Commercial Solutions Opening for the Defense Industrial Base
Navy and Marine Corps · NAVAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS COMMAND
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation N0002326SDIB1 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 24, 2026Special NoticeOpen
- Aug 27, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
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 Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for the Defense Industrial Base (DASN (DIB)), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition (ASN (RD&A)), is interested in awarding agreements and other appropriate instruments to traditional and nontraditional defense contractors, commercial firms, academic institutions, and other eligible entities to carry out prototype projects that are directly relevant to strengthening, expanding, modernizing, or sustaining the Defense Industrial Base and improving the mission effectiveness, readiness, product… (show all)
ion capacity, resilience, and supportability of Department of the Navy capabilities, platforms, systems, components, materials, infrastructure, and enabling industrial resources. Accordingly, DASN (DIB) announces a streamlined Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) solicitation procedure seeking proposals for prototypes that can accelerate the delivery of warfighting capability and capacity, improve industrial base performance, and support the Department of the Navy�s industrial base priorities. This CSO is a competitive solicitation procedure used to identify, evaluate, and select prototype projects for potential award under other transaction authority and is intended to provide maximum flexibility to pursue a broad range of prototype efforts. Competitive procedures will be used to the maximum extent practicable when entering into agreements or other arrangements to carry out such projects. Interested parties with current, emerging, or developmental solutions are encouraged to submit solution briefs in response to separately published Areas of Interest (AoIs) addressing opportunities to enhance industrial capacity, supply chain resilience, advanced manufacturing, workforce development, infrastructure, energy, private capital engagement, contested logistics support, data management, analytics, or other related Defense Industrial Base needs. AoIs may be issued, refined, expanded, or updated from time to time, and submissions may be sought for specific topics or for broader capability areas consistent with DASN (DIB)�s mission. Offerors are encouraged to propose solutions with the flexibility to support diverse prototype efforts across the full range of Defense Industrial Base priorities.
Who won similar work
25 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same product/service code (PSC) 9999.
Single-winner award sizes (25): middle half $253K to $735K, median $556K; range $28K to $1.8M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC · $39.3B | 4 | $674K | Oct 9, 2026 |
| L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $19.4B | 3 | $1.6M | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation · $LMT · $67.6B | 1 | $1.8M | Jun 26, 2025 |
| TRIUMPH ACTUATION SYSTEMS - YAKIMA, LLC | 1 | $1.7M | Sep 4, 2026 |
| OCENCO INC | 1 | $1.1M | Jul 23, 2025 |
| JOHNSON CONTROLS NAVY SYSTEMS, LLC | 1 | $1.0M | Apr 4, 2026 |
| IXI TECHNOLOGY INC | 1 | $917K | Aug 15, 2026 |
| UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC. | 1 | $802K | Jun 10, 2026 |
| MICROWAVE POWER PRODUCTS, INC. | 1 | $735K | Apr 22, 2025 |
| QORVO TEXAS, LLC | 1 | $733K | Jan 28, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $NOC reported $39.3B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $556K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $LHX reported $19.4B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $556K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
- $LMT reported $67.6B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 25 past awards, $556K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 9, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$46K99--FITTING ASSEMBLY
- Sep 25, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$61K99--PLATE ASSEMBLY
- Sep 4, 2026TRIUMPH ACTUATION SYSTEMS - YAKIMA, LLC$1.7M99--FITTING HOLDBACK AI
- Aug 21, 2026DALLAS AVIONICS, INC.$31K99--MAST SECTION
- Aug 19, 2026SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$556K99--PROBE ASSEMBLY
- Aug 15, 2026IXI TECHNOLOGY INC$917K99--UNIVERSAL PRINTER I
- Jun 23, 2026L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$615K99--RECEIVER TRANSMITTE, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF
- Jun 10, 2026UNDERSEA SENSOR SYSTEMS, INC.$802K99--RECEIVER RADIO
- May 29, 2026L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$473K99--RECEIVER TRANSMITTE, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF
- May 14, 2026L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$482K99--RECIEVER, IN REPAIR/MODIFICATION OF
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.
- 2 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (25 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
- $993K 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.
- 8 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 3 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 2 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.