Upgrade Hull, Mechanical And Electrical Machinery Technology For Navy Modernization Programs

Naval Sea Systems Command established a five-year Master IDIQ on April 13, 2021, to provide hull, mechanical, and electrical (HM&E) machinery system integration and modification services for Navy shipboard and shore-based installations. The vehicle's last date to order is April 12, 2027, leaving approximately eight months of ordering authority. The vehicle carries an unrestricted competitive structure with no set-asides; nearly all of the 45 awarded task orders are unrestricted, with one small-business sole-source order representing 2 percent of the portfolio.

The vehicle is heavily obligated. Combined potential value across 45 task orders totals $71.6 million, with $70.8 million obligated to date (99 percent of potential value). Ordering momentum peaked in 2022 with 18 orders, declined to five orders in 2023, recovered slightly to eight orders in 2024, and has slowed to one order in 2025 as of January. The most recent order was awarded January 21, 2025.

Scope centers on ship change document (SCD) installations across multiple ship classes (CVN carriers, LHD amphibious assault ships, LPD dock landing ships, and others), including navigation systems, damage control systems, catapult systems, electronic rack units, and associated support. Orders specify engineering, technical services, materials, quality assurance inspection, and integrated logistics support at Naval shipyards (primarily Norfolk Naval Shipyard and Newport News Shipyard) and Naval bases. Work pricing follows cost-plus-fixed-fee or cost-no-fee models.

Competition is moderately concentrated among nine primes. General Dynamics Information Technology holds the largest combined potential value at $27.8 million across six orders (39 percent of total potential value). Continental Tide Defense Systems ranks second with $16.3 million across 11 orders. Delphinus Engineering, QED Systems, and La Playa Inc of Virginia round out the active participant base. These five firms control 93 percent of combined potential value. All task orders fund a single customer: Naval Sea Systems Command.

Provides all required labor and materials to integrate and modify shipboard and shore-based systems. Alteration/SC industrial services include prefabrication/fabrication, system/equipment pre-install checkout (PICO), shipboard installations, Integrated Logistics Support (ILS), material support, Quality Assurance (QA) inspection, engineering technical support, and completion documentation. Services are required to support various levels of ship systems integration. This integration covers component level upgrades through system level upgrades. Systems shall include HM&E and Electronic.