East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC

East Coast Repair & Fabrication, LLC, a Newport News, Virginia-based small business owned by parent entity S23 Holdings LLC (a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned corporation), delivers comprehensive naval ship repair, maintenance, and modernization services to the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor on 751 awards valued at $17.6 billion in combined potential. The vendor operates across multiple IDIQ vehicles and regional maintenance centers, competing predominantly in full-and-open procurements with no recurrent small business set-aside posture across its prime footprint, though select delivery orders carry total small business or competitive 8(a) designations.

East Coast Repair & Fabrication's customer base concentrates almost entirely within the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the dominant customer, funding 606 awards (93% of award count) valued at $15.47 billion in combined potential, covering surface ship maintenance, amphibious vessel repairs, littoral combat ship sustainment, submarine availabilities, and messing/berthing barge operations. U.S. Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic Fleet) issued 191 awards worth $1.08 billion for destroyer and surface combatant emergent and continuous maintenance availabilities, principally at Jacksonville, Florida (Naval Station Mayport) and Norfolk, Virginia. Military Sealift Command placed 70 awards totaling $749.6 million for lay-berth services, ship repair availabilities, and expeditionary sea base maintenance. Secondary customers include the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, Navy Installations Command, Army Materiel Command TACOM, and the Coast Guard, collectively accounting for less than 1% of activity.

The vendor holds a portfolio of major IDIQ vehicles anchoring its federal footprint. NAVSEA awarded East Coast Repair & Fabrication a $943.99 million indefinite-delivery contract (NWRMC Surface Ship Repair, Maintenance, and Modernization) on January 25, 2024, for surface combatant, amphibious, and littoral combat ship work spanning January 2024 through January 2029. A $701.2 million multiple-award IDIQ (Surface Ships Emergent Maintenance, Continuous Maintenance and Chief of Naval Operations Availabilities, Mayport) issued April 24, 2024, funds destroyer maintenance at Jacksonville through April 2029; recent delivery orders under this vehicle include $22 million for USS Farragut (DDG 99) selected restricted availability and $19 million for USS Carney (DDG 64) ship repair and modernization. A $669.9 million multiple-award IDIQ (HRMC Emergent Maintenance, Continuous Maintenance, and Chief of Naval Operations Availabilities on Surface Ships, Pearl Harbor) dated September 11, 2024, supports non-nuclear surface ship maintenance in Hawaii through September 2029. East Coast Repair & Fabrication also holds a $1.676 billion Littoral Combat Ships Class Sustainment Execution Contract (West Coast) for LCS maintenance in San Diego (awarded May 23, 2025), a $210.4 million total small business set-aside IDIQ for messing and berthing barges (awarded July 16, 2025), and a $1.906 billion CNO Availabilities for Fast Attack Submarines non-critical systems engineering contract (awarded September 2, 2025). Earlier vehicles, now expired or closed, included the $30.3 million NAVSEA SE Ship Maintenance Repair and Modernization 2016-2021 IDIQ (58 task orders) and Marine Boatyard Services 2013-2018 (61 task orders worth $42.4 million).

Recent delivery orders illustrate the vendor's operational scope. NAVSEA issued a $47.3 million delivery order on May 11, 2026, for USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) under the Complex and Non-Complex Maintenance on Surface Combatant and Amphibious Class Ships–Norfolk IDIQ, with performance extending through April 23, 2027. U.S. Fleet Forces Command awarded an $8.2 million delivery order on July 6, 2026, for USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) incremental selected repair availability (SERM-502-26), covering electrical system upgrades, hull preservation, flight deck maintenance, and RAST system work at Jacksonville, Florida. Military Sealift Command issued a $44.7 million definitive contract on April 15, 2025, for lay berth and ship repair availability on USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB-4), a total small business set-aside with completion through September 30, 2026. East Coast Repair & Fabrication also supports littoral combat ships; a $1.82 million delivery order from NAVSEA on May 28, 2024, covered USS Savannah (LCS-28) fiscal year 2024 continuous maintenance availability.

Activity has grown substantially in recent years, peaking at 144 awards in 2024 before moderating to 98 awards in 2025 and 19 awards in 2026 year-to-date. Eight awards valued at $136.4 million carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete exposure in late 2026 and 2027. The vendor obligated $997.3 million (6% of combined potential value) across its award portfolio, reflecting the preponderance of indefinite-delivery contracts under which task orders are issued incrementally.

East Coast Repair & Fabrication operates as a prime on the majority of its work (78% of awards), with 211 sub-awards reflecting secondary teaming relationships. The vendor subcontracts to larger primes including BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Jacksonville, BAE Systems Maritime Solutions Norfolk, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Marine Hydraulics International, Metro Machine Corp., Phoenix International Holdings, M.C. Dean Inc., Crowley Government Services, and KBR Services. BAE Systems awards dominate the sub-award list, with East Coast Repair & Fabrication named as a subcontractor on USS Ramage (DDG 61) fiscal year 2024 DSRA work, USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) fiscal year 2025 DSRA work, and USS Lassen (DDG 82) modernization period availability. Lockheed Martin Corporation issued numerous sub-awards for Littoral Combat Ship construction support, engineering and management efforts, and emergent availabilities across LCS-5, LCS-21, LCS-23, LCS-25, and LCS-27. Marine Hydraulics International named East Coast Repair & Fabrication for USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) fiscal year 2024 SRA work spanning hydraulic systems, piping, and electrical modifications. This teaming pattern positions East Coast Repair & Fabrication as both a prime operator of regional maintenance facilities and a specialized sub serving larger defense primes on technically complex naval programs.

SCI-reported invoicing of $2.9 million in FY2023 under service contracts above the $150,000 reporting threshold reflects a narrow slice of the vendor's federal work; the majority of East Coast Repair & Fabrication's Navy footprint comprises goods, repair materials, and firm fixed-price delivery orders excluded from the SCI dataset. SCI records show minimal FTE activity, with roughly 3.3 FTEs in FY2023 and zero reported FTEs in FY2024–2025, indicating the vendor's SCI-reportable services represent a small fraction of its total federal contracting portfolio. Median government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable prime contracts ran $323.83 per hour, with minimal subcontractor hour-share (1%), suggesting internal labor delivery on reportable service work.

Corporate structure comprises East Coast Repair & Fabrication as the primary operating entity, with S23 Holdings LLC as minority-owned parent and two named subsidiaries: Colonial Welding, LLC (minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned) and Jacksonville Machine & Repair, LLC. The subsidiary names signal fabrication and mechanical repair capabilities supporting the core ship maintenance mission, though public award records do not isolate subsidiary-specific activity.