N6134026R0005_Sources Sought_NSST_Legacy_Spares.docx
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This Sources Sought Notice is issued by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) seeking potential sources for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) spare parts to support the Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) System across nine locations in the United States and Japan. The procurement may be set aside for small businesses or conducted through full and open competition, with multiple awards possible, and targets NAICS code 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees.
Interested companies must submit a 10-page response by 2:00 p.m. EDT on 01 October 2025 via email to Elle Henning and Issa Malki, demonstrating capabilities, experience, and ability to deliver required spares within a 9-month timeframe. Respondents should provide company information including SAM.gov registration details, explain their small business status, discuss potential teaming approaches, and address nonmanufacturer rule qualifications. The government anticipates this market research will help determine the procurement method, with a potential focus on small business participation including HUBZone, SDVOSB, 8(a), and WOSB concerns.
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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) Spares
INTRODUCTION: The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD), Orlando, FL, is seeking information for potential sources to supply commercial off the shelf (COTS) for the procurement of spares to support the Navigation, Seamanship, and Shiphandling Trainer (NSST) System at the following locations: Orlando, Mayport, San Diego, Sasebo, Norfolk, Pearl Harbor, Everett, Yokosuka, and Rota.
The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice (market research), this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions.
DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.
PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The NSST is a critical Fleet training system. Only the originally fielded components maintain the system’s approved configuration. Any deviation from the approved configuration would constitute a configuration change, which would invalidate the Authority to Operate (ATO). Without an ATO, the Fleet is not authorized to operate the training system.
DELIVERY LOCATIONS:
Orlando NAWCTSD Orlando 12211 Science Dr, Orlando, FL 32826
Mayport SCSTC Mayport - NAWCTSD 2527 Baltimore St., Rm 1109, NAVSTA Mayport, FL 32228
San Diego Naval Base San Diego Mariner Skills Training Center, Pacific 2622 Woden St, BLDG# 3304, Suite# 3 San Diego CA 92136
Sasebo
US NAVAL BASE, SASEBO, JAPAN
MSC Warehouse Building 1651 Postal Code: 857-0063
TATEGAMI-CHO, SASEBO, JAPAN
Yokosuka US Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan Naval Facilities Engineering Command FE, Building A32 Postal Code: 238-0001
1-BANCHI, TOMARI-CHO, YOKOSUKA-SHI
KANAGAWA, JAPAN
Norfolk 1534 Piersey Street Bldg. O-26, Rm 200 Norfolk, VA 23511
Everett Naval Station Everett 2000 W Marine View Dr. Bldg. 2200 (NSST) Everett, WA 98207
Pearl Harbor
NAVSUBTRACENPAC
198 Lexington Blvd.
TSD Bldg. 39 Room 109A
JBPHH, HI 96860
Rota NAVSUP FLCSI Rota Bldg. 55 Base Naval de Rota Rota, Cadiz ES 11530
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS): The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334111 (Electronic Computer Manufacturing), with an associated small business size standard of 1,250 employees. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6910 (Training Aids).
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Written responses by interested companies shall not exceed 10 pages, 8.5” x 11” pages, font no smaller than 10 point, and single spaced. Responses shall be formatted in either Microsoft Word (docx) or Adobe Acrobat (pdf).
Interested companies shall submit responses by email to Elle Henning (elle.a.henning.civ@us.navy.mil) and copy Issa Malki (issa.j.malki.civ@us.navy.mil). The response to this Sources Sought Notice shall be received no later than 2:00 p.m. (EDT) on 01 October 2025 and reference: Sources Sought Notice for NSST SPARES.
Please submit all written questions by email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. No phone or email questions regarding the status of any subsequent solicitation (RFP) will be accepted prior to its release.
Responses shall be in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your business possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. All information/materials received in response to this Sources Sought Notice that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.
