Presolicitation
USS Air Craft Carriers, Nuclear Propulsion (CVN) Ship Repair, Maintenance, Modernization, and Overhaul FY27 FFP IDIQ FOLLOW-ON
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryPresolicitation (an early heads-up before the real solicitation): the Navy's Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka, for the Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, plans a 5-year firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity: orders placed as needed) for repair, maintenance, modernization and overhaul of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Only firms authorized to do business in Japan and holding an active Navy Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) or Agreement for Boat Repair (ABR) can bid. The solicitation is expected on or about November 4, 2026. More in the summary
Advance notice of a coming solicitation, not a bid yet. If it asks for capability statements, sending one is free and puts you on Department of the Navy's list before the solicitation is posted. See the contact
AI summary Beta
Presolicitation (an early heads-up before the real solicitation): the Navy's Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka, for the Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center, plans a 5-year firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) IDIQ (indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity: orders placed as needed) for repair, maintenance, modernization and overhaul of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Only firms authorized to do business in Japan and holding an active Navy Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) or Agreement for Boat Repair (ABR) can bid. The solicitation is expected on or about November 4, 2026.
Who can bid
- A current and active U.S. Navy Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) or Agreement for Boat Repair (ABR) issued by the Navy or NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka
- Be authorized to operate and do business in Japan, as Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.225-7042 sets out
How to submit: Not yet issued: the solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; send questions about this notice in writing to the contacts listed (Gil Lopez, gil.lopez3.civ@us.navy.mil, Contracting Officer; Samantha Salgado, samantha.c.salgado.civ@us.navy.mil, Contract Specialist). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Only MSRA or ABR holders can bid. The solicitation will require an active Navy Master Ship Repair Agreement or Agreement for Boat Repair, and getting one may take a year, so a business without one is shut out of this round.
- Serious: Must be authorized to do business in Japan. The solicitation is intended only for sources authorized to operate and do business in Japan; a U.S. small business without a Japanese presence may not qualify.
- Worth checking: Work performed in Japan. The work is onboard carriers at Yokosuka Naval Base; the text gives no detail on host-country licenses, taxes, currency or labor law, which the solicitation must cover.
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- Worth checking: SAM.gov response date and expected solicitation date differ. SAM.gov lists October 31, 2026, 2:00 PM JST as the response date, while the text says the solicitation is expected on or about November 4, 2026; offers can only come after the solicitation is issued.
- Minor: Not a request for proposals. This notice is only advance notice; the RFP comes later.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Repair, Maintenance, Modernization and Overhaul (RMMO) work on U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVN) based in Japan
- Perform the work onboard at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
- Hold a 5-year firm-fixed-price IDIQ follow-on contract with an anticipated period from June 1, 2027 to May 31, 2032
- Contract type
- Planned firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract; follow-on
- Period of performance
- Anticipated 5 years: June 1, 2027 to May 31, 2032
- Place of performance
- Onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- October 31, 2026, 2:00 PM JST (1:00 AM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Not yet issued: the solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; send questions about this notice in writing to the contacts listed (Gil Lopez, gil.lopez3.civ@us.navy.mil, Contracting Officer; Samantha Salgado, samantha.c.salgado.civ@us.navy.mil, Contract Specialist)
What to include when you submit
- Watch SAM.gov for the solicitation and any amendments: the notice says interested parties must monitor it
- Nonholders can request an MSRA or ABR application package from flcy_msra_abr_group@us.navy.mil
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The title and text call this a follow-on contract.
Not in the notice text
- Contract value, ceiling and minimum orders
- How offers will be evaluated and what a proposal must contain: the solicitation is not out yet
- Whether the work needs security clearances, bonding or insurance
- Host-country requirements the solicitation will set, such as local licenses, taxes and the currency of offers
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not yet issued: the solicitation will be posted on SAM.gov; send questions about this notice in writing to the contacts listed (Gil Lopez, gil.lopez3.civ@us.navy.mil, Contracting Officer; Samantha Salgado, samantha.c.salgado.civ@us.navy.mil, Contract Specialist). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR Yokosuka
- Product/service code
- J999 · Non-Nuclear Ship Repair (WEST)
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336611)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Oct 31, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · PresolicitationDue Oct 31, 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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