Solicitation
NRP, Cherry Picker a
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, a Navy buying office, is asking for quotes on a machined aircraft-handling part called 'NRP, Cherry Picker A' (the text calls it a skyhook) for a shipboard system that launches and recovers aircraft. The part is built to a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCADLKE) drawing, with 100% Government inspection at the maker's plant. Quotes are due November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 (3:30 PM Eastern). More in the summary
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NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, a Navy buying office, is asking for quotes on a machined aircraft-handling part called 'NRP, Cherry Picker A' (the text calls it a skyhook) for a shipboard system that launches and recovers aircraft. The part is built to a Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCADLKE) drawing, with 100% Government inspection at the maker's plant. Quotes are due November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 (3:30 PM Eastern).
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Worth checking: Critical aircraft launch and recovery material. The Navy treats the item as critical material because a defect could cause injury, loss of life or loss of an aircraft, so quality control is strict.
- Worth checking: 100% mandatory inspection at source. A Defense Contract Management Agency quality assurance representative (QAR) oversees inspection at your plant, so your facility must be open to Government inspectors.
- Worth checking: Proof load test required. Each skyhook must withstand a test load of at least 125% of its rated load for ten minutes, so you need load test equipment or a lab.
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- Worth checking: You supply all tooling and test equipment. The Government will not provide fixtures, jigs, special tooling or test equipment, so those costs fall on you.
- Worth checking: Drawing details are outside the text. The drawing and 'all details and specifications referenced therein' are not in the posted text, so you must get them before pricing.
- Minor: 12-month warranty. The supply warranty runs 12 months, with 60 days to act after a defect is discovered.
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Full summary
What they want
- Build the item to NAWCADLKE drawing PROJECT 50031 L1 REV F.3 GENATOM-0001 (47VD1, revision REV F.3)
- Load test the skyhook to at least 125% of its rated load for ten minutes without failure, following ASME B30.16
- Do 100% inspection of critical characteristics, and use a sampling plan the quality assurance representative accepts for major and minor characteristics
- Provide all jigs, fixtures, special tooling and test equipment yourself
- Mark the item to MIL-STD-130 (the military item identification marking standard) and pack to MIL-STD-2073
- Give a 12-month warranty; early and incremental deliveries are accepted and preferred
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM UTC-4 (3:30 PM Eastern)
What to include when you submit
- Contact listed in the notice: N762.43, P2R, 771-229-0536, Andrew.n.phillips10.civ@us.navy.mil
Not in the notice text
- The drawing PROJECT 50031 L1 REV F.3 GENATOM-0001 and the specifications it references are not in the posted text.
- Quantity, delivery date and delivery destination are not in the posted text.
- How to submit a quote and what to include is not stated.
- How the award is decided is not stated.
- Contract type is not stated.
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.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- 4920 · Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332710)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Nov 16, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 25, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Nov 9, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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