SWRMC Lubricating and Hydraulic Oil Systems 2012-2017

This Master IDIQ is no longer active — ordering closed on October 29, 2017, more than eight years ago. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command established the vehicle on October 30, 2012 to procure lubricating oil system flush and monitored hot lube oil flush services for Main Propulsion Diesel Engines on U.S. Naval Ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, California and the SUPSHIP Groton, Connecticut area.

Activity ended in May 2014, when only five task orders had been placed against the vehicle totaling $351 thousand in combined potential value, with all dollars obligated. Orders focused on lube oil flush services for LSD-class vessels, primarily USS Rushmore (LSD-47). Oilkleen, Inc. captured four of five orders ($348 thousand combined potential value); Commissioning Solutions Global, L.L.C. held one order ($3 thousand). All five task orders were Total Small Business set-asides, and all funding came from Naval Sea Systems Command.

Orders were firm-fixed-price and typically valued between $3 thousand and $139 thousand, with completion periods of several months. The ordering tempo declined sharply after 2013 — two orders in the first year, two in 2013, and one in 2014 — suggesting the Navy's need for this work was either satisfied or migrated to another contract vehicle.

Because the Master IDIQ's ordering period has expired, no new delivery orders can be placed under this vehicle. The historical pattern indicates highly concentrated activity under a single dominant prime, minimal competition, and narrow customer base, but that competitive picture is moot. Organizations pursuing similar work for Naval Sea Systems Command should evaluate current IDIQ vehicles or successor Navy contracts for ship maintenance services.

The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) Engineering Department, San Diego has awarded a Master IDIQ for providing Main Propulsion Diesel Engine (MPDE), lubricating oil system Flush and comprehensive Monitored Hot Lube Oil Flush on U.S. Naval Ships and other government vessels within a 50-mile radius of San Diego, California and SUPSHIP Groton, Ct. area.