Special NoticePosted Oct 9, 2026·Responses due Oct 23, 2026

Advance Notice DRAFT RFP N0016426R3007 NON-PERSONAL ACQUISITION ENGINEERING, PRODUCT SUPPORT AND LOGISTICS (PSL) SUPPORT TO THE MARITIME ELECTROMAGNETIC WARFARE DIVISION- PSC R706 - NAICS 541330

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N0016426SNB39
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
R706
Place
Not stated
Contact
Becky Minks (becky.a.minks.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N0016426SNB39 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jun 23, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 9, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027, middle of the range Feb 2, 2027.
Measured from 48 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 541330 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jun 23, 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 purpose of this notice/amendment is to release a DRAFT SeaPort Next Generation (SeaPort-NxG) solicitation to solicit feedback, questions, and recommendations from industry prior to the issuance of the formal Request for Proposals (RFP). The Government will review and consider all questions and comments received in order to refine the final solicitation documents; however, the Government reserves the right not to provide direct or individual responses to every question submitted. CRITICAL NOTICE REGARDING PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: This advance notice is issued for planning and informational pur… (show all)

poses only and does not constitute a formal solicitation, an invitation for bids, or an authorization to commence work. Any questions, feedback, draft documentation, completed attachments, or worksheets submitted by industry in response to this draft solicitation will not be retained, reviewed, or considered as part of an offerors formal proposal. In order to be eligible for award, offerors must submit a complete, independent proposal strictly in accordance with the instructions contained in the official RFP once released. Materials or completed attachments submitted during this draft stage will not transfer or carry over into the formal proposal evaluation process. This requirement is issued by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC Crane), Contracting Department, Crane, IN, and sets forth the requirements for non-personal Acquisition Engineering, Product Support, and Logistics support for current and future Maritime Electromagnetic Warfare (MEW) projects. Support areas include programmatic services, supply support, technical manual development, training development, data integrity validation, reliability and maintainability engineering, data analytics, and technical writing. These services encompass full life-cycle support for military and national security Electromagnetic Warfare and Decoy systems, including Special Projects, Operations, Sustainment Software, Sustaining Engineering, Modernization, and Fleet Services. This requirement will be competed as a 100% small business set-aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) SeaPort-NxG Multiple Award Contract (MAC) holders. All dates referenced herein, including proposal due dates, anticipated award dates, and Period of Performance (POP) start and end dates are rough estimates provided solely for acquisition planning purposes. Actual dates will be formally established upon issuance of the RFP. All industry questions and feedback regarding this draft package must be received on or before 23 October 2026 prior to the issuance of the official solicitation. Vendors are requested to submit inquiries using the question and answer feature of this announcement and shall clearly reference the applicable draft SOW/solicitation section, page, and paragraph number to which the question or feedback applies. The PWS and DD254 are controlled documents, therefore vendors must have JCP certification and request access in the portal to view.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 541330.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Microwave Power Products, Inc. · $TDG2$7.8MJul 18, 2025
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION · $NOC1$27.2MDec 12, 2024
AMERICAN STRUCTUREPOINT INC1$12.0MFeb 4, 2026
DRS ADVANCED ISR LLC · $DRS1$9.1MAug 15, 2025
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX1$8.4MSep 16, 2025
SERCO INC1$2.7MApr 17, 2025
CAES SYSTEMS LLC · $HON1$2.7MSep 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 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.

  • 2 of these past winners lobbied Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines since 2024 (26 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Navy, Dept of or U.S. Marines job
  • $1.1M 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.

  • 5 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 7 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.