Special NoticePosted Sep 16, 2026·Responses due Oct 28, 2026

NSWC-PHD MATAC OTA Request for Prototype Proposals: Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)

Navy and Marine Corps · COMMANDING OFFICER

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541715
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
MEA-27-01-001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Not stated
Contact
Not stated
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation MEA-27-01-001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 16, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Sep 16, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 16, 2026 to Jul 23, 2027, middle of the range Apr 2, 2027.
Measured from 13 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 541715 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 16, 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

Background and Summary: OSD desires to prototype a novel, scalable operational framework�the Prototypes and Experiments Rapid Fielding Sites (PERFS)�to rapidly integrate, evaluate, and transition disparate maritime and border defense technologies from laboratory environments to field operations. Problem: The Navy lacks a standardized, agile testing methodology and infrastructure capable of rapidly evaluating and integrating emerging intelligence, maritime, and border defense technologies against dynamic operational threats. Desired Objectives: To design, test, and validate a repeatable operati… (show all)

onal and business process prototype that accelerates the evaluation and transition of maritime dominance and border defense capabilities to the warfighter. Please go to matac.org for additional details

Who won similar work

100 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Navy and Marine Corps), same NAICS 541715.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SPACE GROUND SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC. · $PSN3$462.5MJun 29, 2026
RAYTHEON COMPANY · $RTX3$70.7MApr 20, 2026
ANALEX CORPORATION3$32.4MAug 3, 2026
ASSURANCE TECHNOLOGY CORP2$298.6MJun 18, 2026
LEIDOS, INC. · $LDOS2$162.2MAug 8, 2025
Applied Research Associates, Inc.2$123.0MMay 8, 2026
ENVISIONEERING INC2$100.4MJan 30, 2025
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT2$98.9MDec 15, 2025
GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS, INC.2$87.7MMay 12, 2026
SEACORP, LLC2$61.5MMay 8, 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 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
  • $1.2M 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
  • 1 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 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.