Sources Sought
Material Handling Equipment (MHE) Leasing Support Services - NAVSEALOGCEN
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThis is a sources sought notice (a market research request, not a request for quote) from the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NAVSEALOGCEN) for Material Handling Equipment (MHE) leasing and maintenance at Cheatham Annex in Williamsburg, VA. Interested firms answer a questionnaire by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern. The Navy will use the answers to decide whether to set the future task order aside for small businesses. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Navy who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 2 attachments weren't read (CUI_Draft_SOW_CAX_MHE.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is a sources sought notice (a market research request, not a request for quote) from the Naval Sea Logistics Center (NAVSEALOGCEN) for Material Handling Equipment (MHE) leasing and maintenance at Cheatham Annex in Williamsburg, VA. Interested firms answer a questionnaire by the response due date of November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern. The Navy will use the answers to decide whether to set the future task order aside for small businesses.
How to submit: Email the completed questionnaire to Indiana Bolger, indiana.r.bolger.civ@us.navy.mil, with the subject "NSLC CAX MHE Sources Sought Response". What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Worth checking: Draft statement of work needs access request. The draft Statement of Work (SOW) listing the equipment is attached but not read, and the notice says to request access, so the equipment list is not visible here.
- Worth checking: Questionnaire asks if you can supply all equipment units. Firms must say whether they can provide every MHE unit in the SOW, so a business that can't supply all units may not be seen as capable.
- Minor: Maintenance and replacement within one business day. The questionnaire asks about answering maintenance calls and providing a replacement unit within one business day, which suggests those may be requirements.
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- Minor: Set-aside not yet decided. SAM.gov shows no set-aside for now. The Navy will decide after reading responses whether to set the future task order aside for small businesses.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 of 2 not read. Show which files.
- CAX_MHE_Sources_Sought_Questionnaire.docx (read)
- CUI_Draft_SOW_CAX_MHE.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Lease Material Handling Equipment (MHE) to NAVSEALOGCEN at Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, VA
- Provide maintenance support for the leased equipment
- Respond to maintenance calls within one business day (asked about in the questionnaire)
- Provide a replacement unit if broken equipment can't be fixed within one business day (asked about in the questionnaire)
- Fill out and email the sources sought questionnaire
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. Planned as a task order.
- Period of performance
- One-year base period with two one-year option periods (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- Williamsburg, VA, USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 11:00 AM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email the completed questionnaire to Indiana Bolger, indiana.r.bolger.civ@us.navy.mil, with the subject "NSLC CAX MHE Sources Sought Response"
What to include when you submit
- Answer the questions in a copy of the questionnaire worksheet and return the completed document.
- Give company name, CAGE code, SAM Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, phone number and point of contact name and email.
- State the percentage of the work you would perform as the prime contractor.
- Give relevant past performance examples from within five years.
- Do not send additional information beyond what the questionnaire asks for.
- Do not include classified, controlled unclassified or arms export controlled information.
Current contractor
The questionnaire says there is currently no incumbent contractor providing these services.
Not in the notice text
- The draft Statement of Work (CUI_Draft_SOW_CAX_MHE.pdf) is attached but not read; it is controlled and access must be requested on SAM.gov. The list of equipment units and their specifications is likely in it.
- The number of equipment units, the delivery terms and the estimated value are not stated in the notice or the questionnaire.
- No date for the future solicitation is given.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Navsealogcenkyptdivnuwc Mech Pa, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Product/service code
- W039 · Lease or Rental of Equipment – Materials Handling Equipment
- Business type
- Real estate, rentals & leasing (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 532490)
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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