SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e)
The SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) multiple award contracts (MACs) were designed by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to provide professional support services to the Naval Undersea Warfare Centers in Newport, Keyport and Naval Surface Warfare Centers and their subordinate divisions in seven geographical zones. Under SeaPort-e task orders are competed by the Warfare Center that has the requirement in the applicable zone of performance.
The first SeaPort-e contracts were awarded in May 2004, and MRC is proud to have been selected as one of the original prime contractors for services in all Statement of Work (SOW) functional areas in four zones under Contract N00178-04-D-4083; and as a subcontractor on a number of other teams in all zones.
Since 2005, SeaPort-e has been expanded to add a 22nd functional area to the SOW, Public Affairs and Multimedia Support, and more importantly, to create a Navy Virtual SYSCOM (VS) composed of the following: NAVSEA, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWARS), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Military Sealift Command, Strategic Systems Programs, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), as well as the U.S. Marine Corps. These SeaPort-e ordering activities also were given authority to obtain limited support from other DoD, non-DoD, or Joint agencies for work that is integrally related to missions under the contract.
As part of the VS expansion process existing SeaPort-e prime contract holders were offered the opportunity to add additional zones and/or functional areas to their contracts. As a result, MRC now is qualified to provide services in ALL 22 SOW functional areas in ALL 7 zones.
Since the inception of SeaPort-e, MRC has been awarded over 50 task orders for services at NUWC Newport, NUWC Keyport, and NSWC Corona.
In April 2009, NAVSEA exercised the award term option included in MRC's basic SeaPort-e contract, N00178-04-D-4083, extending the ordering period until 4 April 2014.
Prime and Sub Contractors
| Prime Contractor | Capability/Areas of Expertise | |
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McLaughlin Research Corporation (MRC) | All SOW Areas |
MRC has current prime contractor experience supporting NUWC Newport, NUWC Keyport, and NSWC Corona. However, we realize that a contract the size and scope of SeaPort-e requires a team approach. During the 65 years that MRC has been a prime contractor for the U.S. Navy, we have developed sound business relationships with a number of other defense contractors supporting NAVSEA, and we are pleased to offer customers the services of these other outstanding firms as part of the MRC's SeaPort-e Team.
Functional Areas
The 22 functional areas supported by SeaPort-e are:
| 3.1 | Research & Development Support | 3.9 | System Safety Engineering Support | 3.17 | Supply & Provisioning Support |
| 3.2 | Engineering, System Engineering, & Process Engineering Support | 3.10 | Configuration Management (CM) Support | 3.18 | Training Support - Technical Training - Professional Development & Training |
| 3.3 | Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, & Analysis Support | 3.11 | Quality Assurance (QA) Support | 3.19 | In-Service Engineering, Fleet Introduction, Installation, & Checkout Support |
| 3.4 | Prototyping, Pre-Production, Model-Making, & Fabrication Support | 3.12 | Information System (IS) Development, Information Assurance (IA), & Information Technology (IT) Support | 3.20 | Program Support |
| 3.5 | System Design Documentation & Technical Data Support | 3.13 | Inactivation & Disposal Support | 3.21 | Functional & Administrative Support - Clerical & Admin - Analytical & Organizational Assessment - Most Efficient Organization Teaming |
| 3.6 | Software Engineering, Development, Programming, & Network Support | 3.14 | Interoperability, Test, & Evaluation, Trials Support | 3.22 | Public Affairs & Multimedia Support |
| 3.7 | Reliability, Maintainability, & Availability (RM&A) Support | 3.15 | Measurement Facilities, Range, & Instrumentation Support | ||
| 3.8 | Human Factors, Performance, and Usability Engineering Support | 3.16 | Logistics Support |