Pre-solicitationPosted Nov 24, 2025·Responses due Dec 9, 2025

SOLE SOURCE / LIMITED COMPETITION � PROCUREMENT OF TR-333 HYDROPHONE HOUSINGS � PSC 5845 � NAICS 332710

NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NSWC CRANE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332710
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0016426RGP89
Set-aside
8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
PSC
5845
Place
USA
Contact
Jessica Sanders (jessica.a.sanders26@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0016426RGP89 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Nov 24, 2025 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
  • Oct 2, 2026
    Award Notice
    STARK PRECISION MACHINE, LLC · $6.5M
    Open

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What the notice says

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane has a requirement for the procurement of TR-333 Hydrophone Housings (P/N 6029163-301) used in the manufacture of US and UK hydrophones for the SP24 TRIDENT. They are to be used as replacement assets during normal refit/replenish/replacement operations. Housings can be delivered, along with production test and inspection data for each and shall generate and submit Certificates of Compliance to the Government with each shipment of housings. For review of technical requirements, please see attached drawing 6029163-301. In order to access the drawings, ven… (show all)

dors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and in the Joint Certification Program (JCP). More information about the JCP is located at https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/PublicHome/jcp/default.aspx. NSWC Crane has a requirement for a non-commercial, 5-year, firm-fixed-price (FFP), indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The Government intends to award to one of the current certified sources: Stark Precision Machine LLC, D & D Automation Inc, or Enjet Aero Terre Haute LLC. This effort will be conducted on a limited competition basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The basis for restricting competition to the Hydrophone Housings is to avoid roughly $4 million in cost duplication and prevent as much as two years unnecessary schedule impact. The program requires critical component suppliers to go through an extensive qualification plan to include inspection, certification, first article testing and operational testing. The Government has expended considerable effort and expense to develop the current certified source. The estimated cost to restore capability if a different vendor's Hydrophone Housings is procured is projected to be roughly $4 million higher than the proposed cost to utilize an existing certified source. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. However, a determination by the Government not to compete this solicitation is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Contractors must be properly and actively registered in SAM and JCP to receive the controlled attachments. Offerors may obtain information on SAM registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the internet at https://www.sam.gov. Information about the JCP is located at https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/PublicHome/jcp/default.aspx. The controlled attachments will be posted at the same time as the solicitation. The solicitation and all changes to the requirement that occur prior to the closing date will be provided to the above referenced certified sources and those Offerors that submitted a capability statement, proposal, or quotation. No hard copies of the solicitation will be mailed. Interested sources must request the document via email from the Government POC listed below. Questions or inquiries should be directed to Jessica Sanders, Code 0232, e-mail jessica.a.sanders26.civ@us.navy.mil. Please reference the above solicitation number when responding to this notice.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (NSWC CRANE), same product/service code (PSC) 5845.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $3.3M to $14.2M, median $4.1M; range $2.9M to $43.0M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
HIGH BRIDGE SOLUTIONS, LLC1$43.0MDec 17, 2024
TELEDYNE INSTRUMENTS INC1$4.7MOct 6, 2025
Triangle Rubber Co. Inc.1$3.5MFeb 13, 2025
L3 Technologies, Inc. · $LHX1$2.9MNov 4, 2024

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Competitive landscape

For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $234K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

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  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

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  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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