TOTE Lands Medium Landing Ship Contract

TOTE Services LLC, Jacksonville, Florida, is awarded a $2,206,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for vessel construction management services to award and manage shipbuilder subcontracts for the new construction of up to eight Medium Landing Ships. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $2,605,075,850. Work will be performed in Marinette, Wisconsin (65%); Houma, Louisiana (16%); Jacksonville, Florida (9%); and other locations (10%), and is expected to be completed by June 2030. If all options are exercised, work will continue through September 2031. Fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,933,941,000 (88%); and fiscal 2026 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $272,059,000 (12%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is awarded with funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Public Law 119-21) and directly supports the national effort to revitalize and rebuild American shipbuilding. This contract was competitively procured via the System for Award Management website (sam.gov), with one offer received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-26-C-2421).