Sources Sought - Roman Catholic Priest Services for Naval Air Station Lemoore
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- N00244-27-Q-0003
- Agency
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Naval Supply Systems Command
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 813110 Religious Organizations
- PSC
- G002 Social- Chaplain
- Place of performance
- Lemoore, California, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, San Diego is conducting a sources sought notice to identify capable contractors for Roman Catholic Priest services at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, with responses due October 5, 2026; the effort is anticipated as a Total Small Business set-aside. This is a follow-on to contract N00244-22-C-0016, with incumbent Rafael Britanico.
Work is performed at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The contractor must provide a full-time ordained Catholic Priest in good standing to deliver comprehensive religious services to active duty military personnel, their families, and authorized DoD personnel. Core technical requirements include ordination as a Catholic Priest in good standing with a registered Diocese, a Master of Divinity Degree from an accredited theological school, ecclesiastical endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, U.S. citizenship, proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, and understanding of military customs and protocols. The contract explicitly prohibits third-party staffing agencies; the contract must be held directly by the Priest, his Parish, Diocese, or Religious Order. Service deliverables include celebrating Sunday Mass at least twice weekly (104 annual services), conducting Mass on all Holy Days of Obligation, administering sacraments, providing pastoral counseling, training Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion and altar servers, overseeing the Religious Education Program and Liturgical Ministry Program, and maintaining one afternoon of office hours weekly. The contractor must be available within 24 hours for emergency services seven days per week when not on approved leave.
The Government anticipates a Firm Fixed Price contract with a 12-month base period plus four 12-month option periods. This notice is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a commitment to award or reimburse preparation costs. The Government reserves the right to consider socioeconomic set-asides, including 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, women-owned small business, and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business programs.
Notice text
NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center, San Diego (FLCSD) is conducting a market survey (MS) to identify interested and capable businesses, stimulate industry awareness and gain feedback to improve the acquisition environment/process. Firms possessing the capabilities to perform the tasking described in the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) and information below are encouraged to respond.
This is not a solicitation announcement. This notice is for planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Any information submitted by respondents to this notice is strictly voluntary. The Government will not award any contract based on the information received from this notice. The government will utilize information received from this notice to assist in acquisition planning and identifying small businesses’ capabilities. The Government reserves the right to consider a set-aside for small businesses or one of the small business socioeconomic contracting programs (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), and women-owned small business (WOSB) including economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses (EDWOSB)).
The contractor will be tasked to accomplish the work as specified in Attachment 1, Performance Work Statement (PWS). This work includes providing professional, non-personal Roman Catholic Priest services to support the Command Religious Program at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California.
The Government anticipates this effort to be a Firm Fixed Price Contract type contract with a 12-month base period of performance plus four 12-month option periods. This is a follow-on for NAS Lemoore Roman Catholic Priest Services, contract number N00244-22-C-0016 and the incumbent contractor is Rafael Britanico.
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 813110 with a small business size standard of 13 (millions of dollars).
Interested parties should provide a Capability Statement (no more than 3 pages). Illustrations such as tables, flowcharts, organizational charts, process charts or other similar type informational charts may be used, and they will be counted against the page count limitations. Electronic responses (i.e. email) are preferred and telephonic request for information will not be honored. Interested sources who submit data are responsible for appropriately marking information if it is proprietary in nature. No request for capability briefings will be honored as a result of this notice. Responses that do not conform to the MS instructions may not be considered by the Government. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed.
Responses and any questions to this MS shall be submitted to Elisa Allison, elisa.r.allison.civ@us.navy.mil. Use reference No. N00244-27-Q-0003 when responding to this MS.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Draft PWS_NASL Priest.pdf | ||
| Sources Sought NASL Priest.docx | DOCX document |
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