U. S. Navy's Marketing and Advertising Program in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC).

Closed Solicitation Posted

Solicitation number
N0018926RD008
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
541810 Advertising Agencies
Place of performance
Millington, Tennessee, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command seeks full-service advertising and marketing services in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, with proposals due June 5, 2026. The contract will be awarded as a single Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) vehicle; this is not a small business set-aside.

Place of performance is Millington, Tennessee. The base ordering period runs January 20, 2027, through January 19, 2028, followed by four 12-month option periods and one 6-month option period, potentially extending through July 19, 2032. The procurement is processed under FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15.

The contractor must provide comprehensive marketing and advertising services across General Enlisted, General Officer, Medical Officer, Reserve Components, Local Advertising, Community Outreach, and Event Marketing. Core deliverables include development and execution of an Annual Marketing and Advertising Plan; paid media campaigns estimated at $90 million to $105 million annually; production of approximately 20 videos and 50 video edits annually; operation and maintenance of navy.com and associated social media accounts (approximately 10 government-owned accounts); management of a Customer Relationship Management system and Navy Advertising Leads Tracking System in AWS Government Cloud; operation of a national 1-800-USA-NAVY call center with 16-hour daily inbound and outbound capabilities; execution of approximately 82 events annually; management of three STEM mobile display units; processing of an estimated 6.9 million national emails and 1.1 million direct mail pieces annually; and extensive financial, leads management, and IT performance reporting. The contractor must maintain compliance with DoD cybersecurity requirements including Authority to Operate status and NIST controls. Performance standards include 99.9% uptime for navy.com, 98% system uptime for CRM/NALTS, call center abandonment below 5%, and average speed to answer under 28 seconds.

Non-price proposals are limited to 50 pages maximum. Small business subcontracting goals are 30% small business, 5% small disadvantaged business, 5% women-owned small business, 5% service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and 3% HUBZone. Evaluation criteria weight Performance Approach, Corporate Experience, and Past Performance equally and as significantly more important than Socio-Economic Plan, with price evaluated as a best-value trade-off. NAICS 541810; PSC R701.

Notice text

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Update #3 · Latest ·

Amendment 0001 to Solicitation number N0018926RD008 is issued for acquiring Advertising and Marketing services in support of the U.S. Navy’s Marketing and Advertising Program in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC). Please see attachments for further details. The Government is not responsible for any costs that occurred for any submissions. The point of contact for the solicitation is Ellen Wright via email at ellen.s.wright.civ@us.navy.mil.

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This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number N0018926RD008 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP)for acquiring advertising and Marketing services in support of the U.S. Navy’s Marketing and Advertising Program in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC).

This acquisition is not set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

The Navy requires a full-service advertising and marketing services to assist in fulfilling critical manpower needs to fill vacancies in enlisted and officer program for both, the active and service components.

The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends the placement of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with a base ordering period commencing on or around 20 January 2027 through 19 January 2028, followed by four (4) 12-month option periods to extend the term of the contract pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, plus one (1) 6-month optional option period pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, which will be exercised if necessary. If all options are exercised, the contract is scheduled to expire on 19 July 2032.

It is the intent to process this procurement under FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15, as applicable, and ultimately award a single IDIQ contract as a result of the forthcoming solicitation. Interested vendors will be requested to submit both non-price and price proposals.

The Government anticipates that the resultant contract will be awarded on a best value, trade-off basis in which the non-price evaluation will be considered significantly more important than the price.

The applicable NAICs code is 541810 with a small business size standard of $22.5 Million.

Upon release, the solicitation will be issued electronically and be available for downloading at the NECO website: neco.navy.mil and/or sam.gov on or about 30 April 2026. The closing date for the receipt of offers will be set fort in the RFP document.

Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the above website’s for posting of the RFP and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for the information received.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by NAVSUP FLC Norfolk, Contracting Department, Pentagon Directorate. By submitting an offer, the offeror is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise indelible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirements that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award.

Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor indelible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the website at sam.gov.

Any questions regarding this announcement should be submitted via email to ellen.s.wright.civ@us.navy.mil.

Update #2 ·

This is a technical update to the combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15, as applicable.

The update includes downloading RFP N0018926RD008 due to the file being damaged after immediate posting of the RFP document. 

This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number N0018926RD008 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP)for acquiring advertising and Marketing services in support of the U.S. Navy’s Marketing and Advertising Program in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC).

This acquisition is not set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

The Navy requires a full-service advertising and marketing services to assist in fulfilling critical manpower needs to fill vacancies in enlisted and officer program for both, the active and service components.

The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends the placement of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with a base ordering period commencing on or around 20 January 2027 through 19 January 2028, followed by four (4) 12-month option periods to extend the term of the contract pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, plus one (1) 6-month optional option period pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, which will be exercised if necessary. If all options are exercised, the contract is scheduled to expire on 19 July 2032.

It is the intent to process this procurement under FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15, as applicable, and ultimately award a single IDIQ contract as a result of the forthcoming solicitation. Interested vendors will be requested to submit both non-price and price proposals.

The Government anticipates that the resultant contract will be awarded on a best value, trade-off basis in which the non-price evaluation will be considered significantly more important than the price.

The applicable NAICs code is 541810 with a small business size standard of $22.5 Million.

Upon release, the solicitation will be issued electronically and be available for downloading at the NECO website: neco.navy.mil and/or sam.gov on or about 30 April 2026. The closing date for the receipt of offers will be set fort in the RFP document.

Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the above website’s for posting of the RFP and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for the information received.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by NAVSUP FLC Norfolk, Contracting Department, Pentagon Directorate. By submitting an offer, the offeror is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise indelible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirements that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award.

Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor indelible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the website at sam.gov.

Any questions regarding this announcement should be submitted via email to ellen.s.wright.civ@us.navy.mil.

Update #1 ·

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products or commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15, as applicable. This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.

Solicitation number N0018926RD008 is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP)for acquiring advertising and Marketing services in support of the U.S. Navy’s Marketing and Advertising Program in support of the Commander, Navy Recruiting Command (CNRC).

This acquisition is not set aside for small business concerns. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov.

The Navy requires a full-service advertising and marketing services to assist in fulfilling critical manpower needs to fill vacancies in enlisted and officer program for both, the active and service components.

The proposed contract action is for services for which the Government intends the placement of a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with a base ordering period commencing on or around 20 January 2027 through 19 January 2028, followed by four (4) 12-month option periods to extend the term of the contract pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, plus one (1) 6-month optional option period pursuant to FAR 52.217-8, which will be exercised if necessary. If all options are exercised, the contract is scheduled to expire on 19 July 2032.

It is the intent to process this procurement under FAR Part 12 in conjunction with FAR Part 15, as applicable, and ultimately award a single IDIQ contract as a result of the forthcoming solicitation. Interested vendors will be requested to submit both non-price and price proposals.

The Government anticipates that the resultant contract will be awarded on a best value, trade-off basis in which the non-price evaluation will be considered significantly more important than the price.

The applicable NAICs code is 541810 with a small business size standard of $22.5 Million.

Upon release, the solicitation will be issued electronically and be available for downloading at the NECO website: neco.navy.mil and/or sam.gov on or about 30 April 2026. The closing date for the receipt of offers will be set fort in the RFP document.

Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the above website’s for posting of the RFP and any amendments thereto. The Government will not pay for the information received.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by NAVSUP FLC Norfolk, Contracting Department, Pentagon Directorate. By submitting an offer, the offeror is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise indelible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirements that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award.

Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a contractor indelible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the website at sam.gov.

Any questions regarding this announcement should be submitted via email to ellen.s.wright.civ@us.navy.mil.

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