Solicitation
Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Hardware and Software Production
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters (NAVSEA HQ), for Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems, wants one company to build and maintain the Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS: the ship navigation chart system) hardware and software, in a full and open competition with no set-aside. Offerors must already hold an active SECRET facility clearance when they submit, and the response due date is January 13, 2027, 4:00 PM Eastern. Work is one base year plus four one-year options starting in fiscal year 2027, with one award for all items. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 14, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 22, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 8 of 20 attachments weren't read (Att. J-02 ECDIS GFP Production List (9.18.26).xlsx, Att. J-04 ECDIS Production Spares Workbook.xlsx and 6 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters (NAVSEA HQ), for Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems, wants one company to build and maintain the Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS: the ship navigation chart system) hardware and software, in a full and open competition with no set-aside. Offerors must already hold an active SECRET facility clearance when they submit, and the response due date is January 13, 2027, 4:00 PM Eastern. Work is one base year plus four one-year options starting in fiscal year 2027, with one award for all items.
Who can bid (5)
- Active U.S. Government-issued SECRET facility clearance, SECRET personnel clearances and SECRET safeguarding capability, held at the time of proposal submission; a company under a Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) approved foreign-ownership agreement such as a Proxy Agreement may qualify
- An approved Contract Security Classification Specification (DD Form 254) and a Terms of Use agreement signed by both the Facility Security Officer and a corporate officer, to receive the RFP library
- Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 for the contractor's unclassified and controlled unclassified information systems (per the draft Q and A)
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- No foreign national, including employees or teammates, may see the RFP library, and it may not leave the United States; subcontractors need their own signed Terms of Use agreement and security setup first
- Be able to supply every unit of every item; the Navy will award all units of all items to one offeror
How to submit: Not stated in the documents read. The Washington Navy Yard receipt rule recommends mailing proposals; to hand carry one, call the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist at least 48 hours ahead. Mark each package with their names, codes and phone numbers.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (16)
- Serious: SECRET facility clearance needed when you submit. Only a company that already holds an active SECRET facility clearance, cleared staff and safeguarding capability at submission can bid. A business without one is shut out.
- Serious: RFP library locked behind a signed agreement and approved DD Form 254. Technical data, source code and key lists come through a controlled library. Access needs a Terms of Use agreement signed by the Facility Security Officer and a corporate officer, plus an approved DD Form 254 (the form that sets security requirements), so a business without these cannot price the work.
- Serious: All hardware and software must be offered; single award. One offeror gets all units of all items, so a business must propose the whole package: production hardware, cost-type engineering and repairs, and the existing software.
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- Worth checking: Large existing software baseline to maintain. The Navy says the ECDIS software has about 1.67 million source lines of code, 515 open defects and 16 configurations; the Navy will provide the source code only at contract award.
- Worth checking: Evaluation factors and proposal instructions are in documents not covered here. Section M points to Attachment L-9 for the evaluation factors, and the proposal page limits and volumes are in Section L. Check the full solicitation on SAM.gov before deciding.
- Worth checking: Cost-type lines need detailed cost data. Engineering support and repairs are cost-plus-fixed-fee, and the cost proposal checklist asks for rates, a bill of materials and subcontract price analysis. The accounting and pricing effort is heavy for a small business. A forward pricing rate agreement (FPRA) is a pre-agreed set of Government-approved overhead rates.
- Worth checking: Only estimated quantities; hardware options may not be used. Hardware quantities are Government estimates and options, with stepladder pricing and a 90-day window that can reset unit prices. Hardware is capped at 160 AN/SYN-1 and 40 Scalable Integrated Bridge System (S-IBS) units in total.
- Worth checking: CMMC Level 2 and library handling limits. The contractor's unclassified systems must meet Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, and library data may not be stored in commercial cloud or shared with foreign nationals.
- Worth checking: Small business subcontracting plan required. Offers must include a subcontracting plan with a 5% small disadvantaged business goal or a detailed reason it cannot be included; large and mid-size primes must plan to use small firms.
- Worth checking: Organizational conflict of interest disclosure. Firms that support the Navy's program office or have unequal access to competitor information may be barred. Offerors must state whether a conflict exists, and report one within 14 days of the solicitation date, which this text does not give.
- Worth checking: Software Development Plan and make-or-buy program required in the proposal. The proposal needs an initial software development plan and a rationale showing processes equal to CMMI capability level 3, plus a make-or-buy program, which adds writing work.
