Presolicitation
C5ISRT NEXT GENERATION CYBERSECURITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE Presolicitation Conference
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryOnly SeaPort multiple-award contract (MAC) holders should respond: the Naval Surface Warfare Center is holding a pre-solicitation conference for its C5ISRT Next Generation Cybersecurity and Information Assurance work (N6133127R3002), set aside for small businesses. The conference is on Microsoft Teams on November 16, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM CST. Notice of intent to attend is due November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM CST; this is not a request for proposal. More in the summary
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Only SeaPort multiple-award contract (MAC) holders should respond: the Naval Surface Warfare Center is holding a pre-solicitation conference for its C5ISRT Next Generation Cybersecurity and Information Assurance work (N6133127R3002), set aside for small businesses. The conference is on Microsoft Teams on November 16, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM CST. Notice of intent to attend is due November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM CST; this is not a request for proposal.
Who can bid
- Limited competition: only SeaPort MAC holders can bid, not every business that meets the set-aside.
- Hold a SeaPort multiple-award contract
- Small business under NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services): total small business set-aside
How to submit: Email to ashley.a.majtyka.civ@us.navy.mil and tommy.l.bushman.civ@us.navy.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 29, 2026.
- Serious: Only SeaPort MAC holders. A business without a SeaPort contract can't take part in this buy.
- Serious: Small businesses only. SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside, so only SeaPort holders that are small under NAICS 541330 qualify.
- Minor: Conference on November 16, 2026. The conference is on Microsoft Teams, 9:00–10:00 AM CST; the notice does not call it mandatory.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Notice of intent to attend the pre-solicitation conference: company name, CAGE code, and names and emails of attendees
- Send it to Ashley Majtyka (Contract Specialist) and Tommy Bushman (Contracting Officer) by email
- The later contract covers C5ISRT next generation cybersecurity and information assurance engineering services
- Place of performance
- FL
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- SeaPort multiple-award contract (SeaPort MAC)
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM CST
- How to submit
- Email to ashley.a.majtyka.civ@us.navy.mil and tommy.l.bushman.civ@us.navy.mil
What to include when you submit
- Send the company name, CAGE code, and the name and email address of each attendee.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. This follows sources sought announcement N6133126SNQ36.
Not in the notice text
- Scope of work, period of performance, estimated value and evaluation method are not stated; the solicitation has not been issued.
- When the request for proposal will be issued is not stated.
- Whether attending the conference is required to bid later is not stated.
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. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 541330
- Limited competition: only SeaPort MAC holders can bid, not every business that meets the set-aside.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to ashley.a.majtyka.civ@us.navy.mil and tommy.l.bushman.civ@us.navy.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Architect-engineer services tied to buildings or construction are usually bought under the Brooks Act: the agency ranks firms on qualifications from an SF 330 first, then negotiates a price with the top firm. How A/E contracts work.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Beach, FL
- Product/service code
- R425 · Support – Professional: Engineering/Technical
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 541330)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 13, 2026
- Oct 29, 2026 · PresolicitationDue Nov 13, 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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