Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT: Operational Analysis, SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P), and Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E) Materials, Design Concepts, and Technologies for Future Submarine Platforms
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N0002424R2120
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NAVSEA (Navy) has an open Broad Agency Announcement seeking research ideas on operational analysis, the SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P), and hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) materials, design concepts and technologies for future submarines. Companies first send White Papers; the Navy then asks only selected firms for full proposals. The announcement stays open for three years from publication.
Watch out for
- No payment for proposal costs. You pay for writing white papers and proposals yourself, with no guarantee of an award.
NAVSEA provides no funding for direct reimbursement of White Paper or proposal development costs.
- Selection is at the Navy's discretion. The Navy can pick all, some or none of the white papers, and issuing an RFP is not a commitment to award.
NAVSEA reserves the right to select for proposal submission all, some or none from among the White Papers submitted in response to this announcement.
- Awards depend on funding. Even a selected proposal may not lead to a contract if money is not available.
may be awarded based on proposal evaluations and availability of funding
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Full brief
What they want
- White Papers on operational analysis for submarine platforms
- White Papers on the SSN/SSGN Survivability Program (S3P)
- White Papers on hull, mechanical and electrical (HM&E) materials, design concepts and technologies for future submarines
- Contract type
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA); contracts or other ordering vehicles may follow selected proposals
- How they'll choose
- Technical review of White Papers, then proposals requested from selected offerors
- Offers due
- 2026-10-31T23:59:00-04:00
What to include when you submit
- Send White Papers first; the notice says they may be submitted at any time during the three-year open period
- No paper copies of the announcement are issued and no separate RFP will follow
Not in the notice text
- Evaluation criteria for White Papers (the notice says they are specified but they are not in the text)
- How and where to submit White Papers, and page limits
- Specific technical topics and areas of interest
- Estimated funding or award sizes
- Eligibility rules, if any
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 1, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Jun 16, 2025
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- N0002424R2120
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- NAVSEA HQ
- NAICS
- 541330
- Product/service code
- AC32
- Business type
- Engineering, architecture & research
- Contracting contact
- Kerry Payne (Contract Specialist)kerry.l.payne3.civ@us.navy.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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