Presolicitation
Key
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Navy's NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support office in Mechanicsburg wants a Key (KARON Block), made to Kamatics Drawing KPD4544, for a crucial shipboard system. The quantity and unit of issue are not stated, and the drawing is not provided with the solicitation. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 on SAM.gov. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 16, 2026. See the latest version.
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 NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support office in Mechanicsburg wants a Key (KARON Block), made to Kamatics Drawing KPD4544, for a crucial shipboard system. The quantity and unit of issue are not stated, and the drawing is not provided with the solicitation. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 on SAM.gov.
Who can bid
- A documented quality system under ISO 9001 with calibration to ISO 10012 or ANSI Z540.3 with ISO 17025; a MIL-I-45208 system with MIL-STD-45662 calibration is the accepted alternate
- Send current quality system procedures to the PCO before award (DSSP material), unless the PCO waives it
- Registration in the Navy's Electronic Contractor Data Submission (ECDS) system, which needs a PKI digital certificate on a Common Access Card (CAC)
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Quantity and unit of issue not stated. A quote is priced per unit, and the visible text gives no quantity or unit of issue (such as Each), so check the full solicitation before pricing.
- Serious: Drawing not provided. The Kamatics drawing is not included, so you must get it before you can price or build the part.
- Serious: Life-critical special emphasis material. The part goes into a crucial shipboard system, so strict traceability, certification and Government inspection at the source apply.
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- Worth checking: 210-day delivery with early certification data. Final delivery is due in 210 days, and certification data is due 20 days before delivery; the Navy then has 6 working days to review it.
- Minor: Rated order and CAC-based data system. The clause list includes a national defense priority rating notice, and ECDS needs a CAC-based digital certificate.
- Minor: Warranty runs 365 days after last delivery. The warranty lasts one year, measured from the last delivery under the contract.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Manufacture the Key (KARON Block) to Kamatics Drawing KPD4544 (quantity not stated)
- Final delivery of material in 210 days
- Certification data (CDRLs, the contract data requirements list items) submitted 20 days before delivery
- Certificate of compliance for this special emphasis material, showing traceability to the marking on each item
- Keep an ISO 9001 quality system and trace the material to its test records
- Final inspection before Government inspection, with Government quality checks at the source
- Preservation, packaging, packing and marking to MIL-STD 2073
- Contract type
- Fixed-price (the notice lists the Inspection of Supplies--Fixed-Price clause)
- Period of performance
- Final delivery of material in 210 days (start point not stated)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 (3:30 PM Eastern) on SAM.gov; the notice text says 4:30PM EST
What to include when you submit
- Suppliers of Deep Submergence Systems Program (DSSP) material must send a copy of their current documented quality system procedures to the Procurement Contracting Officer (PCO) before award, unless a copy is already on file at NAVICP-Mech and the PCO waives it.
Not in the notice text
- The notice text was cut off partway through the ordering information for document references; anything after that is missing.
- Quantity and unit of issue for the Key are not stated.
- Whether the buy is set aside for small businesses: SAM.gov shows none and the visible text does not say.
- How to send the offer (email or portal) and how the award is decided are not stated in the visible text.
- The place of performance and the delivery address are not stated; the clause list says free on board (FOB) destination.
- Kamatics Drawing KPD4544 is not provided with the solicitation.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mech, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Product/service code
- 5315 · Nails, Machine Keys, and Pins
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code 5315)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Date Nov 16, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 21, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Aug 4, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 21, 2026 · SolicitationDue Aug 5, 2026
- Attachments
Not open for bids
The agency plans to award this to one named company. If your business can do the work, you can send a capability statement before the response date to challenge it.
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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation