The U.S. Navy has selected 464 companies to compete for task orders in 22 functional service areas under the SeaPort Enhanced multiple-award contract potentially worth $5.3 billion per year.The Defense Department said Thursday the contractors will support the U.S. Marine Corps, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Strategic Systems Programs, and Office of Naval Research.
This latest round of awards adds to 2, 420 previously awarded positions on the SeaPort-e vehicle for services such as research and development, engineering, modeling and simulation, quality assurance, information systems, training, logistics and multimedia support, DoD added.
According to the department, task orders will be available for competition under seven regional zones and will each run through a four-year period of performance.
DoD said it received 612 offers via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website for this round of procurement.
The 464 new SeaPort-e contractors are listed here.
