MSC Ship Repair Industry Day Agenda (25-26 Feb 26).pdf

This document is an agenda for the 2026 Ship Repair Industry Day Meeting scheduled for February 25-26, 2026. The meeting is hosted by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and is designed to engage ship repair industry contractors and vendors on current and future naval ship maintenance and repair operations.

The February 25 agenda begins with registration at 0730 and includes presentations on industry support initiatives called "the Foundry" (RADM Nicholson), MSC small business programs (Leah Baker), and CONUS shipyard loading projections (Jim Goodheart). Key sessions address finance topics including invoicing (Cindy Logan/Gary Glover) and contracting updates covering contract modification timeliness, Prompt Payment Act compliance, and common industry concerns (Juliann Krogh). The N7 Topics session covers OEM certification processes, OEM/shipyard support, ship repair performance metrics, MSC standard work item updates, and work package density increases. The afternoon includes an open discussion and Q&A period from 1145-1215 followed by one-on-one discussion opportunities from 1215-1600. February 26 is dedicated entirely to one-on-one discussion opportunities from 0800-1600, allowing individual contractors to meet with MSC representatives to address specific topics and concerns related to ship repair contracting and operations.