Solicitation
W912CH-27-R-A027 for BUTTSTOCK ASSEMBLY; NSN: 1005-01-576-8901
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryThe Army (W6QK ACC- DTA) wants to buy the Buttstock Assembly, national stock number (NSN: the supply-system item code) 1005-01-576-8901, part number 13026046, from one small business. It is a five-year requirements contract (the Government orders what it needs over time) at firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs). The response due date is November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM Eastern; the drawings are a restricted technical data package (TDP) needing DD Form 2345 certification. Check the notice: its text gives November 19, 2026 as the deadline for questions or document requests, not the offer due date. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 2 of 7 attachments weren't read (TDP Drawings_2.zip, TDP Documents - Buttstock Assembly.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Army (W6QK ACC- DTA) wants to buy the Buttstock Assembly, national stock number (NSN: the supply-system item code) 1005-01-576-8901, part number 13026046, from one small business. It is a five-year requirements contract (the Government orders what it needs over time) at firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs). The response due date is November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM Eastern; the drawings are a restricted technical data package (TDP) needing DD Form 2345 certification. Check the notice: its text gives November 19, 2026 as the deadline for questions or document requests, not the offer due date.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business: the RFP is a 100% small business set-aside, and the NAICS code is 332994 Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing.
- Active SAM.gov registration under NAICS code 332994 before you submit a proposal.
- A current DD Form 2345 (Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement) certification on file, needed to get the export-controlled technical data package; processing is estimated at 6 to 10 weeks.
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- Request access to the restricted technical data package on SAM.gov; each person who needs it must ask separately and be registered in SAM.
How to submit: Email to Contract Specialist Ciara Woodard-Brown (ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil), copied to the Contracting Officer (elizabeth.l.levinewelhouse.civ@army.mil); the RFP gives the email subject as Proposal Submission W912CH 26-R-A089 (company name). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Restricted drawings need a DD Form 2345 certification first. The technical data package is export-controlled and limited to approved Government contractors, and certification can take 6 to 10 weeks, so a business without it may not be able to bid.
- Serious: All-or-none offer. You must offer the total quantity of every item; offers for less are treated as nonresponsive.
- Serious: Delivery schedule counts far more than price. Your proposed delivery date for each line item is scored and becomes the contract requirement, so a slow schedule can lose the award even at a low price.
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- Worth checking: Two question deadlines. The SAM.gov notice text gives November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM EST for questions, but the RFP gives November 16, 2026, 3:30 PM EST; ask the contract specialist which governs.
- Worth checking: Other solicitation number in the instructions. The email subject line and the location of the technical data package both name solicitation W912CH-26-R-A089, not this one; confirm with the contract specialist where to find the drawings and what subject to use.
- Worth checking: First article test uses up 5 units. The Government may require first article testing; units used up in testing are not delivered and their cost goes in your price, and a waiver request is not guaranteed.
- Worth checking: Only listed part numbers unless a substitute is pre-approved. The RFP says it is restricted to source-controlled components or listed manufacturer part numbers, and a substitute needs prior written U.S. Army TACOM approval; check the drawings for which parts this covers.
- Worth checking: Coating test procedure approval due 60 days after award. You must get the Contracting Officer's approval of your heavy phosphate coating test procedure within 60 days after award, before production can start.
- Minor: Subcontractors face the same technical data rules. The export-control and destruction rules for the technical data package also apply to every subcontractor and vendor you share it with.
- Minor: Inspection and acceptance at your plant. The Government inspects and accepts at the origin, so you must give the exact name, CAGE code and address of the producing or subcontractor facility.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. 2 of 7 not read. Show which files.
- Contract Data Requirement List (CDRL) (A001 - A006) Buttstock Assembly.docx (read)
- W912CH27RA027.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0004 - First Article Waiver Worksheet.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0002 - TACOM OPSEC Plan.pdf (read)
- Attachment 0003 - Additional Guidelines for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).pdf (read)
- TDP Drawings_2.zip: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
- TDP Documents - Buttstock Assembly.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Make the Buttstock Assembly, NSN 1005-01-576-8901, part number 13026046 (the data sheet calls it a collapsible lightweight M249 buttstock), to the Government's restricted technical data package.
- Quote and deliver the full estimated quantities for five one-year ordering periods (line items 0011 to 0015); the quantities are estimates only and weren't readable in the text.
- Do first article testing (the first sample units are made and tested before production) under FAR 52.209-3 unless the Government waives it; 5 first article units are used up in testing.
- Send contract data reports: engineering change proposal (A001), request for variance (A002), notice of revision (A003), heavy phosphate coating test procedure (A004), acceptance inspection equipment report (A005), first article test report (A006).
- Apply heavy phosphate coating plus dry film lubricant or chemical agent resistant coating (CARC) paint, with the test frequencies set in Section C.6.