- Worth checking: First article offered without waiver. All offerors must price assuming no first article waiver (Offer A), and a waiver is granted only at the Government's discretion. The first article unit is delivered to your facility for Government inspection.
- Minor: Question deadline not set in the solicitation. The question deadline appears as TBD, so bidders should check SAM.gov for the date and ask early.
- Minor: Solicitation number differs between SAM.gov and the documents. The SAM.gov fields show N00025-26-R-5246, while the notice text and documents say N00024-26-R-5246. Confirm the number before sending a proposal.
- Minor: Added quantities start year given two ways. The revised Q and A says added quantities begin in FY29, but its list starts with FY28 for both variants.
- Minor: Hand delivery at the Washington Navy Yard needs advance notice. Gate access is limited. A late hand delivery caused by gate delays is not an excuse for a late proposal.
Read from the notice and 12 attachments. 8 of 20 not read. Show which files.
- DRAFT RFP Q and A SAM.gov Posting 30 Sept 2026.pdf (read)
- Supplement A1-TDP Option Selection Worksheet.pdf (read)
- Att. 00 - Solicitation - N0002426R5246 Rev. 1.pdf (read)
- N00024-26-R-5246 Exhibit A CDRLs.pdf (read)
- Att. J-03 ECDIS GFI LIST.pdf (read)
- Att. J-06 DFARS 252.227-7017 Data Rights Assertions List (Hardware).pdf (read)
- Att. J-07 DFARS 252.227-7017 Data Rights Assertions List (Software).pdf (read)
- Att. J-08 DFARS 252.227-7028 Assertions List.pdf (read)
- Att. J-09 Commercial Technical Data (TD), Commercial Computer Software (CS), or Commercial.pdf (read)
- Att. J-12 Terms of Use Agreement N00024-26-R-5246.pdf (read)
- Att. L-01 Rev 1 Bidders Q and A_9 Oct 2026.pdf (read)
- Att. L-02 Proposal Cross Reference Matrix .docx (read)
- Att. J-02 ECDIS GFP Production List (9.18.26).xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Att. J-04 ECDIS Production Spares Workbook.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Att. J-10 Note B Table 2A-2D.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Att. L-04 - Total Cost Price Build Up spreadsheet.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
- Att. L-08 Contractor Award Announcement Information.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Att. L-11 TOUA Master Copy Log.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Att. J-01 DD Form 254 for N00024-26-R-5246 - Signed..pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Att. J-11 List of Common Acronyms.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Build and deliver Navy ECDIS AN/SYN-1 hardware in three versions (v1, v2, v3: racks, navigation computers, display units) from a Government technical data package, with peripherals ordered separately or built in
- Build Scalable Integrated Bridge System (S-IBS) 5-node and 7-node tech refresh hardware
- Deliver a first article unit (1 Each AN/SYN-1 v1 and 1 Each S-IBS 5-node) and complete a production readiness review before production
- Maintain, modify, upgrade, test and deliver the ECDIS software for surface and subsurface ships, from Government-supplied source code, as level-of-effort work
- Provide cost-plus-fixed-fee engineering support: 16,000 software hours and 6,350 hardware hours in each year's line
- Do hardware repairs (up to 1,000 hours in each year's line) and supply spares from the Government's spares list
- First-year (0xxx) hardware option lines: 8 Each v1, 2 Each v2, 2 Each v3, 3 Each S-IBS 5-node and 3 Each S-IBS 7-node; no more than 160 AN/SYN-1 and 40 S-IBS units in total
- Produce the contract data deliverables listed in Exhibit A (a list of required reports and plans)
- Contract type
- Mixed: firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per unit) hardware, first article and spares with stepladder pricing (a lower unit price as more units are ordered); cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF: allowed costs plus a set fee) engineering and repairs; cost-no-fee travel and repair materials. Single award.
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 one-year option periods, beginning in fiscal year 2027 (line numbers 0xxx through 4xxx)
- Place of performance
- Washington Navy Yard, DC, USA, as the SAM.gov fields give it; where production and engineering happen is not stated in the documents read
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value to the Government under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.101-1 (a tradeoff of price and non-price factors); all units of all items go to one offeror
- Offers due
- January 13, 2027, 4:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 14, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Not stated in the documents read. The Washington Navy Yard receipt rule recommends mailing proposals; to hand carry one, call the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist at least 48 hours ahead. Mark each package with their names, codes and phone numbers.
