Sources Sought
Bullet Traps Operation and Maintenance/Lead Cleaning for Breach and Shooting Houses
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summarySources sought (market research, not a request for offers): Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic wants small businesses for weekly bullet trap operation and maintenance and lead cleaning of breach and shooting houses at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The planned contract is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), one base year plus four option years. SAM.gov gives a response due date of November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, but the notice text says December 14, 2026. More in the summary
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Sources sought (market research, not a request for offers): Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic wants small businesses for weekly bullet trap operation and maintenance and lead cleaning of breach and shooting houses at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina. The planned contract is firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing), one base year plus four option years. SAM.gov gives a response due date of November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, but the notice text says December 14, 2026.
Who can bid (6)
- Small business for NAICS 561210 (size standard $47,000,000 in annual receipts); SAM.gov lists this as a total small business set-aside
- Active SAM registration with Unique Entity ID and CAGE code
- Certification and SAM registration for 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned or women-owned claims
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- Registration to use Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) for electronic invoicing
- Lead abatement certification, with certified technicians and a certified laboratory for lead removal, sampling and analysis; proof of certification is required in the proposal packet
- Skilled workers with commercial Class A CDL, welders' license, electricians' license, HAZMAT qualification, OSHA certification, and a valid North Carolina or home-state driver's license
How to submit: Email to sharon.e.humphrey.civ@us.navy.mil and Regenia.d.guest.civ@us.navy.mil; phone calls are not accepted, due November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern (SAM.gov); the notice text says 3:00 December 14, 2026. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Lead and trade certifications required. The work needs lead abatement certification, a certified laboratory, and licensed workers (CDL, welding, electrical, HAZMAT, OSHA); a firm without these may not qualify.
- Worth checking: Set-aside not final. SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside, but the notice says responses will decide it and the solicitation may be issued unrestricted if small business interest is low.
- Worth checking: Hazardous waste handling. You must certify removed material is inert and follow federal, state, local and Department of Defense hazardous waste rules for storage, transport and disposal.
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- Worth checking: 24-hour response and weekly service. The contractor must work weekly and respond within 24 hours to urgent maintenance issues, which needs staff and equipment near Camp Lejeune.
- Minor: Contract type described two ways. The notice says Firm Fixed Price/Indefinite Quantity in one place and Firm Fixed Price/Non-Recurring in another, so ordering and volume are unclear.
- Minor: Capability statement length differs. The notice asks for a one-page capability statement and also allows up to two pages; keep to one page to be safe.
- Minor: Market research only. This is not a request for proposals, respondents will not be told the results, and questions are not being answered now.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Sources Sought Notice.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Weekly operation, maintenance and repair of bullet traps (the systems that catch bullets on firing ranges)
- Weekly work: system repairs such as deflectors and deceleration chambers, painting, cleaning pits, dry and wet lead cleanup, removing lead-contaminated filters, and canister inspections the Contracting Officer identifies
- Certify and verify that material removed from bullet traps is inert before disposal, and follow federal, state, local and Department of Defense hazardous waste rules for storage, transport and disposal
- Respond within 24 hours to maintenance issues that need immediate attention or come from the weekly site visit
- Lead abatement, removal and disposal in breach and shooting houses, including lead dust on all interior surfaces and targets
- Certified technicians available on a quarterly and semi-annual schedule set by Government representatives, with lead sampling and analysis by a certified laboratory
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price with indefinite quantity (the Government orders as needed); one part of the notice calls it 'Firm Fixed Price/Non-Recurring'
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 option years (total not more than 60 months); the contractor may be required to continue up to 6 more months under the Option to Extend Services clause
- Place of performance
- Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 10, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern (SAM.gov); the notice text says 3:00 December 14, 2026
- How to submit
- Email to sharon.e.humphrey.civ@us.navy.mil and Regenia.d.guest.civ@us.navy.mil; phone calls are not accepted
- Page limits
- Capability statement: 1 page in one place and no more than 2 pages in another
What to include when you submit
- Email a capability statement and a positive statement of eligibility as a Small Business type
- Show your ability to meet all technical requirements in the notice
- Show an active System for Award Management (SAM) registration with your Unique Entity ID (UEI) and CAGE code
- Give your small business representations and your small business classification for NAICS code 561210
- Show you are registered to use Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), the Government's electronic invoicing system
- In your email, state your interest, business size, CAGE code and UEI number
- Businesses claiming 8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned or women-owned status must be certified and registered in SAM
Not in the notice text
- Which response date is correct: November 10, 2026 on SAM.gov or December 14, 2026 in the notice text
- The complete list of specifications, including the number of bullet traps and shooting houses, will be in the solicitation
- The contract's estimated value is not stated; $47,000,000 is only the size standard for NAICS 561210
- Whether the solicitation will be a small business set-aside or unrestricted
- Whether the contract is indefinite quantity or non-recurring, as the notice states both
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 561210
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Navfacsyscom Mid-Atlantic, Norfolk, VA
- Product/service code
- S216 · Housekeeping – Facilities Operations Support
- Business type
- Facilities, janitorial & grounds (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561210)
- 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: Sources sought notice, Set-aside