Networked Ride Control System (RCS) Electronics Renewal Package
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 145025-26-0047
- Agency
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 7G21 It And Telecom - Network: Digital Network Products (Hardware And Perpetual License Software)
- Place of performance
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NOAA's Air Resources Laboratory issued a sole-source presolicitation notice on September 8, 2026 for a Networked Ride Control System (RCS) Electronics Renewal Package, with a response deadline of September 15, 2026. NOAA intends to award a purchase order to Naiad Dynamics US, Inc. under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1); NOAA has determined that Naiad Dynamics is the sole manufacturer capable of supplying the specific next-generation electronics designed to integrate with the USN SWATH 40ASC vessel's existing stabilization infrastructure.
The procurement covers a Distributed Control System utilizing Controller Area Network (CAN) bus architecture that functions as an active Total Ride Control System, continuously modulating the vessel's canard and stabilizer fins via electro-hydraulic servo valves and closed-loop digital feedback. The system mitigates pitch, roll, and heave accelerations to reduce operator fatigue and motion sickness while maintaining ship stabilization. Work will be performed in Grand Haven, Michigan, with performance extending from award through September 18, 2027. NAICS code 334511 applies; no set-aside is used. The contracting officer is Barbara Shifflett at NOAA/ARL in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Although this is not a competitive solicitation and no formal proposal package is available, firms believing they can meet requirements may submit capability documentation or written requests for additional information by September 15, 2026.
Notice text
Notice Identifier: 145022-26-0047
Notice
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Air Resources Laboratory (ARL), intends to negotiate and award a sole-source purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Naiad Dynamics US, Inc. No set-aside is used for this requirement. The associated NAICS code is 334511.
Agency
Contracting Office Address & Point of Contact:
Barbara Shifflett
NOAA/ARL
456 S. Illinois Ave.
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Description
Project/Vessel Title: USN SWATH 40ASC — Networked RCS System Upgrade
Place of Performance: Grand Haven, Michigan
Period of Performance: Date of Award through September 18, 2027
This requirement is for the procurement of a Networked Ride Control System (RCS) Electronics Renewal Package manufactured by Naiad Dynamics US, Inc. The system consists of a next-generation Distributed Control System (DCS/NDCS) utilizing a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus architecture. It functions as an active Total Ride Control System (TRCS) that continuously modulates the vessel's existing canard and stabilizer fins using precision electro-hydraulic servo valves and closed-loop digital feedback. This upgrade replaces obsolete RCS electronics to mitigate pitch, roll, and heave accelerations, directly reducing operator fatigue and motion sickness while maintaining critical ship stabilization.
Sole Source Justification
NOAA has determined that Naiad Dynamics US, Inc. is the sole manufacturer and authorized distributor capable of supplying the specific Networked Ride Control System (RCS) Electronics Renewal Package designed to integrate seamlessly with the vessel's existing stabilization infrastructure.
Instructions for Potential Responders
This presolicitation notice is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can fully meet the Government's requirements may submit substantiating capability documentation or a written request for additional information to the Point of Contact.
Submission Deadline: All documentation must be received in writing within 15 calendar days after the publication of this pre-solicitation notice.
Submission Format: Written submissions must be delivered via email or mail to the designated Point of Contact. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice.
Responses and documentation will be evaluated solely to determine whether to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice remains solely within the discretion of the Government.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SAM.GOV- FBO-145022-26-0047.docx | DOCX document |
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