Virginia Pilot Association

Virginia Pilot Association is a for-profit maritime services organization headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, that has been registered in the federal System for Award Management (SAM.gov) since April 2002. The organization serves as the exclusive state-licensed pilotage service provider in Virginia and specializes in providing critical maritime navigation assistance throughout the Chesapeake Bay region and surrounding coastal waters extending from Cape Henry to the Potomac River. Virginia Pilot Association delivers essential pilot services to the federal government, leveraging deep local expertise and established operational presence to guide commercial vessels, government-owned ships, and naval craft safely through strategically important waterways that are vital to naval logistics and military sealift operations in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Virginia Pilot Association's federal contracting activity has been dominated by delivery orders for pilot services awarded primarily by the U.S. Navy Installations Command and the Military Sealift Command. The organization holds a foundational indefinite delivery contract valued at approximately $8.996 million with the Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, which runs from May 2020 through October 2025 and serves as the vehicle for issuing individual task orders. Individual delivery orders have ranged in value from approximately $10,000 to $597,000, with the vast majority of awards being firm fixed-price contracts for one-month performance periods providing scheduled and unscheduled pilotage services in support of Department of Navy operations. The Navy Installations Command has issued the preponderance of delivery orders, with occasional awards from the Military Sealift Command, with no awards utilizing small business set-aside designations. The services provided support safe vessel navigation for U.S.-flagged vessels, foreign and allied vessels, Military Sealift Command time-chartered vessels, and foreign military sales vessels transiting through Norfolk, Virginia and surrounding areas, directly facilitating the transportation of equipment, supplies, and personnel essential to naval fleet operations and readiness.