Solicitation
USNS Cody (T-Epf 14) MTA
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryOnly firms authorized to operate and do business in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility can bid on this ship repair for the USNS CODY (T-EPF 14). NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Centre Bahrain plans a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract for 90 repair work items on a Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessel. The request for proposals (RFP) is not posted here, so ask the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer by email; the response due date is November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC+3. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
The notice looks incomplete: The RFP is not in the files read; it is available by email request from the Contract Specialist (prince.k.joseph.ln@us.navy.mil) or the Contracting Officer (dennis.r.lisbon.civ@us.navy.mil). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only firms authorized to operate and do business in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility can bid on this ship repair for the USNS CODY (T-EPF 14). NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Centre Bahrain plans a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) contract for 90 repair work items on a Military Sealift Command (MSC) vessel. The request for proposals (RFP) is not posted here, so ask the Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer by email; the response due date is November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC+3.
Who can bid
- Be a source duly authorized to operate and do business in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), as set out in Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 225.1103(3).
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Restricted to firms in the Seventh Fleet area of responsibility. A U.S. small business without authorization to operate and do business in that region cannot bid, and the notice does not say what local presence, licenses or registrations that takes.
- Worth checking: RFP must be requested by email. The solicitation documents are not posted, so a bidder cannot see the work items, evaluation or submission method until the buyer sends the RFP.
- Minor: Large scope under one fixed price. The requirement has 90 repair work items under a firm fixed price, so a bidder carries the cost risk on all of them.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- synopsis-cody.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Repair work on the US Navy vessel USNS CODY (T-EPF 14), described as an MSC ship repair effort with 90 repair work items.
- Firm-fixed-price contract; the work items themselves are listed in the RFP, which was not read.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 19, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC+3
What to include when you submit
- Request a copy of the RFP by email from the Contract Specialist (prince.k.joseph.ln@us.navy.mil) or the Contracting Officer (dennis.r.lisbon.civ@us.navy.mil).
Not in the notice text
- The RFP is not in the files read; it is available by email request from the Contract Specialist (prince.k.joseph.ln@us.navy.mil) or the Contracting Officer (dennis.r.lisbon.civ@us.navy.mil).
- The place of performance (the ship's location or repair port) and the period of performance are not stated.
- How offers are submitted and how the award will be decided are not stated.
- SAM.gov does not state a set-aside.
- What the Seventh Fleet area requires of a bidder (local office, host-country licenses or registration, currency of offers, taxes) is not stated in the notice.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP FLC Bahrain
- 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 respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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