Sources SoughtPosted Jun 16, 2026·Responses due Jun 22, 2026

BRR-6 Gun Drilling/Machining Services

NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD IMF

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332710
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N4523A26Q0004
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J020
Place
Bremerton, WA, USA
Contact
Katherine Lauer (katherine.e.lauer.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N4523A26Q0004 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 16, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Jul 16, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 28, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 29, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Aug 7, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 30, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, middle of the range Oct 23, 2026.
Measured from 12 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 332710 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jun 16, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Regional Maintenance Center at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) is conducting market research to determine industry capability and interest in performing Gun Drilling/Machining services of provided metal bar stock. What/Where to Submit: Interested companies should submit, on company letterhead, a notice of interest including the name, telephone number, mailing address, and e-mail address of one point of contact. Please hand or digitally sign your letter of interest and e-mail it to the Government contacts listed below, with "BRR-6 Gun Drilling/Mac… (show all)

hine Services Sources Sought Response" in the subject field. The notice of interest should include a brief description of your company and its capabilities as they relate to the requirements set forth in the description shown above, and answers to the following specific questions. Please limit your response to no more than 5 pages. 1. Is your company a small or large business as defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) under NAICS code 332710? 2. Does your company have a satisfactory performance record for the type of work required? Please provide examples of relevant and recent (within three years) past performance. 3. Does your company provide similar services to the general public under terms and conditions similar to those offered to the federal Government? 4. Given the work described in this announcement, does your company plan to submit a proposal in response to the anticipated solicitation for the Thermal Spray package? 5. Based off the Draft Performance Work Statement (attached), please provide an estimate for lead time of this requirement. 6. Based off the Draft Performance Work Statement (attached), please provide an estimate for the cost of this requirement, including shipping costs. This is only to support Market Research, and no contractors will be held to estimates provided in response to this sources sought. The referenced Engineering Memorandum cannot be provided until a solicitation is posted. Notice Regarding Sources Sought: This Sources Sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a solicitation or a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This Sources Sought does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the Navy is not seeking proposals at this time, nor accepting unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this source sought; all costs associated with responding to this source sought will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in any future Request for Quote (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Proposal (RFP), if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM website (sam.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Information provided shall be treated as Business Sensitive or Confidential to the responder, exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act. PSNS & IMF may request further information regarding the capabilities of respondents to meet the requirements set forth in the announcement. Information provided in response to this sources sought announcement will not be considered an offer by the responding contractor and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Based on the responses to this sources sought, this requirement may be set aside for small business (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition (unrestricted), the government intent at this time is for a single award. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, the government will not be providing evaluations or comments to companies providing sources sought responses but the responses will be used to inform the government as to the best means of procuring this requirement.

Who won similar work

28 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same NAICS 332710.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
MISSION CRITICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC3$367KNov 13, 2024
INTEGRITY DEFENSE SERVICES INC.2$41.6MSep 16, 2025
WINCHESTER TOOL, LLC2$1.8MAug 27, 2025
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS MACHINE INC.2$1.5MJul 22, 2026
LABORATORY TESTING, LLC1$7.5MOct 16, 2025
PRODUCT EVALUATION SYSTEMS, LLC. Latrobe PA 15650 USA1$7.5MOct 16, 2025
WESTMORELAND MECHANICAL TESTING & RESEARCH, INC.1$7.5MOct 16, 2025
METCUT RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC1$7.5MOct 16, 2025
CHUCKING MACHINE PRODUCTS, INC.1$7.2MOct 6, 2025
STARK PRECISION MACHINE, LLC1$6.5MOct 2, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 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
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 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

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 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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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.