Big Blue 4 (C)
Past Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Navy NAVSEA NSWC Philadelphia Division
Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Defense
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- N6449821D0013 Federal IDV award held by QED Systems, Inc. Ordering ends Mar 14, 2028 · Ceiling $720,469,303
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- 336611 Ship Building and Repairing
- Place of performance
- Philadelphia, PA
- Forecast number
- N64498-23-RFPREQ-PD-25-0222
Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division is recompeting a single-award indefinite-delivery contract for blue collar installation and technical services supporting hull, mechanical, and electrical systems modernization aboard Navy surface combatants and other ship classes, utilizing the Alteration Installation Team process. The procurement encompasses design, installation, testing, and technical support for machinery alterations, ship control systems, fire detection and actuation systems, and related HM&E upgrades intended to improve ship availability, increase reliability, enhance mission readiness, and reduce maintenance and workload requirements. Solicitation release is estimated for July 2026, with award targeted for January 2028.
The estimated award value ranges from $250 million to $1 billion over a 60-month period of performance. Work is performed at Naval Sea Systems Command facilities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spans multiple Navy ship classes including aircraft carriers (CVN 71, CVN 76, CVN 78, CVN 79), amphibious assault ships (LHA, LHD), guided-missile destroyers (DDG 51-class), dock landing ships (LPD 17, LSD 50), and other surface combatants at domestic locations (Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Norfolk, San Diego) and worldwide in CONUS, OCONUS, and hostile areas where required. Personnel and facility clearances at the Confidential level are required.
The incumbent award is contract N6449821D0013, a multiple-award indefinite-delivery vehicle awarded to QED Systems, Inc., a small business, on March 15, 2021, with a ceiling value of $720.5 million and an ultimate completion date of March 14, 2028. Under Big Blue 3, QED Systems and other awardees have issued numerous delivery orders for alterations across ship classes, including orders for LPD 17, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), DDG 81, DDG 111, and USS Green Bay (LPD 20), with recent orders ranging from approximately $1.4 million to $4.2 million for specific machinery and system installations and upgrades.
Forecast text
Blue collar installation and technical services utilizing the Alteration Installation Team (AIT) process for upgrading Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) systems and deploying technologies which improve availability, increase reliability, ship mission readiness, and decrease maintenance and workload requirements for machinery systems and components.
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