Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Hardware and Software Production

The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, through Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems, seeks development, production, integration, testing, fielding, and lifecycle sustainment of Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) hardware and software under solicitation N00024-26-R-5246, with proposals due January 13, 2027. No set-aside is used, and the procurement is full and open competitive.

Place of performance is the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia serves as the Navy ECDIS Systems Engineering and Integration Agent and provides technical support under Government oversight. Offerors must hold a SECRET facility clearance, SECRET personnel clearances, and SECRET safeguarding capability at proposal submission, plus access to a dedicated SECRET Test Facility compliant with DoD 5205.07-M Vol 3. Per the Q&A, offerors operating under a DCSA-approved FOCI mitigation instrument, such as a Proxy Agreement, are eligible. CMMC Level 2 is required at proposal, award, and throughout performance. First Article Unit testing must comply with MIL-STD-901E, MIL-STD-461G, MIL-STD-167-1A, and MIL-STD-810H.

The scope covers AN/SYN-1 hardware and S-IBS equipment for surface and subsurface platforms, with software maintenance, modification, and upgrades performed as level-of-effort tasks. The contract includes one base year and four one-year options beginning FY27, with award anticipated in Q4 FY27 and FOB Destination deliveries. Maximum quantities are 160 AN/SYN-1 units and 40 S-IBS units across the contract. The Government may add quantities in FY28 through FY31 based on fund availability.

Hardware is priced firm fixed price with stepladder pricing. Software and engineering support are priced cost-plus-fixed-fee at up to 16,000 software engineering hours and 6,350 hardware engineering hours per year, with the Government confirming fixed hours and no deviation permitted. Repair services are capped at 1,000 hours per year, travel is not-to-exceed $100,000 per year, and Provisioned Item Orders are not-to-exceed $500,000. Cost realism analysis applies to the CPFF CLINs.

Factor 1 (Technical Approach) and Factor 2 (Management Approach) are rated Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, Marginal, or Unacceptable. Factor 1 is more important than Factor 2, and both are significantly more important than cost. Factor 3 (Past Performance) is rated Acceptable or Unacceptable, and Factor 4 is Total Evaluated Cost/Price. Award is best value, and the Government intends to award without discussions while reserving the right to hold them. Volume I is limited to 50 pages and Volume II to 25 pages. The question deadline of November 4, 2026 has passed. Amendment 3 and Sections L and M Rev. 3 were posted November 4, 2026, and Q&A Rev. 3 was posted November 9, 2026. NAICS is 334511, and PSC is 6605.