Navy Taps Saunders for Small Craft Upgrades: $14.9M Deal with Potential Extension

Saunders Engine and Equipment Co. Inc.,* Gulf Shores, Alabama, is being awarded $14,877,224 for a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide small craft maintenance and upgrade support services in support of the Naval Oceanographic Office. The contract includes a 60-month ordering period, and one six-month option period in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8, option to extend services, which, if exercised, will bring the total estimated value to $16,490,007. All work will be performed in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Work will begin in July 2025 and expected to be completed by June 2030; if the option is exercised work will be completed by December 2030. Fiscal 2025 operation and maintenance (Navy) (O&M, N) funds in the contract’s minimum amount of $10,000 will be obligated at the time of award and funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Subsequent task orders will be funded with appropriate fiscal year O&M, N funds. This contract was competitively procured through the sam.gov website as a total small business set-aside requirement with two offers received. Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk, Fleet Directorate, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00189-25-D-0015).