Pioneer Industries, LLC Rudder Seal

The U.S. Coast Guard seeks to procure Original Equipment Manufacturer rudder seal service kits and stuffing box assemblies for 154-foot WPC cutters on a brand-name sole-source basis, with quotations due August 21, 2026, at 4:00 PM Eastern Time. The procurement is restricted to Pioneer Industries, LLC, the authorized distributor of DMS, Inc. OEM components, under 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 13.501; market research and a Sources Sought notice confirmed these items are available only through the OEM and its distributor.

Place of performance is Farmingdale, New York, with delivery to the U.S. Coast Guard Surface Forces Logistics Center in Baltimore, Maryland, within 120 calendar days of award. The procurement includes 11 units of Rudder Seal Service Kit "B" (Part H78525-01-7, NSN 5330-01-596-7760), 19 units of Rudder Seal Service Kit "A" (Part H78525-01-6, NSN 5330-01-595-4647), and 10 units of Stuffing Box and Bearing for Rudder (Part H78525-01, NSN 2040-01-597-6204). These kits replace wear components of installed rudder seals during vessel dry docking and prevent seawater infiltration where rudder stocks protrude through the hull.

All unit prices must be firm and fixed, inclusive of labor to make units service-ready, F.O.B. destination shipping, and preservation, packaging, packing, marking, and bar-coding per MIL-STD-2073. Items require 100% quality assurance inspection at the vendor's facility by Coast Guard QA personnel, individually packaged per MIL-STD-2073-1E Method 10, marked per MIL-STD-129R with NSN bar coding in Code 39 and PDF417 formats, and delivered to Baltimore receiving with advance notification. The NAICS code is 339991, Gasket, Packing, and Sealing Device Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 600 employees. Evaluation prioritizes price as the lowest-priced quotation offering genuine OEM parts, with technical capability as a secondary factor. Questions are due August 17.