Decontamination, Demilitarization and Demolition Technical and Operational Support

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division seeks decontamination, demilitarization, and demolition analytical, technical, and management support, with proposals due October 19, 2026. This is a 100 percent small business set-aside under NAICS 562910 and PSC F108.

Place of performance includes NSWC Indian Head Division (Main Side and Stump Neck Annex) in Indian Head, Maryland, and NSWC Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, Virginia, with all contractor personnel required to work 100 percent on-site with no remote work authorized unless approved by the Contracting Officer. The contract is structured as Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, Level of Effort, with a base period of one year plus four option years.

The procurement requires 48,960 labor hours annually across nine Key Personnel positions and supporting staff. Key Personnel include Program Manager, Lead Project Manager, Lead Decontamination Supervisor (2 FTE), Lead Ordnance Specialist, Quality Assurance/Safety Specialist, Lead Senior Engineer, Lead Engineer, and Lead Engineering/Explosive Technician. Key Personnel requirements include a bachelor's degree, 7 to 15 years of explosives/energetics decontamination, demilitarization, and demolition experience depending on role, HAZWOPER (40-hour) certification, DOT Explosive Handler physical certification, and Military Munitions Rule/Naval Explosives Safety certifications. All contractor personnel must hold an active SECRET Facility Security Clearance at proposal submission; interim clearances are permissible for non-Key Personnel. The contract requires compliance with DoD security protocols including OPSEC, Controlled Unclassified Information handling, NIST 800-171 cybersecurity controls, and NCIS counterintelligence briefings.

Government estimates total contract value of approximately $4.4 million in Other Direct Costs across all periods, with base period ODC capped at $834,580. Amendment 0001 (posted September 17) and Amendment 0002 (posted September 24) extended the proposal deadline and provided formal responses to vendor questions. Evaluation will weigh technical approach (Factor 1), past performance (Factor 2, expanded to five-year review period), and cost proposal (Factor 3), with technical capability being significantly more important than cost. The incumbent contractor is Vectrus Systems, LLC dba V2X Systems, LLC.