Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Maintenance, Repair and Preservation of IX-551
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N4523A26Q1004
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Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (Navy) wants a shipyard to maintain, repair and preserve the vessel IX-551 under a stand-alone firm-fixed-price contract. The 260 ft by 85 ft ship must be worked at a facility in the Puget Sound, WA region (Olympia to Bellingham). It is full and open competition, with quotes due 2026-10-28 and the vessel ready for pickup on or after 1 April 2027.
Watch out for
- Large shipyard facility required. You need a dry dock or equivalent able to take a 260 ft, roughly 3,000-ton steel vessel, which few small businesses own.
The Contractors facility must possess the capability of IX-551 with the dimensions as stated above.
- Narrow geographic requirement. Only facilities between Olympia and Bellingham, WA qualify, so you must already operate there.
To facilitate proper government oversight, the facility shall be located in the Puget Sound, WA region.
- Environmentally sensitive work. Blasting and preserving the hull and cleaning, gas freeing and preserving tanks involve hazardous-material, waste and safety compliance.
Open, pump, ventilate, gas free and clean all tanks.
- Full and open competition. No set-aside, so you compete against larger shipyards.
This is full and open competition.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Take delivery of the vessel at your facility, dock it, wash and clean the exterior
- Blast and preserve all exterior hull surfaces, underwater body, freeboard, moon pools and bulwarks
- Fill, drain, air test and inspect each underwater skeg; do preliminary and final air tests on tanks and voids
- Remove old and install new zinc anodes and hardware on the underwater hull
- Open, pump, ventilate, gas free and clean all tanks; partially preserve 24 tanks; inspect each tank and void at close-out
- Apply non-skid to the main deck and 02/03 level decks; remove, clean and reinstall rubber fenders
- Open and inspect all pumps and overboard discharge valves; install new manhole gaskets and fasteners
- Undock the vessel and arrange its return to the Government
- Contract type
- Stand-alone firm-fixed-price contract
- Period of performance
- Vessel ready for pickup on or after 1 April 2027; exact schedule is on page 1 of the RFQ (not in the notice text)
- Place of performance
- Contractor's facility in the Puget Sound, WA region (Olympia to Bellingham)
- Offers due
- 2026-10-28 12:00 PM Pacific (2026-10-28T12:00:00-07:00)
- How to submit
- Not stated in the notice text; refer to the Request for Quote in the solicitation
What to include when you submit
- Refer to page 1 of the RFQ for desired and required delivery information
- Be registered in SAM (reps and certs can be completed online at sam.gov)
You must have
- Facility able to handle a vessel of 260 ft length, 85 ft width and 8 ft 6 in draft (3,070 long tons full displacement)
The Contractors facility must possess the capability of IX-551 with the dimensions as stated above.
- Facility located in the Puget Sound, WA region, from Olympia to Bellingham
To facilitate proper government oversight, the facility shall be located in the Puget Sound, WA region.
- Registered in SAM to receive award
All offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) to receive award of Government contracts.
Not in the notice text
- Evaluation method and factors
- How and where to submit the quote
- Required delivery or completion dates (on page 1 of the RFQ)
- Bonding or insurance requirements
- Detailed work items (in section 3.0 of the Statement of Work attachment)
- Estimated value
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 28, 2026, 7:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Solicitation
- N4523A26Q1004
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Imf
- NAICS
- 336611
- Product/service code
- J019
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Contracting contact
- Jeff Jaeckeljeff.a.jaeckel.civ@us.navy.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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