installation, a multiple-award Master IDIQ for engineering, technical, and installation services on habitability spaces, facilities, distributive systems, and fixtures and equipment aboard military vessels, with ordering open through January 31, 2027. The originating solicitation, N64498-19-R-4018, was set aside for total small business, but task orders split 63% no set-aside (34 orders) and 37% total small business (20 orders). The vehicle carries a $986,320,480.48 shared ceiling, which is separate from the $165.8 million in combined task-order potential value. Of that potential value, $158.5 million (96%) is already obligated. Awarded May 3, 2021, the vehicle has roughly three months of ordering authority remaining. Fifty-four task orders have issued since May 13, 2021: 16 in 2022, 7 in 2023, 7 in 2024, 5 in 2025, and 3 in 2026, with the most recent on July 23, 2026.

Orders buy Alteration Installation Team engineering and production services to restore habitability standards in crew berthing, sanitary, and officer and chief petty officer spaces during restricted and docking availabilities. Other orders cover ship surveys and design support, CHT drain piping repair, food service and galley equipment replacement, laundry and dental reconfiguration, and deck covering on USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during its refueling complex overhaul. Every order shown is cost-plus-fixed-fee. The solicitation estimated 11,177,000 labor hours over five years under NAICS 541330, 541611, 541618, and 541715.

Delphinus Engineering LLC dominates with 21 orders and $101.1 million in combined potential value, more than the next three primes combined by value. QED Systems, Inc. (8 orders, $20.2 million) and Tecnico Corporation (9 orders, $19.9 million) follow, with Integrated Marine Services, Inc. (4 orders, $8.6 million) and Valkyrie Enterprises, LLC (5 orders, $7.9 million) behind them. Three smaller awardees complete the field of eight primes.

Naval Sea Systems Command places 52 of 54 orders ($149.9 million), and the Department of the Navy United States Pacific Fleet Forces places 2 orders ($15.9 million). Customer concentration is therefore effectively total.

Order values range from $0.00 placeholder orders to a $24.5 million food service equipment replacement on CVN 74 (N6449821F3114). Other large orders include $12.5 million for non-propulsion furniture on CVN 74 (N6449822F3154) and $10.6 million for SURFPAC engineering services (N6449822F3022). Ship-specific AIT orders mostly fall between $3 million and $5 million, and durations run from a few months to about three years. Work is visible at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Newport News (HII), and Pacific Fleet ship availabilities.

Engineering and technical support services for Habitability systems. Work is to consist of material procurement, tooling, equipment, labor and facilities for the design, installation and repair of Habitability Spaces, Facilities, Distributive Systems, Fixtures and Equipment. Habitability Spaces and Facilities consist of living, leisure and community spaces; sanitary spaces; food service and mess area spaces; medical and dental spaces; personnel service spaces i.e., barber shop, ship store, post office, disbursing, legal, gym, religious ministry and welfare, vending machine area; laundry and dry cleaning facilities; offices; workshops, laboratories and tool issue rooms; stowage, storerooms and store issue rooms.