Solicitation
Invitation for Bids - Vision Correction Assembly
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryArmy Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal is taking sealed bids on IFB W912CH26BA014, Vision Correction Assembly. Only firms with a current DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) certification, who are granted access to the export-controlled drawings before bidding, can bid. The Army plans one five-year firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) contract, with 30,690 EA guaranteed. Bids are due November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM Eastern, and the lowest total price wins. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 4 of 9 attachments weren't read (W912CH26BA0140002.pdf, W912CH26BA0140001 Conformed Copy.pdf and 2 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal is taking sealed bids on IFB W912CH26BA014, Vision Correction Assembly. Only firms with a current DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) certification, who are granted access to the export-controlled drawings before bidding, can bid. The Army plans one five-year firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ: orders placed as needed) contract, with 30,690 EA guaranteed. Bids are due November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM Eastern, and the lowest total price wins.
Who can bid (4)
- Current DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) certification on file with the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office, needed to get access to the export-controlled TDP
- Registered in SAM.gov for NAICS 339115 before bidding
- Open to all businesses: the IFB is issued on an unrestricted basis (SAM.gov: no set-aside)
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- Ability to pass responsibility checks (financial resources, production capability, integrity), possibly with a preaward plant visit
How to submit: Email to Evan Graham (evan.j.graham3.civ@army.mil) and Katherine MacFarland (katherine.e.macfarland.civ@army.mil); no fax, paper, disc, hand-carried or express-courier bids. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Must hold DD Form 2345 and have drawing access before bidding. The drawings are export-controlled; only firms with a current DD Form 2345 (U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office approval) can get them, and a bid from a firm without access is rejected. Processing is estimated at 6 to 10 weeks.
- Serious: All-or-none bid on a very large quantity. A bid must cover every item and every year; the estimates total hundreds of thousands of units and only 30,690 EA is guaranteed against a maximum of 1,216,196 EA.
- Serious: First article testing at the contractor's cost. 6 units must be tested to the drawings and quality assurance plan, repeat tests after a disapproval are at the contractor's cost, and production before approval is at the contractor's risk. A waiver can be requested.
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- Worth checking: Special test machine required. The contractor must obtain or build its own Q113 Rough Handling Machine and get Government approval to use it.
- Worth checking: Late or unreadable bids are rejected. Bids must reach the Government email by the exact time; encrypted bids, links to web pages and bids sent by courier are not accepted.
- Worth checking: Subcontracting plan for firms that are not small. A bidder that is not a small business must submit a small business subcontracting plan with the bid or be found non-responsible.
- Minor: Response due date extended by Amendment 0001. Amendment 0001 moves the response due date from October 30, 2026 to November 13, 2026 and bid opening from November 3, 2026 to November 18, 2026; the solicitation PDF still shows the earlier opening date in two places.
- Minor: First article report timing differs between documents. CLIN 0016 sets the report 90 days after the Government furnished property for testing arrives, while the clause in Amendment 0002 counts 90 calendar days from the contract; the Government's review time is 15 days in the clause and 30 days in the data list.
- Minor: Export-controlled data must be destroyed and flowed down. The drawings cannot be shared except under export rules, including with subcontractors at every level, and must be destroyed when no longer needed.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. 4 of 9 not read. Show which files.
- Solicitation - W912CH26BA014.pdf (read)
- W912CH26BA014 Amendment 0002.pdf (read)
- W912CH26BA014 Amendment 0001.pdf (read)
- QA-CBC CDRLs-13-May-26 EH3L0149EH.docx (read)
- First-Article-Waiver-Worksheet.pdf (read)
- W912CH26BA0140002.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- W912CH26BA0140001 Conformed Copy.pdf: not read (it couldn't be opened): open it on SAM.gov
- GFP - Vision Correction Assembly.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Army Package TPPEH3L0149EH ePDM Common A1 Update with ENG Exceptions.zip: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Manufacture and deliver the Vision Correction Assembly, National Stock Number (NSN) 4240-01-631-8044, Part Number 5-1-4208, to a Government-owned technical data package (TDP: drawings and specifications); this is a non-commercial item
- Estimated quantities by ordering year: 481,917 EA in year 1 and 122,760 EA in each of years 2 through 5; minimum 30,690 EA guaranteed over five years, maximum 1,216,196 EA
- First article testing (FAT: test of sample units before production) of 6 units, with a First Article Test Report priced as its own line item (CLIN 0016)
- Production lot testing and other contract data requirements, including a Quality Program Plan and certificates of compliance
- Own or build the Q113 Rough Handling Machine needed for testing, with Government approval
- After award: a start of work meeting within 30 days, an operations security (OPSEC) coordinator, security awareness training and handling of controlled unclassified information
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded by sealed bidding (invitation for bids)
- Period of performance
