BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc.

BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk Inc. NA Division, doing business as Norshipco, operates as a foreign-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems PLC and functions exclusively as a prime contractor on full-and-open naval ship repair, maintenance, and modernization contracts with the Department of the Navy. Norshipco holds no SBA certifications and competes entirely outside set-aside categories, anchoring its footprint to Naval Sea Systems Command's principal ship maintenance vehicles rather than federal acquisition programs reserved for small business or minority-owned vendors.

Norshipco's capability portfolio centers on depot-level and continuous maintenance, repair, and modernization of surface combatants, amphibious assault ships, and fast-attack submarines. The company performs work across hull preservation, propulsion system upgrades, combat system modifications, electrical and mechanical system repairs, and comprehensive docking and non-docking availabilities. Representative recent contracts include a $242.2 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract with Naval Sea Systems Command for USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) Fiscal Year 2026 Selected Restricted Availability awarded August 24, 2026, encompassing approximately 101,000 man-days of maintenance and 60,000 man-days of modernization; a $148.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for USS FORREST SHERMAN (DDG-98) Fiscal Year 2026 Docking Maintenance Period work awarded November 10, 2025; and a $136.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for USS LABOON (DDG-58) Fiscal Year 2025 Docking Selected Restricted Availability awarded October 18, 2024. The vendor operates with named subcontractors including Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation (air compressor systems), RIX Industries (pneumatic control systems), Bay Metals & Fabrication (hull and mechanical repairs), Hyval Industries (hydraulic system repair), Robbins Maritime (equipment rental and maritime services), and United Rentals (equipment rental), among multiple specialized vendors providing surface preparation, welding, diving, electrical, and environmental services.

Customer concentration is absolute: the Department of the Navy accounts for substantially all awards, with Naval Sea Systems Command dominating at 161 awards and $12.03 billion in combined potential value across the award portfolio. Naval Supply Systems Command (34 awards, $342.5 million) and Military Sealift Command (26 awards, $115.4 million) represent secondary funding sources, together accounting for less than 3% of potential value. The vendor's geographic footprint spans Norfolk, Virginia as the primary performance location, with subordinate capability at San Diego, California for Pacific Fleet maintenance operations.

Norshipco holds four active indefinite-delivery contracts that anchor task-order placement. The largest and most recently awarded is the CNO Availabilities for Fast Attack Submarines contract (Lot 1 Critical Systems Engineering) with a ceiling of $1.525 billion, awarded September 2, 2025, extending through September 1, 2033, with the initial $5,000 delivery order placed September 11, 2025. The Complex and Non-Complex Maintenance on Surface Combatant and Amphibious Class Ships - Norfolk IDIQ carries a $639.8 million ceiling on a multiple-award structure (awarded January 4, 2022, with ordering authority through January 3, 2027), supporting surface combatant and amphibious vessel maintenance across both Atlantic and Pacific homeports; recent delivery orders against this vehicle include $105.3 million for USS COLE (DDG-67) awarded March 30, 2026, and $9.4 million for USS KEARSARGE (LHD-3) P5A2 work awarded December 15, 2025. A companion $337.6 million IDIQ for complex and non-complex maintenance on surface combatants and amphibious ships homeported in Norfolk runs through January 3, 2027. A $323.7 million Naval Supply Systems Command contract for waterborne surface shaft repair runs through May 25, 2028. Across all parent vehicles, Norshipco has placed task orders spanning from $1,000 minimum-guarantee orders to $242 million definitive contracts, with the vendor exhibiting sustained pricing across fixed-price and cost-plus-award-fee structures.

Activity has been steady in recent years — 14 awards in 2025, 18 in 2024 — with five awards (combined potential value $714 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete exposure. The vendor has also received federal grant funding under the Improvement of Navy Ship Repair or Alterations Capability Program (CFDA 12.031): a $909,186 grant on September 30, 2025, to procure and install an MPC2000 Precision Cutting System for plasma and oxy-fuel cutting with beveling capability to support DDG AMOD 2.0 and other surface repair work, and a $167,690 grant the same day for an LS TB9660 Wheel Blast Machine for surface preparation across all Navy surface repair programs, with both grants completing May 12, 2026. Norshipco's subcontractor footprint on Navy work positions the vendor as a prime integrator sourcing specialized maritime trades and equipment through Marine Hydraulics International, Crowley Government Services, Lockheed Martin (on ship integration tasks), and Oceaneering International, reflecting typical naval maintenance supply chains concentrated in the Virginia Peninsula and across regional shipyard ecosystems.