Vigor Industrial announced it recently completed a nine-month docking selected restricted availability (DSRA) of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS
Michael Murphy (DDG-112) on time in Hawaii after it previously won the award after protesting a competitor’s initial win.
Vigor is a company owned by Titan Acquisition Holdings, which in term was formed by The Carlyle Group [CG] and Stellex Capital Management.
The company noted this is the third DSRA it has finished at Pearl Harbor since 2021. The other maintenance periods were for the USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG-110). Vigor highlighted both of those work periods occurred at Pearl Harbor and were finished ahead of schedule.
The company announced the on-time completion of DDG-112 work on May 15.
The award to Vigor came after it prevailed in a protest effort against competitor Pacific Shipyards International, LLC in March 2022.
In September 2021 the Navy issued a fair opportunity proposal request (FOPR) to holders of a multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for repair, maintenance, and modernization of surface ships located in Pearl Harbor. It specifically sought to issue a delivery order to perform this work on DDG-112.
The Navy received offers from Vigor and Pacific Shipyards and issued the order to Pacific in February 2022.
Vigor then protested via the Government Accountability Office (GAO), arguing the Navy unreasonably evaluated Pacific under a past performance factor and had improperly evaluated both offerors under the resource capability and schedule factors.
Before the GAO could issue a decision, the Navy took corrective action reexamining its evaluation based on Vigor’s allegations.
Ultimately, after several changes to the FPOR, the Navy awarded the order to Vigor the second time around in September 2022.
Vigor said this DSRA entailed 100 employees working about 75,000 hours to overhaul machinery, repair the underwater hull and “implementing significant renovations to the ship’s superstructure.”
“Vigor’s completion of USS Michael Murphy in Hawaii is the latest testament to the company’s ability to deliver projects successfully. This is the third DSRA the company has completed at Pearl Harbor, and our skilled workers have demonstrated they are well equipped to carry out their work safely and with a high standard of quality,” Adam Beck, executive vice president of ship repair for Vigor, said in a statement.
The company noted it is also performing maintenance on three other Navy ships at its other locations: Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG-71) and destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) are at Vigor’s Harbor Island facility in Seattle, Wash., while the USS Tulsa (LCS 16) is undergoing a DSRA at its Swan Island Portland, Ore., Shipyard.
In February, Carlyle and Stellex Capital Management said they reached a deal to sell their ship repair and marine fabrication business, which includes this Vigor work, to another private equity firm Lone Star Funds. The acquisition is expected to be finished this year after concluding regulatory reviews (Defense Daily, Feb. 3).