Sources SoughtPosted Oct 5, 2026·Responses due Oct 19, 2026

USS HECTOR A CAFFERATA JR (ESB-8) FY27 PSA

Military Sealift Command · MSCHQ NORFOLK

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336611
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N3220526R0003
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J998
Place
Not stated
Contact
Benjamin Brackett (benjamin.b.brackett.civ@us.navy.mil)
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 N3220526R0003 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 5, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Jan 18, 2027 to May 9, 2027, middle of the range Feb 21, 2027.
Measured from 51 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 336611 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 5, 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

Please see attached sources sought notice, associated technical NDA, and draft work package for the USS HECTOR A CAFFERATA JR FY27 Post Shakedown Availability.

Who won similar work

57 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 336611.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC15$314.8MJun 16, 2026
Alabama Shipyard LLC11$215.3MJul 1, 2026
VIGOR MARINE LLC5$257.4MFeb 13, 2026
GULF COPPER & MANUFACTURING CORPORATION2$173.3MJun 12, 2025
EAST COAST REPAIR & FABRICATION, LLC2$160.1MMar 3, 2025
Detyens Shipyard, Inc.2$34.2MSep 2, 2025
Rhoads Industries, Inc.1$128.7MMar 3, 2025
FAIRLEAD BOATWORKS, INC.1$128.7MMar 3, 2025
GMD SHIPYARD CORP.1$128.7MMar 3, 2025
CUSTOM PANEL & CONTROLS, LLC1$44.6MJun 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.

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 (4 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.

  • 4 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.