Request for Information - INDUSTRY MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY FOR DIVER PROPULSION SYSTEM (DPD)
Navy and Marine Corps · COMMANDER
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation M67854-26-I-1059 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 20, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
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
This Request for Information (RFI) initiates market research under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 and is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The information herein only initiates communication with industry in order to assess market potential. No solicitation document exists at this time. This RFI constitutes no Government obligation to pay for information responding to this RFI and the Government will not accept any responses as offers. Vendors should mark any proprietary information clearly and appropriately. Please see attachment for details.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same product/service code (PSC) 4220.
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $2.2M to $3.4M, median $3.1M; range $1.2M to $3.7M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFD BEAUFORT INC. | 1 | $3.7M | Feb 28, 2026 |
| ILC ASTROSPACE LLC | 1 | $3.1M | Nov 6, 2025 |
| AIR CRUISERS COMPANY | 1 | $1.2M | Apr 19, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Feb 28, 2026RFD BEAUFORT INC.$3.7M42--SUBMARINE ESCAPE IMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 6, 2025ILC ASTROSPACE LLC$3.1M42--BALLOON UNDERWATERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Apr 19, 2025AIR CRUISERS COMPANY$1.2M42--LIFE RAFT,INFLATABLNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Competitive landscape
For the 3 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
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 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.