COLUMBIA Class Tailcone Manufacture
NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NSWC CARDEROCK
Capture briefs (a one-page, shareable copy of this page) are part of Pro. The CSV here holds the notice, its timeline and past awards.
Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N0016726R1005 in this department, oldest first.
- May 14, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
The Advanced Propulsor Management Office (APMO, Code 808) in the Naval Architecture and Engineering Department (Code 80) of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is responsible for managing the research and development, design, testing, acquisition, and delivery of United States Navy submarine propulsors. This solicitation is for the manufacture and acquisition of COLUMBIA Class Tailcones, in accordance with the attached solicitation N00167-26-R-1005. The resultant contract will be a combination of Fixed Price Incentive - Firm Target (FPIF), Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF), … (show all)
and Cost-type line items.
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 336611.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P. | 2 | $116.3M | Feb 9, 2026 |
| GOODRICH CORPORATION · $RTX | 2 | $91.7M | Oct 1, 2026 |
| SEEMANN COMPOSITES, LLC | 1 | $62.0M | Aug 13, 2025 |
| QED SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $43.7M | Jul 16, 2025 |
| METALEX MANUFACTURING INC | 1 | $33.2M | Sep 4, 2025 |
| Rolls-Royce Marine North America Inc. | 1 | $20.0M | Apr 24, 2025 |
| DYNETICS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS INC · $LDOS | 1 | $8.4M | Aug 12, 2025 |
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.
- Oct 1, 2026GOODRICH CORPORATION$744KGoodrich Advanced Propulsor Bearings
- Feb 9, 2026BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$24.5MPropulsor Demonstration Hardware (PDH) Follow-On
- Oct 15, 2025GOODRICH CORPORATION$91.0MVirginia Class Propulsor - Most Aggressive Feature (MAF) Follow-On
- Sep 4, 2025METALEX MANUFACTURING INC$33.2MPropulsor Rotor Machining Qualification
- Aug 13, 2025SEEMANN COMPOSITES, LLC$62.0MMulti-Material Propeller Prototype
- Aug 12, 2025DYNETICS TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS INC$8.4MElectron Beam (EB) Weld
- Jul 16, 2025QED SYSTEMS, INC.$43.7MAlteration Installation Team (AIT)
- Apr 24, 2025Rolls-Royce Marine North America Inc.$20.0MBlock F Basic Ordering Agreement
- Jan 30, 2025BAE SYSTEMS LAND & ARMAMENTS L.P.$91.8MVCS Assembly Material
Competitive landscape
For the 7 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
- $705K 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
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
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.
- 2 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 6 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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.