BAE Systems (Booth 613) recently recognized 2024′s top suppliers to its U.S. maritime business during its Partner2Win Supplier symposium in Jacksonville, Florida. The company celebrated 87 suppliers that supported maintenance, modernization and refit projects aboard U.S. Navy ships and commercial vessels.

The Partner2Win program is a collaboration between the company’s three shipyards in Jacksonville, Florida; Norfolk, Virginia; and San Diego, as well as a network of naval and commercial ship repair suppliers across the country.

The top ship repair supplier awards went to four companies:

  • 2024 Subcontractor of the year: Allied United, a security and facility services company, provides security at all three BAE Systems U.S. shipyards, which engage Navy and commercial vessels that require the highest level of security and confidentiality. Last year, the company helped to deliver expanded services more efficiently.
  • 2024 Small Business supplier of the year: AMP United, a full-scale marine preservation company, successfully supported 14 major ship repair projects across the three shipyards last year. About 40 percent of the Ship Repair business’ sales in 2024 were conducted with small businesses like AMP United.
  • 2024 Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplier of the year: Airgas USA, a leading supplier of industrial gases and safety products, provided onsite support for welding rods and supplies to all three shipyards. Its work last year to track weld rods ensures that the company remains in compliance with government requirements.
  • 2024 Safety, Health and Environmental supplier of the year: The 3M Company, a multinational conglomerate that operates in industrial, safety, consumer goods, and technology industries, hosted numerous demonstrations of safer technologies and techniques that helped increase shipyard safety.

A total of 48 gold, 27 silver, and 12 bronze awards were presented. The following companies were also recognized with Allied, AMP, Airgas, and 3M as stand-out award winners:

  • BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair’s Small Business of the Year – TCI Mechanical of Atlantic Beach, Florida;
  • BAE Systems Jacksonville Ship Repair’s Subcontractor of the Year – Advanced Marine Preservation, LLC of Jacksonville, Florida;
  • BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair’s Small Business of the Year – AMP United of Dover, New Hampshire;
  • BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair’s Subcontractor of the Year – Standard Calibration of Chesapeake, Virginia;
  • BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair’s Small Business of the Year – Standard Ship Repair of National City, California; and
  • BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair’s Subcontractor of the Year – California Marine Cleaning of Pompano Beach, Florida.

BAE Systems provides ship repair, maintenance and modernization services to the U.S. Navy’s fleet of combatant ships in their homeports; refit and hauling services for commercial and privately held vessels; and fabrication services for the submarine industrial base.