- Five one-year ordering periods beginning the date of contract award
- Place of performance
- 76525, MI, USA as listed on SAM.gov; bidders name their production facility in Section K of the bid
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest total price from a responsible bidder (sealed bidding, award without discussions)
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Evan Graham (evan.j.graham3.civ@army.mil) and Katherine MacFarland (katherine.e.macfarland.civ@army.mil); no fax, paper, disc, hand-carried or express-courier bids
- Page limits
- Optional executive summary or transmittal letter: 1 page, not evaluated
What they'll judge offers on
- Price: each year's unit price times the estimated annual quantity for contract line item numbers (CLINs: priced lines of the order) 0011 through 0016, added into one total
- Price reasonableness and unbalanced pricing checks
- Responsibility: financial, technical, production and managerial capability, possibly checked with a plant visit
What to include when you submit
- Email subject line: "IFB Submission - W912CH-26-B-A014 (Contractor Name)"
- Bid on the full quantity of all items; a bid for less is nonresponsive
- Complete Standard Form 33 (SF 33: the IFB cover form) blocks 13 through 18, Section B unit prices and amounts for CLINs 0011 through 0016, and the Section E, F, K and M fill-ins
- Price CLIN 0016 (First Article Test Report) even if requesting a first article waiver; leave CLIN 9000 (data requirements) unpriced
- Acknowledge Amendments 0001 and 0002 by the response due date
- Bids must be in English and in U.S. dollars and stay valid at least 120 calendar days
- Send Word, Excel or PDF files only, file names no longer than 50 characters, no active web links; each email at most 10 megabytes, numbered "Message 1 of 3" and so on
- Do not send encrypted bids or emails; they are treated as unreadable
- View the export-controlled engineering exceptions document inside the TDP file (Amendment 0002)
- Firms that are not small businesses must send a small business subcontracting plan with the bid, each page marked with the IFB number and date
- To ask for a first article waiver, use the First Article Waiver Worksheet on company letterhead
After award, you must have
- Name an operations security (OPSEC) coordinator trained to Level I From W912CH26BA014 Amendment 0002.pdf:
…will ensure that this individual is OPSEC Level I.
Current contractor
No incumbent, follow-on or previous contract is named in the text read.
Not in the notice text
- Only part of the solicitation was read: the middle of the 104-page IFB (Sections D through K and the start of Section L, including packaging, inspection and acceptance, delivery schedule, special requirements and representations) was left out. Check the full IFB on SAM.gov.
- The technical data package, drawings, quality assurance plan and engineering exceptions are export-controlled and need DD Form 2345 access on SAM.gov; the Government furnished property list (GFP - Vision Correction Assembly.xlsx) was attached but not read.
- Delivery schedule and time of delivery (Section F) and the inspection and acceptance points are bidder fill-ins not shown in the text read.
- Whether the first article requirement can be waived for a given bidder is decided by the contracting officer after a waiver request.
- The first article table lists mask items (M50 and M53) whose role is not explained in the text read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside, but the notice names requirements you must meet before you can bid:
- The notice mentions export-controlled data. You may need a Joint Certification Program (DD Form 2345) approval to see the drawings.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Evan Graham (evan.j.graham3.civ@army.mil) and Katherine MacFarland (katherine.e.macfarland.civ@army.mil); no fax, paper, disc, hand-carried or express-courier bids. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC- DTA, Warren, MI
- Product/service code
- 4240 · Safety and Rescue Equipment
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 339115)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 19, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 13, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 30, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 30, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This procurement will utilize Invitation for Bids procedures, detailed under FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding. The Government intends to award a single contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best price to the Government. Effective 19 OCT 2026, Amendment 0001 is hereby issued to IFB W912CH26BA014. Please refere to the updated attached IFB solicitation and amendment 0001. Effective 23 OCT 2026 Amendment 0002 is hereby issued to IFB W912CH26BA014. Please refere to the updated attached IFB solicitation and amendment 0002. SCOPE: The Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) has issued a solicitation for a new five-year, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the manufacture and delivery of the Vision Correction Assembly. NSN 4240-01-631-8044, Part Number: 5-1-4208 This is a non-commercial requirement to be manufactured in accordance with a Government-owned Technical Data Package (TDP). The contract will also include requirements for First Article Testing (FAT), Production Lot Testing (PLT) and other Contract Data Requirements (CDRLs). TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE (TDP): The TDP associated with this procurement is export-controlled (Distribution Statement D) and requires special handling. To be eligible to gain access to the TDP when the solicitation is released, interested offerors must have a current and valid DD Form 2345, "Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement" certification on file with the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office (JCO). Instructions for obtaining certification can be found at: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP.aspx.
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