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Navy BD Part 7: Navy Contract Vehicles and Opportunity Resources

Updated: Oct 20, 2023

The primary Navy Contract Vehicle is SeaPort NxG. The various GSA Contract Vehicles such as OASIS+ and GSA MAS IT are also heavily used. The primary Navy Contracting Officers (both Military and Civilian) are both online and physically located at various Navy homeport locations such as Norfolk, San Diego, and Pearl Harbor.

A logo of a lighthouse above the words SeaPort-NxG

SeaPort NxG

SeaPort NxG is the Navy's electronic platform for acquiring support services in 23 functional areas including Engineering, Financial Management, and Program Management. The Navy Systems Commands (NAVSEA, NAVAIR, NAVWAR, NAVFAC, and NAVSUP), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Military Sealift Command (MSC), and the United States Marine Corps (USMC) compete their service requirements amongst 1800+ SeaPort NxG Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract holders. Simply stated, SeaPort NxG provides an efficient and effective means of contracting for professional support services and enhancing small business participation. The Navy conducts Rolling Admissions to allow new industry partners the opportunity to participate. Updates to the Rolling Admissions schedule are posted on this website as well as SAM.gov.


SeaPort NxG - the original Solicitation Number N00178-18-R-7000 - was originally awarded in December 2018, with regular rolling admissions ongoing.


Giesler holds a prime contract for SeaPort NxG (Prime Contract ID: N00178-21-D-9266). We qualify to prime or sub open, WOSB set-aside, and VOSB set-aside contracts coming out of SeaPort NxG.


NAVSUP & Navy Supply Corps

Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) and the Navy Supply Corps conducts and enables material support to Navy, Marine Corps, joint and coalition partners, supply operations, conventional ordnance, contracting, resale, fuel, transportation, security assistance, Sailor & family care, including food service, postal services, retail facilities, and movement of household goods to generate readiness and sustain naval forces worldwide to prevent and decisively win wars. With headquarters in Mechanicsburg, PA., and employing a diverse, worldwide workforce of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel.


In addition to its headquarters activity, the NAVSUP Enterprise is comprised of 11 commands located worldwide.

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Source: NAVSUP

NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) provides program and supply support for the weapon systems that keep our naval forces mission ready by exercising centralized control of more than 430,000 different line items of repair parts, components, and assemblies and providing global logistics support to our Navy's ships, aircraft, submarines, and weapon systems. NAVSUP WSS also provides logistics and supply assistance to coalition and allied nations through the Foreign Military Sales program.


Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) oversees 100 Navy Exchange facilities and nearly 300 stores worldwide, 39 Navy Lodges, the Ships Store Program, the Uniform Program Management Office, the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility and the Telecommunications Program Office. NEXCOM's mission is to provide authorized customers quality goods and services at a savings and to support Navy quality-of-life programs for active-duty military, retirees, reservists, and their families.

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Source: McPherson Design Group for Norfolk Naval Exchange Main Store Additions/Renovations

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Centers (NAVSUP FLCs) NAVSUP operates eight NAVSUP FLCs worldwide. Aligned to the Navy's numbered fleets, they are globally postured to deliver integrated logistics, contracting services, ordnance and facilitate transportation to Navy and Joint operational units across all warfare enterprises and military operations.


NAVSUP Business Systems Center (NAVSUP BSC) provides premier information technology with a responsibility to design, develop, and maintain information systems supporting numerous activities in the functional areas of logistics, supply chain management, transportation, finance, and accounting for the Navy, Department of Defense, and international partners.


NAVSUP Ammunition Logistics Center (NALC) supports the fleet as the Navy's ammunition support agent. They coordinate fleet requirements, resolve issues, and manage distribution, conduct inspections and other technical functions within the Navy Ordnance Enterprise Office.


Naval Petroleum Office (NPO) acts as the Joint Petroleum Enterprise (JPE) face-to-the-fleet and is the DoN Service Control Point representing requirements and infrastructure within the JPE. Coordinating petroleum and supply chain policy and procedures, NPO supports DoD and non-DoD customers worldwide.



Resources and Websites to check for planned opportunities include SAM.gov, SeaPort-NxG (run by NAVSEA out of Dahlgren, VA), and by searching for the Long Range Acquisition Estimates that commands release each year.

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