Norton Lilly International, Inc.

Norton Lilly International, Inc., doing business as Kerr Norton Strachan Agency, is a foreign-owned maritime husbanding and port logistics provider that operates as a prime contractor (87% of awards) delivering port coordination, vessel support, and administrative services to Department of Defense and civilian maritime agencies through the Global Husbanding Support Services IDIQ, with no set-aside designations across its full and open competition footprint.

The vendor holds a $461 million multiple-award IDIQ awarded by Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella on August 1, 2022, running through October 2025 with a five-year extension option to 2030. This master vehicle anchors the entirety of Norton Lilly's prime federal business—77 of its 113 total awards are task orders under this IDIQ. The vendor delivers concrete husbanding services encompassing port logistics coordination, moorage and dockage arrangements, potable water delivery, waste removal, pilotage, tug services, supplies procurement, force protection, and administrative support at strategic global ports including Puerto Rico, Panama, Guam, and other locations across the Americas, Europe, Central Asia, and Indo-Pacific regions. Representative recent delivery orders include $639,908.66 for USS Milwaukee husbanding in Puerto Rico (May 2023, Fleet Forces Command), $215,333.83 for USNS John Ericsson husbanding in Panama (December 2025, Military Sealift Command), $214,120.39 for USS San Antonio husbanding in Puerto Rico (October 2025, Fleet Forces Command), and $141,035 for NOAA ship husbandry services at Charleston, South Carolina (October 2025, NOAA, originally solicited as women-owned small business set-aside but amended to full and open competition).

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Navy operations. The Department of the Navy United States Pacific Fleet Forces accounts for 9 awards carrying $461.3 million in combined potential value—nearly 99 percent of all dollars across the portfolio—derived from the single $461 million IDIQ award itself; that vehicle anchors the entire relationship. The Department of the Navy United States Fleet Forces Command (Atlantic) issued 41 delivery orders worth $5.2 million combined potential value, and the Department of the Navy Military Sealift Command issued 35 delivery orders worth $1.3 million. Together, Navy customers account for 85 of 113 awards (75% by count). Non-Navy customers include the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (11 awards, $313 thousand), the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Coast Guard (8 awards, $186 thousand), the Department of Commerce (NOAA), and the Department of the Army (single Fort Eustis Panama Canal transit order, $39,108.48).

In its subcontractor role (13% of awards), Norton Lilly works under Crowley Government Services, Inc. on the N105A/PM3 HAYCOX contract for operation and maintenance of six government-owned maritime prepositioning force vessels, delivering port agent services and logistics coordination at locations including Jacksonville, Pensacola, Norfolk, San Juan, and overseas bases in Subic Bay and elsewhere. Recent sub awards span August 2025 through October 2025 and cover port services, agent appointments, vessel transits, and sea trials across Navy installations.

Activity shows volatility year over year: 22 awards in 2022, 22 in 2023, a dip to 12 in 2024, a spike to 37 in 2025, and 11 awards through July 2026. The spike in 2025 reflects elevated delivery-order issuance under the base IDIQ; awards are granular tactical port calls rather than large strategic contracts. Combined potential value across all awards is $468.5 million, but only $9.2 million (2%) has been obligated, a characteristic of IDIQs where ceiling values far exceed near-term spend. The vendor operates from Mobile, Alabama, and has been registered in SAM.gov since 2003. All prime work is issued full and open competition with no small business set-aside, and all delivery orders are firm fixed price. The NAICS footprint is concentrated in port and harbor operations (90 awards) and deep sea freight transportation (14 awards), with PSC codes clustered in ship husbanding services—management/integration (50 awards) and removal/transportation/port services subcategories.