Adhesive

The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command is seeking to procure 20 containers of adhesive under NSN 1H-8040-017190585-X3 for delivery to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard IMF in Bremerton, Washington. The government intends to negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-1 authority, as they do not own the rights to the technical data package needed for competitive procurement and determine it would be uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. While this is not a competitive solicitation, all responsible sources may submit proposals, quotations, or capability statements within 45 days of the notice publication date of September 23, 2025, with the due date being October 24, 2025. The government retains sole discretion in determining whether to conduct competitive procurement based on received responses. Interested parties have 15 days to identify their capability to satisfy the requirement with a commercial item, though the government is not utilizing FAR Part 12 commercial item policies for this procurement.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designation and no incumbent contractors or potential contractors are specifically named in the notice. The contract calls for delivery of exactly 20 containers of the specified adhesive product to the naval shipyard facility. The notice indicates this is a sole source procurement action, suggesting the government has identified a specific manufacturer or supplier capable of providing the required adhesive that meets the technical data package version 001 specifications. No specific contract value or budget range is disclosed in the pre-solicitation notice, and the timeline focuses primarily on the response period rather than delivery schedules beyond the standard procurement timeline.