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NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIVISION

Advance Notice/Sources Sought/Industry Day Notice

Weapons Control and Integration Department (H)

Unmanned & Expeditionary Systems (H40) Intelligent Automation (H60)

N0017826R4403

Opportunity Name: H40/H60 Rapid Prototyping Support

Note: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited. All information and data received in response to the sources sought marked or designated as corporate proprietary information will be fully protected and held in strict confidence.

Scope: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) seeks to obtain market research information from sources capable of fully satisfying information contained herein.

NSWCDD seeks a vendor to provide prototype development, hardware fabrication, hardware for hardware prototype or prototype higher volume units and kits, and project management, including engineering design, development, and testing. Additionally, support is required for drawing development, bill of material development, fabrication, design analysis, and manufacturability analysis. Recent support activities applicable to this SOW include the Battle Management Systems (BMS), Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV) projects, manned and unmanned platform integration and robotic systems, weapon control systems development, and all future states of these programs and technologies.

Tasking is further delineated in the Draft Statement of Work attached to this Source Sought Notice. The immediate objective is to survey and assess interest from small businesses capable and interested in participating in this effort.

Incumbent: The current effort is currently supported under a Multi-Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. N0017823D4400 awarded to HART Technologies, Inc.

and Contract No. N0017823D4401 JF Taylor, Inc.

Attachments: A draft Statement of Work (SOW) is attached to this notice.

Contract Type: The Government contemplates the award of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract with Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort Delivery Orders.

Period of Performance: The resultant order will be a Five (5) Year IDIQ contract.

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Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI): An OCI Clause as defined by FAR 9.505 will be included in the resultant Request for Proposal (RFP) and task order. Offerors must certify to OCI or provide an acceptable mitigation plan.

Milestones: It is anticipated that the Solicitation will be available in the SAM.gov portal in November 2026 and will be open for approximately forty (40) calendar days. Performance is anticipated to begin no later than June 2028.

Request For Proposal (RFP): The RFP number for the purpose of this announcement is N0017826R4003. However, the RFP number will be updated to reflect fiscal year 2027 (FY27).

Set Aside: A set-aside determination has not yet been made for this requirement. Once a set-aside determination has been made, an update will be posted on SAM.gov.

Request for Capability Statements: The Government is requesting capability statements to determine if a small business set-aside can be made. Small businesses capable of fully satisfying the requirements described above and outlined in the attachment should submit capability statements/expressions of interest providing the Government the necessary information to determine actual capability. Capability statements shall not exceed ten (10) pages and shall include the following items:

(1) A company profile including CAGE Code and DUNS number and a statement regarding current Small Business status (including all applicable categories of Small Business: Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, HUBzone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business or Small Disadvantaged Business);

(2) A complete description of the offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, fabrication/manufacturing techniques or unique combinations of these factors that clearly relate to the Government's specific needs for this requirement as outlined in the attached draft SOW;

(3) A complete description of the offeror’s ability to meet the mandatory requirements defined in the SOW;

(4) Business / contracts / marketing office point(s) of contact;

(4) A summary of specific past performance on same or similar size and scope of work performed by the Offeror as a Prime Contractor within the past five (5) years, including a description of the services provided, the dollar value of the effort, and the contract number;

(5) Any additional information that may be useful to the successful procurement of the requirements, if solicited.

(6) List prospective Sub-contractors and provide a statement with metric that contain sufficient information concerning the ability to meet the Government limitations in FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023) (DEVIATION 2021-O0008, Revision 1).

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(7) Interested Offeror(s) shall identify any potential “similarly situated entity” arrangements being considered. A “similarly situated entity” means a first-tier Sub-contractor, including an independent Contractor that has the same Small Business program status as that which qualified the Prime Contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the Prime Contractor assigned to the Sub-contract the Sub-contractor will perform. If “similarly situated entity” Sub-contracting is contemplated, the capability statement shall contain detailed information concerning the planned “similarly situated entity” Sub-contracting/consulting arrangement(s) (including proposed work share, DUNS number(s), and all applicable categories of Small Business status) to assure the Government that the limitations of FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (FEB 2023)(DEVIATION 2021-O0008, Revision 1), can be met for each contract period. The limitations identified in the aforementioned clause require the Offeror/Contractor to agree that in the performance of the resultant contract it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to Sub-contractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further Sub-contracts will count toward the 50 percent Sub-contract amount that cannot be exceeded.

All information and data received in response to the sources sought marked or designated as corporate proprietary information will be fully protected and held in strict confidence.

No telephone responses will be accepted. Responses must be received no later than 10:00 AM EST 17 April 2026 via e-mail to Ms. Trista Robinson at trista.p.robinson.civ@us.navy.mil and Mr. Jason Simpson at jason.w.simpson.civ@us.navy.mil. Capability Statements received after this time will not be considered for purposes of a set-aside decision. Responses should reflect the subject line “Capability Statement Rapid Prototyping – N0017826R4403 – (insert contractor name).”

The Government will be accepting feedback from industry. Feedback will be considered in drafting the final requirement documentation. Feedback will be limited to three (3) pages and will only be accepted via the contracting office and should be directed to the Contract Specialist, Ms. Trista Robinson; trista.p.robinson.civ@us.navy.mil. This feedback is due with the submission of the Capability Statement.

Questions or Comments: All questions are to be submitted via email to trista.p.robinson.civ@us.navy.mil and Mr. Jason Simpson at jason.w.simpson.civ@us.navy.mil, with email title to include “Capability Statement Rapid Prototyping – N0017825R4403” in the subject line.

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