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In 2002, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) promulgated
Seapower 21. Seapower 21 provides a framework to align, organize, and integrate
the U.S. Navy to meet the wide variety of challenges that lie ahead. The CNO
called upon the entire Navy to find ways to become more efficient and effective.
To meet Seapower 21 objectives and to increase efficiency, the NAVSEA Warfare
Centers established the Seaport Enhanced (Seaport-e) Multiple Award Contract
(MAC) vehicle, using a web-based, e-business procurement Portal, to facilitate
performance-based service acquisition, leverage buying power, improve business
intelligence, and reduce cycle time.
In October 2004, the Virtual SYSCOM Commanders formalized
an agreement to expand the ordering community of Seaport-e to include all
Virtual SYSCOM activities and to leverage the success of SeaPort-e in achieving
the aforementioned objectives across the Virtual SYSCOM. Additionally, other
Navy activities, including the Military Sealift Command, Strategic Systems
Programs, and the United States Marine Corps have chosen to use SeaPort Enhanced.
SeaPort-e has in excess of 600 prime contractor teams servicing one or more
of the seven CONUS zones established by the contract.
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