Brand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP, Underwater Acoustic Transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Rock Island awarded contract W912EK26CA021 to HANDYMENCH LLC on June 8, 2026, for Brand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP underwater acoustic transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, at a value of $4,106,813.20.
The award was made under the Total Small Business set-aside.
W912EK26CA021 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Rock Island
6/10/26, 12:16 PM Brand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP, Underwater Acoustic Transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is seeking to procure 230 brand name Lubell LL 1424 HP underwater acoustic transducers in support of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project. This procurement falls under NAICS code 334310 (Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing) and PSC code 5845 (Underwater Sound Equipment). The government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract for these specialized underwater acoustic devices. A Request for Quote (RFQ) numbered W912EK26QA016 will be posted in May 2026 to solicit offers from eligible vendors. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on April 21, 2026, with a due date of May 5, 2026, which represents the deadline for reviewing pre-solicitation information before the formal RFQ is released.
This procurement is designated as a 100% small business set-aside, meaning only small businesses are eligible to compete for the contract. The specific product requirement—230 units of the brand name Lubell LL 1424 HP transducers—indicates a defined quantity with no apparent scope for substitution, as the solicitation specifies brand name only. The government has not disclosed an estimated award value or budget range in this pre-solicitation notice. Detailed specifications, plans, drawings, and other technical requirements will be provided when the formal RFQ is posted in May 2026. Interested small business vendors should monitor for the official solicitation release to obtain complete procurement details and submission requirements.
W912EK26QTRANSDUCERS Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Rock Island
4/21/26, 2:03 PM Brand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP, Underwater Acoustic Transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project
The Department of the Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District seeks Brand Name Lubell LL 1424 HP underwater acoustic transducers for the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, with quotes due May 15, 2026 (extended by Amendment 0003). This is a total small business set-aside that will result in a firm-fixed-price purchase order.
Place of performance is Lockport, Illinois. The base requirement includes 230 Lubell LL 1424HP transducers mounted in stainless steel cages, 230 bridging transformers for impedance matching, 230 wet-mateable connector ends, and testing services (dry testing at contractor facility and Romeoville, Illinois; wet testing at contractor facility). An option for 50 additional transducer sets with associated testing may be exercised within 365 days of award. All equipment must be delivered to 790 East Old Romeo Road, Lockport, Illinois 60441 by May 29, 2028, with partial deliveries accepted on a maximum of three shipments.
Transducers must operate at frequencies of 200 Hz to greater than 8000 Hz with output exceeding 170 dB, function at depths of 9 to 40 feet without pressure compensation, feature military-grade wet-mateable connectors, and meet corrosion-protection standards to MIL-C-5541E. The brand-name requirement reflects over a decade of research and field testing by the ERDC Engineering Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory, establishing that no other commercially available product meets the simultaneous extreme environmental survivability and acoustic performance specifications required.
Required quote documentation includes company cover sheet, signed SF 1449 with unit and total prices for all CLINs, SAM.gov registration confirmation, and for resellers a detailed plan addressing SOW requirements with emphasis on testing capability. Evaluation criteria are technical capability (product conformance and testing plan feasibility) and price (total proposed price for reasonableness). NAICS 334310; PSC 5845. Amendments 0001, 0002, and 0003 have updated specifications, CLINs, evaluation criteria, and the due date.
W912EK26QA016 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Rock Island
5/1/26, 3:01 PM