2026 NNSY Apprenticeship Program
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- Solicitation number
- N4215826QB504
- Agency
- Naval Sea Systems Command Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Place of performance
- Portsmouth, Virginia 23709, United States
- Points of contact
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- Jason Fittro jason.d.fittro.civ@us.navy.mil (757) 270-1007
- Glenda Jordan glenda.s.jordan3.civ@us.navy.mil (757) 396-3234
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command is seeking to procure educational services for the 2026 Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Apprenticeship Program from an accredited educational institution. The contractor will be responsible for providing formalized academic training, testing, and certificate program services to support apprentices in marine industrial occupations. Key requirements include delivering comprehensive classroom instruction across multiple courses including Technical Drawing, Technical Writing, Quality Assurance Technology, Materials & Processes in Manufacturing, Computer Applications, Technical Math, and Safety Principles, with the goal of preparing apprentices to perform at the journeyman worker level. Upon completion, apprentices will earn a Trade Technician Career Studies Certificate and be certified as journey-level workers by both the Department of Navy and the Department of Labor. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on January 15, 2026, with responses due by January 19, 2026, indicating an expedited timeline for interested parties.
This procurement will be awarded on a sole-source basis to Tidewater Community College under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), with no set-aside designations applied. The contract will support a total of 104 apprentices across four training sessions spanning from February 2026 through February 2027, divided into two primary sessions: February through July 2026 with 97 students completing 37 credit hours, and August 2026 through February 2027 with 51 students completing 34 credit hours. The specific dollar value or budget range for this contract has not been disclosed in the pre-solicitation notice. The program represents a structured career-related, cooperative education employment initiative that combines classroom instruction, government-provided industrial trade-based instruction, and on-the-job learning experiences in accordance with 29 USC 50.
Notice text
The Government intends to solicit and contract with only one source, Tidewater Community College, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) on a sole source basis.
NNSY Code 900T (C900T), Production Training Division, requires an accredited Educational Institution to provide formalized training, testing and certificate for the Apprentice program. The Apprentice Program is a planned and progressive, career-related, co-operative education employment program that develops and enhances an apprentice’s knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA’s) as it relates to their chosen trade. During the apprenticeship, as part of their normal work schedule/assignment, Apprentices will, receive classroom academic instruction provided by an accredited Educational Institution, receive industrial trade-based instruction from Government personnel, and develop, apply and refine their KSAs through On the Job Learning (OJL) in scheduled work experience through the trade’s established key processes. Upon completion of the required academic classes, the Apprentice shall possess a Trade Technician Career Studies Certificate in a marine industrial occupation and be prepared to perform at the journeyman worker level. The apprentice will be certified as a journey-level worker by both the Department of Navy and the Department of Labor.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Statement of Work (SOW)-Synopsis.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 NNSY Apprenticeship Program | Solicitation | |
| 2026 NNSY Apprenticeship Program | Pre-Solicitation |
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