Niscemi MUOS SATCOM

The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command seeks operations and maintenance support for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) telecommunications facility at Niscemi, Italy, with proposals due August 14, 2026. Active Seaport-NxG contract holders only are invited to bid; this is a Women-Owned Small Business set-aside with an unrestricted acquisition option.

Place of performance is Naval Radio Transmitter Facility (NRTF) Niscemi, Free municipal consortium of Caltanissetta, Italy. The NAICS code is 541330, Engineering Services; the PSC is DG01, IT and Telecom–Network Support Services (Labor).

A Facility Security Clearance at the Secret level is required for award consideration. All contractor personnel must obtain Final Secret clearance prior to performance commencement, with designated positions requiring Tier 3 or Tier 5 background investigations. All contractor employees must be U.S. citizens with Common Access Card and Facility Badge credentials and must complete security training including OPSEC, derivative classification, counterintelligence awareness, and anti-terrorism/force protection briefings. Work is restricted to the government facility except for unclassified pre-deployment efforts. Contractor personnel operate as Local Element users with restricted access to COMSEC, NATO information, Controlled Unclassified Information, and SIPRNET.

The contract structure includes a one-month transition period (November 29, 2026 through December 28, 2026), an 11-month base labor period (November 29, 2026 through November 28, 2027), and four optional 12-month periods. Spare material and maintenance is capped at $59,000 annually for the base and first four option years, reducing to $29,500 for the final option year. Travel is capped at $5,000 annually for base and option years, reducing to $2,500 for the final period. The procurement is Firm Fixed Price under Seaport-NxG.

Evaluation criteria include Facilities Security Clearance (Acceptable/Unacceptable), Technical Approach (Staffing and Management, Performance Approach), Past Performance, and Price. Proposals require separate non-price volumes limited to 10 pages each for technical and past performance sections, and an unrestricted price proposal, submitted electronically in Microsoft Office format. The government will assess contractor performance against eight key performance areas including trunk reliability (99–99.5%), link activation within 15 minutes (90% of the time), order wire response within five minutes (98%), planned maintenance weekly accomplishment (90%), corrective maintenance completion (48 hours for local parts, 30 days for non-local), hazardous condition reporting (100%), casualty reports within 24 hours (99% accuracy), and supply inventory accuracy (98%).