Award Notice: Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Parts Marketplace IDIQ
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- M6700126D0007
- Agency
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Marine Corps
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Awarded
- to Empirium, Inc.
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- M6700126D0007 Federal IDV award
- NAICS code
- 425120 Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers
- Place of performance
- Encinitas, California 92024, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Marine Corps awarded a single-award IDIQ to establish a contractor-operated online marketplace for Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) parts, with the award made on June 16, 2026.
The contract employs a hybrid pricing structure: Firm-Fixed-Price for security vetting of new sUAS components to ensure National Defense Authorization Act compliance, and Time & Materials for procurement of actual sUAS parts from the marketplace. The T&M structure for parts procurement reflects the Government's inability to estimate with reasonable confidence the types, quantities, and market prices of parts required over the contract life; this approach ensures fair and reasonable pricing based on publicly available commercial rates at time of order rather than locking in potentially outdated prices at award.
The award was made under 100% Small Business Set-Aside following competitive selection.
Notice text
This action awards a single-award, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to establish a contractor-operated, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) online marketplace for Small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) parts.
In accordance with FAR 5.705(b), this contract action was not entirely fixed-price.
The contract employs a hybrid structure to provide the best value and flexibility to the Government:
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Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Component: This is used for the formal security vetting of new sUAS components to ensure compliance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). This service has a definitive outcome and is appropriately priced on a fixed-price basis per vetting action.
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Time & Materials (T&M) Component: This is used for the procurement of the actual sUAS parts from the marketplace.
A hybrid approach was selected because the costs associated with the procurement of commercial sUAS parts cannot be priced with certainty at the time of award. The specific parts, quantities, and market prices will vary for each order based on evolving mission requirements.
Using a Time & Materials (T&M) structure for the parts themselves (under CLIN 0002) is the most appropriate and cost-effective method because:
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It is not possible to estimate with any reasonable degree of confidence the types and quantities of parts that will be required over the life of the contract.
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The contract allows the Government to leverage publicly available, commercial market pricing for each part at the time of order, ensuring Fair & Reasonable prices are determined for each transaction. This prevents the Government from being locked into potentially outdated or non-competitive prices.
This hybrid structure provides the Government with the stability of fixed pricing for the vetting service while allowing the necessary flexibility to procure a wide and unpredictable range of commercial items in the most cost-effective manner. This action was awarded competitively as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.
Awarded contract M6700126D0007 to EMPIRIUM, INC for 1599999.00 on 2026-06-16.
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