Naval Engineering Support Inc.

Naval Engineering Support Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business headquartered in National City, California, provides emergent and continuous maintenance, repair, and modernization services for naval surface combatants and amphibious vessels as a prime contractor on two Naval Sea Systems Command IDIQs (8% of awards) and predominantly as a subcontractor to large defense primes (92% of awards). The company is Hispanic American-owned and operates as a for-profit entity under primary NAICS 1273 (Ship Building and Repairing), competing almost exclusively under total small business set-asides on its prime work.

Naval Engineering Support Inc. holds a position on two multiple-award IDIQs issued by Naval Sea Systems Command on November 30, 2021, for non-complex emergent maintenance (EM), continuous maintenance (CM), and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities on surface combatant and amphibious vessels homeported in or visiting San Diego. The first IDIQ, valued at $335 million with a November 2026 completion date, covers amphibious vessels including USS Ashland, USS Comstock, USS John P. Murtha, and USS Pearl Harbor. The second, valued at $209 million with the same completion date, covers crude oil-class and other surface combatants including USS Russell (DDG-59), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60), and USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001). Recent prime delivery orders under these vehicles include a $274,225 March 2026 award for emergent maintenance on USS Russell (DDG-59), a $263,156 December 2025 order for repairs on USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001), and a $228,587 March 2026 delivery order for USS Barry (DDG-52) repairs. Place of performance for prime work spans San Diego and Lincoln Acres, California. The company also holds a $86,340 purchase order from U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces issued August 2024 for dive boat maintenance and corrective services for the Undersea Rescue Command, running through July 2029.

Naval Engineering Support Inc.'s customer footprint is entirely within the Department of the Navy. Naval Sea Systems Command accounts for 105 of 109 total awards (100% of combined potential value at $545.1 million), with supplementary work from U.S. Pacific Fleet Forces (2 awards, $98 thousand) and Naval Supply Systems Command (1 award, $12 thousand). The company works primarily as a subcontractor to Epsilon Systems Solutions Inc. and Huntington Ingalls Incorporated. Under Epsilon, Naval Engineering Support Inc. performs component-level repairs, tank cleaning, structural repair, hydraulic system maintenance, and insulation work on Littoral Combat Ships, guided-missile destroyers, and amphibious platforms including USS Kansas City (LCS-22), USS Jackson (LCS-6), USS Stethem (DDG-63), USS Manchester (LCS-12), and USS Chosin (CG-65). Under Huntington Ingalls, the company delivers trial card support, warranty work, shore support, and modernization-period planning services on DDG 51-class and DDG 1000-class guided-missile destroyers (DDG 121, DDG 123, DDG 125, DDG 1000, DDG 1002). The company also subcontracts on maintenance and repair work under Life Cycle Engineering for Littoral Combat Ship planned maintenance availabilities.

Activity has grown sharply from 2 awards in 2021 to 57 in 2025, with 11 awards issued so far in 2026. Combined potential value across all 109 awards reaches $545.2 million, though only $20.3 million (4% of potential value) has been obligated, reflecting the early-stage and delivery-order nature of much of the work. The majority of awards are recent — 68 of 109 awards were placed in 2024 or later — with the most recent award issued May 29, 2026. Award concentration in San Diego-based ship maintenance IDIQs and heavy subcontract engagement with regional defense primes positions Naval Engineering Support Inc. as a supply-chain player in Pacific Fleet surface combatant and amphibious vessel sustainment, competing in a narrow geographic and platform-specific niche under total small business set-asides.