Follow-on BSS Award (C)

Forecast Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$100,000,000 to $250,000,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Previous solicitation
COLUMBIA Bearing Support Structure (BSS) N0016722R0015 · Posted May 11, 2022
Anticipated award
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
336611 Ship Building and Repairing
Place of performance
Carderock, MD
Forecast number
N00167-27-RFPREQ-CD-808-0001

Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

Naval Sea Systems Command will conduct a competitive recompete for follow-on Indefinite Delivery Contract work to manufacture and deliver bearing support structure (BSS) components and related services in support of the Columbia-class submarine program, with solicitation estimated for January 2027 release and award anticipated January 2028. The Navy seeks a single awardee for this critical submarine structural component work, with estimated total value between $100 million and $250 million over the contract period. Key contract requirements include fixed-price pricing with economic price adjustment provisions, facility and personnel clearances at the Confidential level, and performance at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Carderock, Potomac, Maryland.

The recompeted work will be performed at NAVSEA's Carderock facility with contracting office oversight by N00167 (NSWCCD). The forecasted award is a "C" Type Contract (Indefinite Delivery) under full and open competition in the $100 million to $250 million range, with award anticipated in fiscal quarter 2 of 2028. Point of contact information and procurement details are available through the NAVAIR Aerospace and Mechanisms Source record.

The current single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract N0016723D0004, held by BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., was awarded January 18, 2023, with a ceiling value of $77.9 million and an ultimate completion date of January 17, 2027. Under this contract, BAE Systems manufactures Columbia-class bearing support structure components with support from a subcontractor network including Troy Tube & Manufacturing Company (VOSB), Scot Forge Company, Fedtech Inc., American Tank & Fabricating Company, and Futuramic Tool & Engineering Company. Three delivery orders totaling approximately $40.3 million have been issued to date, covering bearing support structure finishing modifications, assembly materials, and Year 3 procurement with completion dates ranging from August 2026 through September 2028 at BAE Systems facilities in Louisville, Kentucky and St. Anthony, Minnesota.

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