Arbinger Outward Mindset Leadership and Culture Development Training
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- N3904026F1024
- Agency
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Naval Sea Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Awarded
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 47QREB19D0011-N3904026F1024
- NAICS code
- 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
- Place of performance
- Kittery, Maine, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, under Naval Sea Systems Command, awarded a sole-source task order to The Arbinger Company on September 11, 2026, for $4.527 million under GSA's Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) Small Business Pool 1 IDIQ (Contract 47QREB19D0011).
The task order spans a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods. Services include executive and senior leader development workshops, workforce-wide cultural alignment sessions, strategic alignment work sessions with executive advisory support, and a comprehensive Train-the-Trainer program to build an organic cadre of 170 certified internal Navy facilitators. The award was made under the Total Small Business set-aside. Sole-source justification rests on Arbinger's exclusive ownership of the Outward Mindset intellectual property, methodology, diagnostic assessments, and certification materials, with statutory authority cited under 10 U.S.C. 3406(c) and FAR 16.507-6(b)(2). Market research conducted in June 2026 via RFI1816245 yielded only Arbinger as a capable provider. This task order is a follow-on to prior contract N3904024F0009, with the Navy's long-term strategy targeting reduction of future contractor dependence through internal capability development.
Notice text
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) has awarded a sole-source task order under General Services Administration (GSA) Human Capital and Training Solutions (HCaTS) Small Business Pool 1 Contract 47QREB19D0011 to The Arbinger Company.
This requirement provides specialized organizational culture transformation, leadership development, executive coaching, and proprietary curriculum instruction utilizing the "Outward Mindset" framework. The contract structure includes a 12-month base period and four (4) 12-month option periods, encompassing:
1. Executive and senior leader development workshops (DIOM / OL);
2. Workforce-wide cultural alignment sessions (OP);
3. Strategic alignment work sessions and executive advisory support;
4. A comprehensive Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program to build an organic cadre of 170 certified internal government facilitators, progressively reducing contractor facilitation over time.
This task order was awarded without providing fair opportunity pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S.C. 3406(c) and FAR 16.507-6(b)(2): "Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized."
The Arbinger Company is the sole creator, copyright holder, and intellectual property owner of the Outward Mindset methodology, diagnostic assessments, and associated certification materials. No other vendor is authorized to license, instruct, or certify government facilitators in this proprietary framework.
Awarded contract 47QREB19D0011 to THE ARBINGER COMPANY for 4527729.30 on 2026-09-11.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JEFO Arbinger_Redacted.pdf |
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