Sources SoughtPosted Oct 7, 2026·Responses due Dec 1, 2025

SYNTHETIC SIGNATURE GENERATION (SSG) SUPPORT SERVICES

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

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541330
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
N00167-26-SSG
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
Not stated
Place
West Bethesda, MD, USA
Contact
Haylea Weidinger (haylea.r.witz.civ@us.navy.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation N00167-26-SSG in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 28, 2025
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 28, 2025
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 7, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 7, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Mar 5, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, middle of the range Jun 9, 2026.
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 Oct 28, 2025).

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 POSTING IS BEING RE-ACTIVATED TO NOTIFY INDUSTRY THAT SYNTHETIC SIGNATURE GENERATION (SSG) SUPPORT SERVICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS HAS BEEN POSTED UNDER SOLICIATION N00167-26-R-1006. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) - AWARD OF A CONTRACT WILL NOT BE MADE AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE. ADDITIONALLY, CONTRACTORS WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED FOR COSTS RELATED TO RESPONSE PREPARATION AND/OR SUBMITTAL. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, (NSWCCD) has a follow-on requirement to provide scientific, engineering, and technical services required f… (show all)

or the design, development, fabrication, integration, test, fleet implementation, and maintenance of Synthetic Signature Generation (SSG) based simulation systems. Included with this sources sought notice is a draft Statement of Work (SOW), draft personnel qualifications, draft Cyber Workforce Matrix (CWM) and a market research questionnaire for industry to review/complete. The draft SOW, draft personnel qualifications, Aand draft CWF are being provided to request comments and questions from potential offerors. The market research questionnaire is intended to assist the Government in determining the probability of small or large business prime contractors responding to a future RFP for this requirement. The Government anticipates making future decisions regarding the acquisition strategy based upon responses received from both small and large businesses that indicate an interest and demonstrate capability to perform the required effort. The Government's current acquisition strategy includes the following: Non-performance based services for CPFF CLINs; Cost only CLINs for Other Direct Costs (ODC) for material and travel; Best value trade-off source selection procedures; and Period of performance of five (5) years consisting of one (1) 60-month ordering period. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330, Engineering Services. For more information about size standards, please refer to http://www.sba.gov. The work is currently being performed under Contract N00167-22-D-0004 by Leidos, Inc. at 11951 Freedom Drive, Reston, VA 20190-5640. Interested parties/potential offerors are encouraged to respond to this notice with questions, comments, and completed questionnaires as soon as possible, but not later than 01 December 2025. In addition to identifying questions and comments regarding the draft SOW, draft CWF, and draft personnel qualifications, please complete the attached questionnaire to the best of your ability. All responses shall be submitted via email to Haylea Weidinger, Contract Specialist, at haylea.r.witz.civ@us.navy.mil. Please note that no Government response will be provided to questions/comments submitted in response to this notice and respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the market research questionnaire. All questions/comments will be reviewed by the Government to assist in identifying revisions to be incorporated in the draft SOW, draft CWF and draft personnel qualifications. All market research questionnaires will be reviewed and the information will assist the Government in finalizing its acquisition strategy, including a determination regarding the utilization of a small business set-aside. All information will be kept confidential and will not be disseminated to the public. This sources sought and market research questionnaire is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response.

Who won similar work

63 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (NAVSEA, naval shipyards and surface/undersea warfare centers), same NAICS 541330.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION · $SAIC3$78.1MJul 30, 2026
LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING INC2$135.6MOct 1, 2026
ISPA TECHNOLOGY LLC2$91.1MOct 15, 2026
FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC2$42.2MJun 29, 2026
EHS TECHNOLOGIES CORP2$41.9MSep 29, 2026
Microwave Power Products, Inc. · $TDG2$7.8MJul 18, 2025
Woodward Inc. · $WWD2$3.1MSep 28, 2026
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION · $LMT1$223.4MApr 30, 2025
ELECTRIC BOAT CORPORATION1$111.3MJan 22, 2026
CHEROKEE NATION GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, L.L.C.1$99.3MSep 3, 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
  • $412K 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.

  • 4 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 1 insider buys and 3 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.