BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego Inc.

BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego Inc. is a foreign-owned subsidiary of BAE Systems PLC that provides comprehensive ship repair, maintenance, and modernization services to the Naval Sea Systems Command and subordinate Navy commands as a prime contractor on full-and-open, non-set-aside definitive contracts and delivery orders. The company competes exclusively in unrestricted procurement channels; no SBA set-asides characterize its federal footprint. Headquartered at its San Diego shipyard facility (2205 Belt Street, San Diego, California 92113), the company operates as a manufacturer of goods and a for-profit corporation, with its parent, BAE Systems, Inc., a UK-based defense, aerospace, and security conglomerate.

BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego specializes in depot-level dry-dock and pier-side maintenance, repair, and modernization of Navy surface combatant and amphibious vessels, with concrete capabilities spanning hull structure repair, propulsion plant overhauls, electrical system maintenance, command and surveillance systems work, modernization including Combat System upgrades, radar maintenance, and equipment replacements. The company's portfolio centers on selected restricted availability (DSRA), continuous maintenance availability (CMAV), post-shakedown availability (PSA), and depot modernization period (DMP) work across guided missile destroyers (DDG 51, DDG 1000 classes), littoral combat ships (Freedom and Independence variants), amphibious transport docks, and amphibious assault ships. Recent representative contracts include a $203.9 million firm fixed-price definitive contract with Naval Sea Systems Command for USS Somerset (LPD 25) FY25 DSRA maintenance awarded June 12, 2025; a $264.5 million contract for USS Green Bay (LPD 20) FY25 DSRA awarded November 22, 2024; and a $214.8 million contract for USS Halsey (DDG 97) FY24 depot modernization awarded June 8, 2024. The company also holds a $2.65 billion multiple-award indefinite delivery contract for maintenance, repair, and modernization of littoral combat ships homeported in San Diego, with five one-year ordering periods and three award types (MAC I, MAC II, and MAC III small business set-aside for preventative and facilities maintenance).

Customer concentration centers almost entirely on Naval Sea Systems Command. The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for $15.31 billion of the combined potential value across 225 awards (essentially 100% of the vendor's decision-relevant dollar exposure). The Naval Supply Systems Command represents a secondary customer with 34 awards ($507.9 million combined potential value), anchored by a $485.5 million indefinite delivery contract for repair of waterborne surface shafts. The Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command awarded two multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts totaling $311.2 million for Army Watercraft Sustainment Maintenance (AWSM) Zones 1 and 3, with five-year performance periods through July 30, 2031, both awarded January 30, 2026. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support issued 80 delivery orders ($9.6 million combined potential value) primarily for plumbing fixtures, strainers, and drainage components.

Parent vehicle positions anchor the company's task ordering architecture. BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego holds seats on the two NAVSEA Complex and Non-Complex Maintenance on Surface Combatant and Amphibious Class Ships IDIQs (one for surface combatants with $654.8 million ceiling awarded November 30, 2021, ultimate completion November 29, 2026; one for amphibious ships with $538.5 million ceiling awarded November 30, 2021, ultimate completion November 29, 2026). The company also holds the $2.65 billion Littoral Combat Ships Class Sustainment Execution Contract–West Coast Part III (multiple-award IDIQ awarded May 23, 2025, completion May 22, 2030) and the Naval Supply Systems Command's $485.5 million Repair Surface Shafts IDIQ (five-year contract awarded May 25, 2023). Two recently awarded TACOM IDIQs for Army watercraft sustainment provide $241.4 million (Zone 1, CONUS) and $69.8 million (Zone 3, pier side) in ceiling value through July 2031.

Activity has accelerated over the past three years, growing from 13 awards in 2022 to 46 in 2024 before moderating to 14 in 2025 and 7 recorded through early August 2026 (a snapshot date). Six awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $689.6 million, representing material recompete exposure for the company. The company's recompete cliff sits primarily with three major NAVSEA DSRA contracts: USS Augusta (LCS 34) FY26 $35.7 million (completion August 6, 2027), USS Stockdale (DDG 106) FY26 $61.8 million (completion April 30, 2027), and USS O'Kane (DDG 77) FY26 $76.0 million (completion January 29, 2027).

BAE Systems Maritime Solutions San Diego executes work through an extensive subcontracting network of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, minority-owned enterprises, and women-owned small businesses. Named recurring subcontractors across the prime awards include Inspec Testing Inc. (nondestructive testing and quality assurance, minority-owned small disadvantaged business designation on select awards), California Marine Cleaning Inc. (marine cleaning, environmental services, and tank cleaning), Propulsion Controls Engineering (propulsion system maintenance), American Scaffold LLC (scaffolding), Brewer Crane LLC (crane and rigging services), Bender CCP Inc. (propeller shaft and rudder assembly repair), Rolls-Royce Marine North America Inc. (marine propulsion components and OEM technical services), Bay City Marine Inc. (pump and motor overhaul), and Lake Shore Systems Inc. (mechanical components and systems). The company also subcontracts to specialized providers such as Fairbanks Morse LLC and Standard Inspection Services for propulsion and inspection work, United Rentals and Sunbelt Rentals for equipment rental, and surface preservation specialists including Amp United LLC and Imia LLC. The company subcontracts to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company on Navy destroyer modernization availabilities (USS Chung-Hoon and USS James E. Williams depot modernization periods), with multiple sub-award modifications spanning undefinitized contract actions, reliability centered maintenance code settlements, and growth work incorporation through 2025.

The company's recent activity reflects a shift toward Army watercraft sustainment alongside continued Navy surface ship dominance. NAICS 481712 (Ship Building and Repairing) anchors 279 awards across the footprint, with secondary concentrations in plumbing fixture and component manufacturing (53 and 27 awards respectively) and deep sea freight transportation (27 awards). PSC 4910 (Maint/Repair/Rebuild Of Equipment–Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, And Floating Docks) dominates at 1,155 awards, followed by PSC 4911 (Non-Nuclear Ship Repair–West) at 576 awards.