Sources SoughtPosted Aug 10, 2026·Responses due Aug 21, 2026

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NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers · NUWC DIV NEWPORT

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336419
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
45-0268
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
1440
Place
USA
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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 45-0268 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 15, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 4, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 10, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 25, 2026 to Apr 26, 2027, middle of the range Dec 15, 2026.
Measured from 3964 past early notices at Dept of the Navy that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 15, 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.

Who won similar work

12 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same industry group (NAICS 3364).

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX3$6.1BOct 8, 2026
MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC. · $PH2$31.0MSep 9, 2026
KONGSBERG DEFENCE & AEROSPACE AS Kongsberg 3616 NOR1$1.1BNov 20, 2024
TEX-TECH ENGINEERED COMPOSITES, LLC1$76.8MDec 1, 2025
Rolls-Royce Corporation1$48.1MAug 14, 2026
RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD.1$34.6MJan 15, 2025
AMERICAN FLOWFORM PRODUCTS, LLC1$3.5MOct 31, 2024
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT1$933KJan 29, 2026
Xometry, Inc.1$469KMay 31, 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.

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.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (9 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $704K 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

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
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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.

  • 3 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 5 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.