United States Marine Corps Band 2025 Guy Rabut Viola
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- M0026426Q0103
- Agency
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Marine Corps
Department of the Navy, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 339992 Musical Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 7710 Musical Instruments
- Place of performance
- Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia 20391, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Marine Corps seeks one 2025 Guy Rabut viola for the President's Own United States Marine Band, with quotes due July 10, 2026. The procurement is a total Women-Owned Small Business set-aside under sole source justification based on brand name requirement.
Place of performance and delivery destination is Marine Barracks Washington, Washington Navy Yard, DC. The viola must be manufactured in 2025 in New York by Guy Rabut, meet U.S. manufacturing origin requirements or comply with DFARS clause 252.225-7036 (Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Balance of Payments Program), and be delivered on or before September 1, 2026. Salient characteristics specify wood covering with medium-colored varnish and one-piece back, warm and resonant sound with good projection, smaller body with shorter string length, and lightweight construction through scroll carving. The justification for sole source procurement documents that no other brand demonstrates the same balance of tonal quality, projection, responsive playability, and lightweight form factor required for mission performance in high-profile White House and State Department engagements.
This is a firm fixed price purchase order. Quotes must be submitted electronically via email to Sergeant Jacob Espinosa at jacob.m.espinosa.mil@usmc.mil on Standard Form 1449, including unit and extended price in U.S. dollars. Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose quote is most advantageous to the government based on technical acceptability, price analysis, and past performance. The NAICS code is 339992, Musical Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Invoicing is permitted after delivery and government acceptance.
Notice text
The action resulting from this opportunity will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Purchase Order:
All Quotes must be submitted electronically to Sgt Jacob Espinosa at jacob.m.espinosa.mil@usmc.mil
Refer to the attached documents for the required supply, details, and brand name instructions.
Quoters/Offerors must meet the expectations below:
- Provide a signed copy of Solicitation M0026426Q0067.
- Quoters must review page 15 & 16 (Instructions to Offerors) and page 18 & 19 (Evaluation of commercial products and commercial services) before giving their best price to CLIN 0001 found on page 3.
- Review and respond to all answerable clauses and provisions found within the solicitation.
- 2025 Guy Rabut Viola Delivery Date must be On/Before 1 September 2026.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Brand Name Justification Redacted.pdf | ||
| Salient Characteristics Redacted.pdf | ||
| M0026426Q0103.pdf |
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