New Award (FY26; 0223; BBG Battleship BIW Shipbuilder Design)

Past Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$250,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
Set-aside
No set-aside

Forecast facts

Incumbent contract
Anticipated award
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
Not on record
Place of performance
Washington Navy Yard, DC
Forecast number
N00024-26-RFPREQ-PMS-460-0034

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

About this forecast

Naval Sea Systems Command is recompeting a shipbuilder design contract for the BBG(X) guided-missile battleship program, with an estimated solicitation release on October 1, 2026, and estimated award in January 2027. The contract requires ship design engineering expertise and will be awarded as a cost-reimbursement definitive contract with cost-plus-award-fee pricing. Personnel and facility security clearances at the Secret level are required.

The estimated award value ranges from $250 million to $1 billion. Work will be performed at Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. This is a non-competitive procurement tracked under Program Executive Office PMS-460.

The existing award being recompeted is NAVSEA contract N0002422C2318, awarded to Bath Iron Works Corporation on July 22, 2022, for DDG(X) shipbuilder design engineering with a ceiling value of $106.752 million and a performance period extending through July 21, 2028. Bath Iron Works performed the work at its facility in Bath, Maine, under cost-plus-award-fee terms with $49.195 million obligated at the time of the summary.

Forecast text

BBG(X) Design Contract BIW

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