Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
26-SIMACQ-D20-0005 D-Dept Control System Parts/Supplies BPA
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summarySolicitation N6339426Q4060 (26-SIMACQ-D20-0005): the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Department of the Navy, wants several small businesses on a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA, a standing deal for repeat orders) for control system parts and supplies. SAM.gov's response due date is August 31, 2031, 6:00 PM Eastern, but quotes are reviewed on a rolling basis. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 22, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 4 of 14 attachments weren't read (ATCH 2- Part List-Rev. 1.xlsx, ATCH 2- Part List.xlsx and 2 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Solicitation N6339426Q4060 (26-SIMACQ-D20-0005): the Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme, Department of the Navy, wants several small businesses on a five-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA, a standing deal for repeat orders) for control system parts and supplies. SAM.gov's response due date is August 31, 2031, 6:00 PM Eastern, but quotes are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Who can bid (5)
- Small business concern under NAICS 333413 (size standard 500 employees); this is a total small business set-aside, and large businesses can take part only through a small business that becomes a BPA holder
- A current CMMC Level 1 (Self) status in SPRS, checked by your CAGE code at evaluation
- Authorized reseller of the manufacturer for each part you offer, or verifiable supply chain records back to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
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- Active SAM.gov registration, kept up during the BPA
- Be found responsible (financially and otherwise able to perform) under FAR Part 9
How to submit: Email to Amber Bruno at amber.n.bruno.civ@us.navy.mil (alternate contact Vinnie Principe at vinnie.m.principe.civ@us.navy.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can hold a BPA. A large business must work through a small business BPA holder.
- Serious: CMMC Level 1 (Self) status in SPRS required. Without an active self-assessment status in the Defense Department's vendor database, your quote is rated not acceptable and you cannot get an award.
- Serious: Authorized reseller with OEM traceability. You need the maker's authorization or paper proof back to the maker for every part; gray market items are refused.
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- Worth checking: All five years must be priced. You must price every year from 2027 to 2031 for each item you offer, which locks in unit prices for the life of the BPA.
- Worth checking: Most favored customer pricing. Your prices must be as good as those you give your best customer for similar quantities, and the Government may ask for proof.
- Worth checking: Three business days to quote on each call order. Each call order is emailed to all BPA holders, who must quote fast; skipping several can get you removed.
- Minor: BPA holders can be removed. The Government can drop a holder for late deliveries, not quoting on call orders or technically unacceptable quotes, after 30 days of written notice.
- Minor: No guaranteed orders; priority-rated orders. The BPA commits no money, and any order carries a Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rating of DO-C9, which requires priority handling.
Read from the notice and 10 attachments. 4 of 14 not read. Show which files.
- ATCH 1- Solicitation Amendment 3.pdf (read)
- 26-SIMACQ-D20-0005_Solicitation QA_10222026.pdf (read)
- 26-SIMACQ-D20-0005_Solicitation QA_09302026.pdf (read)
- ATCH 1- Solicitation.pdf (read)
- ATCH 1- Solicitation Amendment 1.pdf (read)
- ATCH 1- Solicitation Amendment 2_09302026.pdf (read)
- N6339426Q4060_SF 30-Amendment 1.pdf (read)
- N6339426Q4060_SF 30- Amendment 2.pdf (read)
- ATCH 3- Salient Characteristics- Rev. 1.pdf (read)
- ATCH 3- Salient Characteristics.pdf (read)
- ATCH 2- Part List-Rev. 1.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- ATCH 2- Part List.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 1- Price List-Rev. 1.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Exhibit 1- Price List.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Quote a firm-fixed unit price for each listed part on the part list (ATCH 2) and price list (Exhibit 1), leaving blank any part you cannot supply
- Supply tested, approved parts that match the listed part number or its salient characteristics; examples in the salient characteristics include a fiber media converter, Xerox toner cartridges, EMI power line filters, AC fans, power supplies and a fiber test platform
- Deliver against individual call orders (funded purchase orders) placed under the BPA, free on board destination, with shipping included in the price
- Quote on each call order within three business days, unless the call order gives another time
- Watch for obsolete parts, warn the Government early and recommend a replacement of the same form, fit and function, with Government approval before any substitution
- Contract type
- Multi-award blanket purchase agreement (BPA) with firm-fixed-price call orders; price is competed among BPA holders on each call order
- Period of performance
- Five-year ordering period, January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2031; delivery dates are set in each call order
- Place of performance
- Port Hueneme CBC Base, CA, USA (Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme); delivery addresses are given on each call order
- Estimated value
- Maximum $900,000.00 per call order (current limit; no total BPA value is stated)
- How they'll choose
- Technically acceptable, pass or fail. Price is not evaluated to pick BPA holders; price is compared when each call order is competed, and the call order goes to the lowest priced technically acceptable offer
- Offers due
- Aug 31, 2031, 6:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 22, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to Amber Bruno at amber.n.bruno.civ@us.navy.mil (alternate contact Vinnie Principe at vinnie.m.principe.civ@us.navy.mil)
What they'll judge offers on
- General Solicitation Compliance: administrative information and mandatory eligibility, acceptable or unacceptable
- Price: the Exhibit 1 price list is not evaluated or scored; price competition and fair and reasonable price checks happen on each call order
- Technical Capability: acceptable or unacceptable; all proposed supplies must match the part number or the salient characteristics, and the quoter should be an authorized reseller
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) compliance: acceptable only with a current CMMC Level 1 (Self) status in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS)
What to include when you submit
- Send your quote, a completed Exhibit 1 Price List Rev. 1 and a completed ATCH 2 Part List Rev. 1 in one email.
- Fill in the orange price cells for every item you can supply on all five yearly tabs, 2027 to 2031; leave the cells blank for items you cannot supply. Pricing Year 1 only is not acceptable.
- Show technical acceptability by offering the exact part number on the part list, or by sending product literature, specification sheets or a compliance matrix that meets all salient characteristics.
- Show authorized reseller status with an OEM certificate, authorization letter or website page; unauthorized or gray market items are not accepted.
- Include your CAGE code so the Government can check your CMMC Level 1 (Self) status in SPRS.
- State any discount clearly in the quote. Clearly list and explain any exception to the solicitation terms.
After award, you must have
- Staff without a Common Access Card or military ID must register for a base access pass to enter the base for deliveries From ATCH 1- Solicitation Amendment 3.pdf:
…register for a Local Population ID Card / Base Access Pass.
Not in the notice text
- The part list (ATCH 2) and price list (Exhibit 1) are Excel files attached on SAM.gov but not read, so the full list of parts and manufacturers is unknown. The middle of the solicitation PDF (clauses and instructions) and the salient characteristics was also left out.
- Quantities are not given; the Q&A says quantities appear only on later call orders.
- The text does not say how many BPA awards are planned or how many firms have quoted.
- The current ordering period shows January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2031, but the point at which a BPA starts is set on award.
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 333413
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Amber Bruno at amber.n.bruno.civ@us.navy.mil (alternate contact Vinnie Principe at vinnie.m.principe.civ@us.navy.mil). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Commanding Officer, Port Hueneme, CA
- Product/service code
- 5999 · Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 333413)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)SAM.gov date Aug 31, 2031
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Aug 31, 2031
- Sep 30, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Aug 31, 2031
- Sep 2, 2026 · AmendmentSAM.gov date Aug 31, 2031
- Sep 1, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationSAM.gov date Aug 31, 2031
- 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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