NRL Space Science Division R&D Support Services

Inactive on SAM.gov — responses were due 25 Aug 2026 · Small Business Set Aside - Total · Department of the Navy, DoD · Washington, DC · NAICS 541715 · Solicitation N0017326PDS01

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Solicitation details

Solicitation numberN0017326PDS01
Notice ID880a1b860650478eb41422c61e4d9d56
AgencyDepartment of Defense (DoD)
Sub-agencyDepartment of the Navy
Contracting officeNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
NAICS code541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Product / service code (PSC)AJ12
Set-asideSmall Business Set Aside - Total
Notice typePresolicitation
Posted10 August 2026
Response deadline25 August 2026 (closed)
Place of performanceWashington, DC, USA

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Description

This notice is a Presolicitation Notice and does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, or invitation for bid. The intent of this notice is to provide the presolicitation notice in accordance with FAR Subpart 5.101 in preparation for the anticipated release of a Request for Proposal (RFP). NRL is not seeking proposals at this time. NRL reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time. Solicitation no. N00173-26-R-DS01, titled Research & Development Support Services for Space Science Division is planned to be issued by 1 October 2026 and will be competed via a 100% small business set-aside competition. The solicitation will use the overall best value with tradeoff approach source selection procedures in accordance with FAR Part 15. Award is anticipated to be made in accordance with FAR SubPart 15.103. The resulting contract award is anticipated to be a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort (LOE) contract with a five-year period of performance, inclusive of a base year and four, 12-month options. The anticipated level of effort (LOE) involved will be a mix of required labor categories, to include key personnel, consisting of roughly 199,500 labor hours* for the total period of performance, evenly divided per year. THIS IS NOT A COMMERICAL REQUIREMENT. *The total labor hours ultimately solicited and required under this contract may vary from the total noted above. The North American Industry Code Standard (NAICS) is 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). The Product Service Code is AJ12 - General Science and Technology R&D Services; General science and technology; Applied Research. Interested parties may submit questions or feedback by the response deadline to the Primary Point of Contact email address listed below. Phone calls regarding this pre-solicitation notice will not be accepted. THE FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION WILL BE OFFERED IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT ONLY. NO HARD COPIES WILL BE PROVIDED. Potential Offerors can view and/or download the solicitation and attachments at SAM.gov (Contract Opportunities) when the solicitation is posted. Interested parties can register under the Interested Parties Vendors list. Prospective Offerors MUST register on the website. Prospective offerors must also be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM in order to participate in this procurement. To be eligible for any resulting contract award, Offerors must be registered in the Sam.gov database. Offerors may obtain information on registration at https://www.sam.gov

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