Presolicitation
FMS Repair of NIIN 014876172/ COUPLER,ANTENNA
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (Navy) plans to buy the repair of an F-18 aircraft antenna coupler on a sole-source basis from Boeing. Other companies may still send in a capability statement, but the Navy has already named the one source it expects to award to. More in the summary
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NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (Navy) plans to buy the repair of an F-18 aircraft antenna coupler on a sole-source basis from Boeing. Other companies may still send in a capability statement, but the Navy has already named the one source it expects to award to.
Who can bid
- Source approval is required for this part. New sources must file a Source Approval Request (SAR), and the Navy will not hold the award for it.
- Offeror, product or manufacturer must meet the qualification requirements at time of award (FAR 52.209-1).
How to submit: Email capability statement to Jessica.t.grzywna.civ@us.navy.mil; electronic procedures only, no phone requests or hard copies. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Jan 14, 2026.
- Serious: SAM.gov and the solicitation disagree on the set-aside. SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the solicitation the AI read says a set-aside for small businesses. Ask the contracting officer which applies before you bid.
- Serious: Sole-source to Boeing. The Navy has already picked the company it expects to award to, so a small business has a very low chance of winning unless it is an approved source.
- Serious: Source approval needed and not waited for. Getting approved as a new source takes time, and the Navy says it will not delay award while approval is pending.
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- Worth checking: Missing technical data. The Navy says it does not have enough usable technical data to buy this part from anyone but the current source, so a new supplier would likely need to bring its own data and approval.
- Worth checking: Not a small business set-aside. No small business preference applies, so you would compete on equal footing with large firms.
- Minor: Conflicting response windows. The synopsis mentions 45 days (or 30), and elsewhere 15 days, after publication, while SAM.gov shows a response deadline of Dec 9, 2026; confirm the real date with the contracting officer.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 2.08_Snyopsis_N0038324PR0R010.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Repair of COUPLER, ANTENNA, NIIN 014876172, P/N 74D765037-1002
- Supports F-18 aircraft, as a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) repair
- Planned sole-source award to The Boeing Company (CAGE 0PXV4)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Not a competition: the Navy intends to negotiate with one source under FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source). Responses are only used to decide whether to compete the work.
- Offers due
- Dec 9, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email capability statement to Jessica.t.grzywna.civ@us.navy.mil; electronic procedures only, no phone requests or hard copies
What to include when you submit
- Interested firms may send their interest and capability statement in response to the notice
- A firm that is not already an approved source must send source approval information with its proposal, per the NAVSUP-WSS Source Approval Information Brochure
- A firm can also offer a commercial item and tell the contracting officer within 15 days of the notice
Current contractor
The Boeing Company (CAGE 0PXV4) is the named expected source.
Not in the notice text
- Quantity and delivery schedule
- Estimated value
- Contract type and period of performance
- Where the repair work is to be done
- The exact response deadline (the notice gives conflicting windows)
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email capability statement to Jessica.t.grzywna.civ@us.navy.mil; electronic procedures only, no phone requests or hard copies. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Jan 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- 5985 · Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334220)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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