Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division Rudder Analysis Verification and Evaluation (RAVE) system

Naval Sea Systems Command seeks engineering services to develop, assemble, and test a digital inspection system for the Rudder Analysis Verification and Evaluation (RAVE) system, with proposals due August 31. This is a 100% small business set-aside under a Blanket Purchase Agreement structure.

Place of performance includes contractor facilities with onsite testing at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Westlake, Maryland; Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia; Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Virginia; Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii; and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington. The contractor must demonstrate proven technical familiarity with the STAVE (Shaft Taper Analysis Verification and Evaluation) system and its procedures. All work is unclassified but involves Controlled Unclassified Information requiring compliance with DoDI 5200.48 and NIST SP 800-171 standards.

The BPA carries a master dollar ceiling of $9,000,000 with individual call limitations of $9,000,000 each over a five-year period from September 2026 through September 2031. The contractor must deliver a system bill of materials, inspection procedures documentation, inspection fixture designs with prototyping, software with user interface and analysis capabilities, a user-training course, and up to four production RAVE systems contingent on program funding. The contractor shall participate in bi-weekly status meetings and report labor hours via ECMRA by October 31 of each calendar year.

NAICS code is 541330 (Engineering Services) with a small business standard of $47 million; PSC code is R425. Quotations must include pricing on company letterhead, CAGE code, FOB Destination, point of contact, GSA contract number if applicable, and all pricing rounded to the nearest whole dollar with shipping included. Invoicing will be submitted through the DoD Wide Area Workflow system with electronic funds transfer payment.