Responses should demonstrate the ability to fulfill the detailed supply requirements identified in the Materials List associated with this Sources Sought, and address the following:
COMPANY INFORMATION: Identify your company’s SAM.gov registered name, CAGE code, Unique Entity ID, and POC information (telephone and email address). Identify if your company is considered “small business” or “large business” under the size standard associated with the NAICS code listed within this announcement. If considered “small business,” identify your company’s socio-economic status [i.e., HUBZone, SDVOSB, 8(a), or WOSB].
CAPABILITIES: Interested companies should provide a brief introduction and details on the company/organization, including any potential teaming approach. A discussion of any customary business practices that might affect the firm’s fulfillment of the requirement.
EXPERIENCE: Companies should provide details articulating their ability to deliver the required items.
SCHEDULE: The Government anticipates the effort to be delivered within 9 months after contract award. Companies should provide comments as to their likelihood of satisfying the requirements within 9 months.
SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION: Discuss any potential small business subcontractor participation by Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), 8(a) Small Business, or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) concerns.
OTHER CONTRACT VEHICLES: If applicable, please identify other contract vehicles the Government should consider for this requirement for which your company is an awardee [e.g., Government-Wide Acquisition Contracts (GWAC), Multi-Agency Contracts, Other Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC), Federal Supply Schedules (FSS), Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA), and Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA)].
| NONMANUFACTURER RULE (NMR): In order to determine if your firm qualifies as a small business concern that provides the requested items within the Materials List associated with this Sources Sought Notice, as a “Nonmanufacturer,” please respond to the following: | |
| (1) Does your firm have more than 500 employees? | |
| (2) Are you primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sell the type of items being supplied within the Materials List? | |
| (3) Do you typically take ownership or possession of the types of items being supplied within the Materials List with your personnel, equipment, or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practices? | |
| (4) Are the items being supplied within the Materials List the end items of small business manufacturers, processors, or producers, and made in the United States? |
| Please keep the following in mind when addressing the questions, 13 C.F.R. 121.406 (b)(2) states in reference to Nonmanufacturers: |
| “For size purposes, there can be only one manufacturer of the end item being acquired. The manufacturer is the concern which, with its own facilities, performs the primary activities in transforming inorganic or organic substances, including the assembly of parts and components, into the end item being acquired. The end item must possess characteristics which, as a result of mechanical, chemical or human action, it did not possess before the original substances, parts or components were assembled or transformed. The end item may be finished and ready for utilization or consumption, or it may be semi-finished as a raw material to be used in further manufacturing. Firms which perform only minimal operations upon the item being procured do not qualify as manufacturers of the end item. Firms that add substances, parts, or components to an existing end item to modify its performance will not be considered the end item manufacturer where those identical modifications can be performed by and are available from the manufacturer of the existing end item.” |
LIMITATIONS ON SUBCONTRACTING: If you are a small business interested in being the prime contractor for this effort, please be advised that the FAR 52.219-14, “Limitations on Subcontracting,” Class Deviation 2021-O0008, Revision 1, is now in effect which includes the definition of “Similarly Situated Entity” and provides a methodology for the 50% calculation for compliance with the clause. Small business primes may count “first-tier subcontracted” work performed by Similarly Situated Entities as if it were performed by the prime itself. Please read the full text of Class Deviation 2021-O0008, Revision 1 - Limitations on Subcontracting for Small Business, dated 15 February 2023, at [https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/policy/policyvault/USA000277-23-DPC.pdf].
To assist in our market research and determination for this effort, if you are a small business interested in priming this effort and plan to utilize “Similarly Situated Entities” to meet the Limitations on Subcontracting, please identify the name, Unique Entity ID, and CAGE Code of the specific company(s) you intend to partner/subcontract with to meet the requirements as well as their small business size status under the NAICS Code that you as the prime would assign for their workshare. Information regarding any planned “Similarly Situated Entity” should be included in answering any questions outlined in the SSN in order to assist the Government’s capability determination.
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