Solicitation
Maintenance, Repair, and Preservation of YRBM-50
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility plans a stand-alone firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract for maintenance, repair and preservation of the yard boat YRBM-50, a 153-foot, 82-year-old steel vessel. It is a total small business set-aside, and the work must be done at a contractor facility in the Puget Sound, WA region. Proposals are due October 26, 2026 (an amendment moved it to Nov 2, 2026, 12:00 PM PST · 3:00 PM Eastern), 12:00 PM Pacific; the vessel availability runs March 31, 2027 to March 31, 2028. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 26, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 14, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. The due date moved from Oct 26, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility plans a stand-alone firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract for maintenance, repair and preservation of the yard boat YRBM-50, a 153-foot, 82-year-old steel vessel. It is a total small business set-aside, and the work must be done at a contractor facility in the Puget Sound, WA region. Proposals are due October 26, 2026 (passed), 12:00 PM Pacific; the vessel availability runs March 31, 2027 to March 31, 2028.
Who can bid
- Small business under NAICS 336611 (size standard 1,300 employees); this is a 100% small business set-aside
- A facility in the Puget Sound, WA region (Olympia northward to Bellingham) able to handle a vessel 153 ft long, 43 ft wide with 6 ft draft and 900 long tons displacement
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive award
How to submit: due October 26, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Serious: Facility must be in the Puget Sound region. Only shipyards between Olympia and Bellingham, WA that can handle the vessel's size qualify, so firms elsewhere cannot bid without such a facility.
- Minor: Date passed (Oct 26, 2026): Dates moved by Amendment 0002. Amendment 0002 moved the proposal due date from 19 October 2026 to 26 October 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific, and updated the statement of work and the references and drawings.
- Minor: Date passed (Oct 13, 2026): Updated statement of work and drawings. Attachment 1 (Statement of Work) and Attachment 6 (References and Drawings) were updated on 13 October 2026, so earlier downloads may be out of date.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Take delivery of the vessel at your facility, wash and clean it, and dock it
- Inspect the hull, freeboard and decks; do ultrasonic plating thickness measurement and repair thin areas
- Blast and paint hull, freeboard, exterior decks and superstructure; apply new non-skid to exterior decks
- Open, clean, inspect and test tanks and voids, including partial preservation of 24 ballast tanks and voids, and clean the CHT tank
- Repair access covers, watertight hatches and doors, main deck, hawse holes and the fendering system
- Install upgrades: hot water heater, awning, air-conditioning plant and backup, switchboard, 1MC announcing system and phones, and CCTV
- Verify vessel drawings and give redline drawings, then undock, run dock trials and return the vessel to the Government
- Contract type
- Stand-alone firm-fixed-price (FFP) contract
- Period of performance
- Vessel availability March 31, 2027 through March 31, 2028
- Place of performance
- Contractor's facility in the Puget Sound, WA region (Olympia northward to Bellingham)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- October 26, 2026, 12:00 PM Pacific (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- Follow Section L of the solicitation for proposal instructions
Not in the notice text
- Section L (proposal instructions), the statement of work and the evaluation method are in the solicitation attachments and not in this notice text
- The ship check date added by Amendment 0001 is not given in the notice text
- The text does not define RFC; the amendment moves an RFC due date, which appears to be a step before proposals
- How proposals are submitted and any page limits are not in the notice text
- No dollar estimate is given
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 336611
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Imf, Bremerton, WA
- Product/service code
- J019 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Ships, Small Craft, Pontoons, and Floating Docks
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336611)
- Versions
8 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 2, 2026
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Nov 2, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Oct 26, 2026
- Oct 14, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 26, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 17, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 19, 2026
- Sep 17, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 19, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 3, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 5, 2026
- Sep 3, 2026 · SolicitationDue Oct 5, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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