This directorate acquires military, law enforcement and civilian ships, and manages ship refit, conversion and drydocking contracts. It is also responsible for acquiring almost all structural, mechanical and electrical equipment used on ships, including spare parts, along with related services such as design engineering, investigation, equipment repair and overhaul, and in-service ships maintenance.

The directorate is also responsible for providing quality assurance by inspecting all civilian ships and associated equipment. It provides client departments, foreign governments and other public or commercial organizations with a wide variety of technical services, such as condition surveys on ships, specification preparation, technical advice and ship construction inspection and project management.

The directorate comprises various divisions which provide services in the following areas:

	Integrated procurement for: • Naval construction for small, medium and large ships • Ship designs • Propulsion systems and power distribution systems • Hull systems and auxiliary machinery
	Ships and related services: • Ship refits, repairs and midlife modernizations — Vessel Transfer Costs • Repair and overhaul of propulsion, power distribution, hull and auxiliary machinery systems • In-Service Support Contracts for life cycle maintenance support
	Marine engineering services
	Naval architecture and technical services
	Electrical/electronic engineering and inspection services
	Project Management
	Quality Assurance
	ISO 9000 Audit Services
	Submarine Project
	Bahamas Patrol Craft Program
	Afloat Logistics and Sealift Capability (ALSC) Project
	DND YAG Procurement
	DFO Post Class Procurement
	HMCS Athabaskan Refit
	HMCS Provider Refit
	HMCS Algonquin Refit
	Iroquois and Halifax Class In Service Support Contracts
	DND Auxiliary Fleet In Service Support Contracts