- Pack to military preservation, packing Level B, special packaging instruction number 13026046 (Rev D), and mark to MIL-STD-129; palletize shipments of 50 cubic feet or more.
- Name the facility where the Government inspects and accepts the supplies; inspection and acceptance are at the origin.
- Follow the operations security (OPSEC) plan and controlled unclassified information (CUI) handling rules, and name an OPSEC Coordinator.
- Contract type
- Single-award, five-year requirements contract, firm-fixed-price (FFP)
- Period of performance
- Five one-year ordering periods starting on the contract award date
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff between two factors; delivery schedule is significantly more important than price
- Offers due
- November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Ciara Woodard-Brown (ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil), copied to the Contracting Officer (elizabeth.l.levinewelhouse.civ@army.mil); the RFP gives the email subject as Proposal Submission W912CH 26-R-A089 (company name)
What they'll judge offers on
- Delivery Schedule (significantly more important than price): rated Outstanding, Good, Acceptable, Marginal or Unacceptable by how many days sooner or later than the Section F.1 schedule each line item (0011 to 0015) would be delivered
- Price: total evaluated price (each line item's unit price times its estimated quantity, added together), plus price reasonableness and unbalanced pricing checks
What to include when you submit
- Send one proposal that covers the total quantity of every item; offers for less than all items are nonresponsive and only one award will be made.
- Include a scanned signed Standard Form 33 (SF 33, the solicitation and offer cover page), all completed fill-ins for Sections A through K, and signed copies of any amendments.
- Fill in the prices in Section B of the RFP.
- State your proposal acceptance period in calendar days; proposals must stay valid at least 120 calendar days.
- Give a delivery date for each line item as a number of days after delivery order award; do not propose a delivery rate, which makes the proposal unawardable.
- Include a statement of how far you agree with all terms, and list all of your assumptions with a statement that none take exception to the RFP.
- If you will use Government property, describe your property management system and plan.
- To ask for a first article waiver, send the First Article Waiver Worksheet (Attachment 0004) on company letterhead, signed by a company agent, with supporting documents.
- Name the inspection and acceptance facility (name, CAGE code, address) in Section E.1.
- To object to the Government releasing your unit prices, tell the contracting officer in writing before the closing date and give your reason.
After award, you must have
- Name a person to be the operations security (OPSEC) Coordinator, trained to OPSEC Level I. From W912CH27RA027.pdf:
The contractor shall identify an individual who will be an OPSEC Coordinator.
Not in the notice text
- Parts of the 124-page RFP (W912CH27RA027.pdf) weren't read, including Sections F to K (delivery terms, contract clauses, attachment list) and the start of Section L; check the full file on SAM.gov.
- TDP Drawings_2.zip and TDP Documents - Buttstock Assembly.pdf are attached but not read; access is restricted and must be requested on SAM.gov.
- The estimated quantity and unit of issue for each ordering year, and the delivery schedule in Section F.1, were not readable.
- Whether first article testing will be required or waived, and the lead times that apply, are not shown in the text read.
- SAM.gov does not give a place of performance.
- No dollar estimate for the contract is given.
- The notice does not say what changed in the version posted October 20, 2026, after the first posting on October 15, 2026.
Eligibility and how to respond
- 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 332994
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Contract Specialist Ciara Woodard-Brown (ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil), copied to the Contracting Officer (elizabeth.l.levinewelhouse.civ@army.mil); the RFP gives the email subject as Proposal Submission W912CH 26-R-A089 (company name). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC- DTA, Warren, MI
- Product/service code
- 1005 · Guns, Through 30MM
- Business type
- Weapons & ammunition (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332994)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 19, 2026
- Oct 15, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 19, 2026
- 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
1. This Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation, W912CH-27-R-A027, is intended to result in the award of a single Five-Year Requirement, Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contract for the procurement of the following: NOUN : Buttstock Assembly NSN: 1005-01-576-8901 PART NUMBER: 13026046 2. There is a Technical Data Package (TDP) associated with this procurement. The TDP distribution code is "D" which limits access to U.S. Government agencies and its contractors. Please refer to Section C.1 for additional information. 3. This solicitation is a 100% Set Aside for Small Businesses in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-6. 4. Questions pertaining to this solicitation should be directed to the Contract Specialist identified on the cover page of this solicitation. All questions regarding the requirements of this solicitation and applicable attachments must be submitted by November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM EST to contract specialist Ciara Woodard-Brown at ciara.l.woodard-brown.civ@army.mil and backup contract specialist Mark Hilson at mark.d.hilson.civ@army.mil. The Government will review all questions received but is not obligated to answer questions submitted after the date noted above prior to the solicitation close date. For technical assistance in doing business with the Government, and doing business electronically, please visit the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) website at http://www.aptac-us.org/ to locate a regional center.
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