Presolicitation
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity-Multiple Award Contracts (IDIQ-MACs) at Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) for Next Generation Homeport CNO Availabilities
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryPortfolio Acquisition Executive Maritime (PAEM, Navy) plans multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ-MAC) contracts for maintenance, repair and modernization of non-nuclear surface ships at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in Norfolk, VA. The solicitation is expected; this presolicitation takes no proposals. MAC A is full and open; MAC B is a small business set-aside; SAM.gov lists November 15, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern as the response date. More in the summary
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Portfolio Acquisition Executive Maritime (PAEM, Navy) plans multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ-MAC) contracts for maintenance, repair and modernization of non-nuclear surface ships at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) in Norfolk, VA. The solicitation is expected; this presolicitation takes no proposals. MAC A is full and open; MAC B is a small business set-aside; SAM.gov lists November 15, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern as the response date.
Who can bid
- MAC B: small business (SAM.gov lists this notice as a partial small business set-aside); MAC A is full and open
- A Tier I, II or III Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA: the Navy's pre-approved ship repair agreement) for the Norfolk, VA homeport, or the ability to obtain one
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; this notice accepts no proposals. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Master Ship Repair Agreement needed for Norfolk. A firm with no MSRA, and no way to get one, cannot take part.
- Worth checking: Solicitation not yet issued; no proposals accepted now. This is a presolicitation. Watch SAM.gov for the solicitation and its amendments.
- Worth checking: MAC A needs capacity to respond immediately. Work on critical systems comes with urgent requirements, so you need staff and facilities ready to respond at once.
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- Minor: MAC A competes small and large firms together. MAC A is full and open, though contracting officers may limit a delivery order to small businesses if two or more are interested and capable.
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Full summary
What they want
- MAC A: continuous maintenance availabilities (CMAVs) and emergent maintenance (EM) work on critical systems, plus short-term Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availabilities
- MAC B: CMAV and EM work on non-critical systems, including systems and equipment needing work certification
- Repair, maintain and modernize non-nuclear surface ships homeported in or visiting the Norfolk region (cruisers, destroyers, frigates, amphibious ships, littoral combat ships, mine countermeasures ships and others)
- MAC A holders: respond immediately to urgent critical technical requirements
- Contract type
- Multiple-award IDIQ (IDIQ-MAC) contracts in two categories, MAC A and MAC B
- Period of performance
- Five (5) one-year ordering periods per contract
- Place of performance
- Norfolk, VA, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not stated; awards are to be based on the contractor's qualifications and capabilities in each category
- Offers due
- November 15, 2026, 5:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; this notice accepts no proposals
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself: how offers are evaluated, due date for proposals, page limits and forms
- Estimated value or ceiling of the contracts
- How many awards are planned in each of MAC A and MAC B
- Whether bonding or other financial requirements apply
- Wage rules that apply to the work
Eligibility and how to respond
- Partly set aside for small businesses: part of the work is reserved for them, and the rest is open to any business. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 336611
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; this notice accepts no proposals. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSEA HQ, Washington Navy Yard, DC
- Product/service code
- J998 · Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (EAST)
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336611)
- 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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