Weight Handling Equipment

Naval Facilities Engineering Command established this Master IDIQ on June 8, 2023, to procure new weight handling equipment and overhaul existing bridge cranes, portal cranes, jib cranes, and gantry cranes for Navy, Marine Corps, and other federal activities worldwide. The vehicle is a total small business set-aside and carries a shared ceiling of $60 million, with ordering authority through June 7, 2028—approximately 22 months of ordering window remaining.

The scope spans design, fabrication, site survey and investigation, crane rail alignment survey and installation, demolition and removal of existing equipment in compliance with environmental disposal restrictions, runway and equipment electrification, crane installation, testing, and operational training. Cranes are designed and manufactured to CMAA 70 and CMAA 74 standards as modified by NAVCRANECENINST 11450.2A and must be certifiable under NAVFAC P-307. Applications range from general-purpose to complex, including handling of fissionable materials, molten metals, ordnance, and hazardous area work.

Task-order activity has declined significantly since award. The vehicle generated eight orders in 2023, two in 2024, four in 2025, and one in 2026. Fifteen total orders have been placed, with combined potential value of $17.4 million and 100 percent obligated against that value. Advanced Crane Technologies LLC holds the largest combined potential value at $8.7 million across three orders; Crane Technologies Group, Inc. follows with $7.4 million across five orders. These two primes capture roughly 93 percent of potential value. Seven distinct primes hold awards overall, with a small long tail of single- or dual-order contractors.

The customer base is heavily concentrated. Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 14 of 15 orders and $17 million in combined potential value. Marine Corps placed the single remaining order for $411 thousand. Work performs at naval shipyards and logistics bases, principally Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Maine), Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Pennsylvania), Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base (Georgia), Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Virginia), and Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow (California).

Set-aside activity shows 60 percent of orders designated Total Small Business and 40 percent unrestricted. Task-order ceilings range from $10 thousand (minimum guarantees) to $4.8 million (most recent award in January 2026 for portal crane modification at Norfolk Naval Shipyard). Firm fixed price is the predominant pricing structure.

This WHEMAC will be used primarily for the ordering of new, and the overhaul of existing, weight handling equipment of varying types (bridge cranes, portal cranes (overhaul only), jib cranes and gantry cranes) and lifting capacities for Navy, Marine Corps and other federal activities worldwide. The work contemplated under this WHEMAC will include, but not be limited to: site survey/investigation; design; fabrication; crane rail alignment survey/installation; demolition/removal of existing cranes and equipment in compliance with environmental disposal restrictions; runway/equipment electrification; crane installation; crane testing; and operational training.