Sources SoughtPosted Oct 8, 2026·Responses due Oct 22, 2026

Weight Handling Equipment (WHE) Program Services

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
811310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00167-26-RFPREQ-CD-102-0102
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
J039
Place
Not stated
Contact
Joseph Estrella (joseph.l.estrella.civ@us.navy.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00167-26-RFPREQ-CD-102-0102 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 8, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 29, 2026 to Dec 19, 2026, middle of the range Nov 10, 2026.
Measured from 16 past early notices at Dept of the Navy with NAICS 811310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 8, 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

Weight Handling Equipment (WHE) Program Services Sources Sought Notice. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) is issuing this sources sought notice pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 (Market Research) and FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Services). The objective of this announcement is to identify capable, qualified commercial contractors and assess market interest and capacity across socio-economic small business concerns (including Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), 8(a) Program Participants, Historically Underutilized … (show all)

Business Zone (HUBZone) firms, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB)) as well as to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a competitive small business set-aside. This announcement is published strictly for information and planning purposes. It does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), Invitation for Bids (IFB), or Request for Quotations (RFQ), nor does it commit the Government to award a contract or pay for any costs incurred in preparing or submitting a response. Interested commercial sources must submit a four-page Capability Statement demonstrating the companys capability to meet the requirement to the designated Contracting Points of Contact on or before the response due date. Detailed instructions and required documents are identified in the attachments.

Who won similar work

6 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same product/service code (PSC) J039.

Single-winner award sizes (6): middle half $46K to $194K, median $122K; range $6K to $659K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CRANEWORKS, INC.1$659KAug 4, 2026
LUCAYAN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LLC1$196KJul 22, 2026
Hawaii Metal Recovery Corp.1$188KSep 21, 2026
Flender Corporation1$55KSep 17, 2026
Industrial Dynamics LLC1$43KJul 29, 2025
ARABIC INTERPRETERS LLC1$6KSep 30, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 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
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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.

  • 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
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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. 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
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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.