Presolicitation
Civilian Mariner Wireless Network (CivMar WiN) Installation and Sustainment Follow-on Contract
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N3220527R6100
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The Navy's MSC in Norfolk plans to give a sole-source follow-on contract to its current contractor, called BAH in the attached justification, for the CivMar WiN shipboard wireless network. The work is installing the network on 48 more ships, a technology refresh and expansion on 35 ships, and running and supporting it on 83 ships plus government-facility and cloud systems. It is a presolicitation notice, so other companies are unlikely to get a chance to compete.
Watch out for
- Sole-source award intended. The Navy plans to award to the incumbent without competition, so a small business has little chance unless it can convince the agency that it can do the work.
MSC intends to award a sole source contract
- Justification says only the incumbent can do it. The justification argues that switching contractors would duplicate costs and cause an 18-month delay, which is the basis the Navy will use to skip competition.
As the incumbent, only BAH can guarantee a seamless continuation of service
- No instructions on how to respond. The notice has a response deadline but does not say what a response should contain or where to send it, so contact the Navy contracting office named on SAM.gov.
- Posted justification is incomplete. The attached justification starts mid-document and dollar amounts are removed, so the full reasoning and pricing are not visible.
approximately $ has been expended on the follow-on production contract
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- Tab A_JA_CIVMAR_WiN_COMSC Signature_Redacted.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Install CivMar WiN units on an additional 48 ships
- Technology refresh of CivMar WiN on 35 ships, coupled with expansion of CivMar WiN ashore
- Operate and sustain CivMar WiN on 83 ships
- Support one development instance and one production baseline instance at a government facility
- Support the associated cloud management environments
- Contract type
- Sole-source follow-on contract (pricing type not stated)
- Place of performance
- Norfolk, VA (per the notice); work is installed on ships and at a government facility, with ashore and cloud components
- Contract vehicle
- Follow-on to existing contract N3220525C1201
- How they'll choose
- Not a competition: the notice says the Navy intends a sole-source award, so no evaluation factors are described
- Offers due
- 2026-11-02T16:00:00-05:00
Current contractor
BAH (the abbreviation used in the justification) is the incumbent. It developed the prototype under an Other Transactional Authority contract (IRWP-22-LANT-1173) and holds the follow-on production contract N3220525C1201.
Not in the notice text
- What a response to the notice should contain and where to send it
- Contract length, base and option periods
- Contract type and estimated value (dollar amounts are removed from the justification)
- Whether any competition or teaming opportunity (for example a subcontract to the incumbent) exists
- Technical requirements and statement of work for CivMar WiN
- The full name of BAH and the first part of the justification
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 2, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- N3220527R6100
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- MSCHQ Norfolk
- NAICS
- 541512
- Product/service code
- DG10
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Place of performance
- Norfolk, VA
- Contracting contact
- George Wigginsgeorge.w.wiggins2.civ@us.navy.mil5642264752
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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