- Page limits
- Not stated in the documents read. The software development plan rationale limit is shown as TBD pages; the initial software development plan and the cross reference matrix do not count against the limit
What they'll judge offers on
- Evaluation factors are in Attachment L-9, which is not among the documents read
What to include when you submit
- Hold the required SECRET security clearances at the time you submit; library access needs a signed Terms of Use agreement and an approved DD Form 254 (the security requirements form)
- Complete the Proposal Cross Reference Matrix (Attachment L-2) and include it; it does not count against page limits
- Include an initial Software Development Plan, plus a rationale for your approach showing processes equal to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level 3, a software process rating
- Include a make-or-buy program listing major work you will do yourself and work you will subcontract, with reasons, plants and known subcontractors with their size
- Include a small business subcontracting plan with a 5% small disadvantaged business goal, or a detailed reason the goal cannot be included
- Include a statement on organizational conflicts of interest; if one exists, tell the Contracting Officer within 14 days of the date of the solicitation and send the listed details
- Price the Government's hours as stated for the engineering support lines; do not propose other hour counts
- Complete the fee table (B-216-H006): cost per hour and fee rate per hour for each cost-plus-fixed-fee line
- Propose one profit percentage, not above 6%, for future Provisioned Item Orders; do not price those orders
- Fill in the peripheral pricing in Attachment J-10 and the stepladder price tables for each option year
- Submit one offer assuming first article testing is not waived (Offer A); an offer assuming waiver (Offer B) is allowed only if the same or a nearly identical item was already accepted by the Government
- Price each contract data item with a price group and estimated price on the DD Form 1423 (the list of required deliverables)
- List any Government property you propose to use rent-free, the dates, the rent otherwise due, and your property management system
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice describes continued production and sustainment of Navy ECDIS, and the Navy's answers say it already holds the data rights needed to compete the hardware and software.
Not in the notice text
- Most of the 172-page solicitation was not covered here. The evaluation factors (Attachment L-9), Section L proposal page limits and volumes, and the delivery schedule are on SAM.gov; check the full solicitation.
- Attached but not read: J-02 GFE Production List, J-04 Production Spares Workbook, J-10 Note B Table 2A-2D, L-04 Total Cost Price Build Up spreadsheet, L-08 Contractor Award Announcement Information, L-11 TOUA Master Copy Log, J-01 DD Form 254 and J-11 List of Common Acronyms.
- The technical data package, government-furnished equipment and information lists, and source code come with the final library; their contents are not shown.
- The deadline for questions is shown as TBD, and the estimated award date appears as XX MONTH 2027.
- Where production, engineering and the software work happen is not stated beyond the SAM.gov place of performance.
- A total dollar value or Government estimate is not stated.
- Whether the revised Q and A (Amendment 01, October 9, 2026) changes other lines is not shown.
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 stated in the documents read. The Washington Navy Yard receipt rule recommends mailing proposals; to hand carry one, call the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist at least 48 hours ahead. Mark each package with their names, codes and phone numbers. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- NAVSEA HQ, Washington Navy Yard, DC
- Product/service code
- 6605 · Navigational Instruments
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334511)
- Versions
7 versions have been posted. The newest 4 are listed, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · AmendmentDue Jan 13, 2027
- Oct 19, 2026 · AmendmentDue Jan 13, 2027
- Oct 14, 2026 · Amendment (this version)Due Jan 13, 2027
- Sep 30, 2026 · SolicitationDue Jan 13, 2027
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
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Full notice text from SAM.gov
Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Mission Systems is issuing a Full and Open Competitive Solicitation (N00024-26-R-5246) for the development, production, integration, testing, fielding, and lifecycle sustainment of the U.S. Navy Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) Hardware and Software. This procurement supports PAE Mission Systems structure, the acronym “PMW/A” means Program Manager, Warfighting / Applications (PMW/A 520) Navigation Program requirements for both surface and subsurface platforms. The resultant contract will provide continued production and sustainment of Navy ECDIS Hardware and Software. Hardware Scope: Includes production, sustainment, integration, assembly, and testing. Software Scope: Includes maintenance, modification, upgrades, integration, testing, and delivery of ECDIS software products. These software scope activities will be provided as level-of-effort tasks under Government oversight, with technical support from the Navy ECDIS Systems Engineering and Integration Agent, NSWC Philadelphia, PA. Award is anticipated in Q4 FY27 and will be made to the Offeror whose proposal represents the Best Value to the Government in accordance with FAR 15.101-1. The planned contract structure includes one base year with four one?year option periods, beginning in FY27. Deliveries are anticipated to be FOB Destination.
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