Presolicitation
Adapter, Connector
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mechanicsburg (Navy) wants a connector assembly (title: Adapter, Connector) built to a Navy drawing and a military connector specification for a crucial shipboard system. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC-4 (1:00 PM Eastern), and the buy quantity is not stated in the text SAM.gov provided. A first article test unit batch of 4 must be delivered to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. More in the summary
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NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mechanicsburg (Navy) wants a connector assembly (title: Adapter, Connector) built to a Navy drawing and a military connector specification for a crucial shipboard system. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC-4 (1:00 PM Eastern), and the buy quantity is not stated in the text SAM.gov provided. A first article test unit batch of 4 must be delivered to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
Who can bid
- A quality system that meets ISO 9001 (or MIL-I-45208 as an alternate), with calibration under ISO 10012 or ANSI/NCSL Z540.3 with ISO 17025
- Pass first article approval: government first article test is required before regular production
How to submit: Emailed or faxed proposals are acceptable; Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) quotes are not accepted. Contact the buyer, Benjamin Spangler, at benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Quantity not stated in the visible text. A quote is priced per unit, and the text SAM.gov provided gives no quantity or unit of issue (the unit it is sold in, like each or box), only that an amendment updated the quantity.
- Serious: Government first article test required. You must deliver 4 destructive-test units to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at your cost and win approval first; these units do not count toward the contract quantity.
- Serious: Special emphasis shipboard material. Level I material means strict traceability, certified test reports and Navy source inspection at your plant; errors can cause rejection.
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- Worth checking: Quality procedures due before award. Suppliers of Level I material must send their documented quality system procedures to the Procurement Contracting Officer before any award unless a waiver applies.
- Worth checking: Email or fax only; NECO quotes rejected. Quotes sent through NECO are non-responsive, so use email or fax as the notice directs.
- Worth checking: Drawings need an access request. Drawings are not open to all; you must request access on the solicitation page and email the primary contact before you can price the job.
- Worth checking: Approved test laboratories only. One required material test can only be done by the listed laboratories, which adds cost and lead time.
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Full summary
What they want
- Build Complete Connector Assemblies to Naval Ordnance Systems Command Drawing LD162875 and Military Specification MIL-C-82620, with Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) 82.357 changes
- Deliver the first article test (FAT) units to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for government destructive testing; these do not count against the contract quantity
- Pass government first article approval before regular production
- Provide material and test certifications (chemical and mechanical analysis of the nickel-alloy shell, non-destructive tests, acceptance tests) and a certificate of compliance
- Submit certification data reports (CDRLs) at least 20 days before scheduled delivery
- Keep an ISO 9001 quality system and submit your quality procedures before award
- Deliver final material within 365 days after the contract's effective date
- Contract type
- Fixed-price supply order (the listed inspection clause is the fixed-price version); a DO-rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS), which gives national-defense orders priority
- Period of performance
- Final delivery of material on or before 365 days after the effective date of the resulting contract
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC-4 (1:00 PM Eastern, as SAM.gov also writes it)
- How to submit
- Emailed or faxed proposals are acceptable; Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) quotes are not accepted. Contact the buyer, Benjamin Spangler, at benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil.
What to include when you submit
- Sign the complete RFP package and return it before the closing date
- If drawings are posted on the solicitation, request access on the solicitation page on SAM.gov, then email the primary contact listed
- Send a copy of your current quality system procedures to the Procurement Contracting Officer before award, or ask for a waiver if they are already on file at the buying office
- Data item A001 (Inspection and Test Plan) may be waived if already on file at NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mechanicsburg
After award, you must have
- Welding procedures and qualification data approved by the Navy before any production or repair welding From the notice:
Approval of the Contractor's qualification data must be obtained prior to performing any welding (production or repair).
- The slow strain rate tensile test of the nickel-alloy material must be done at one of the named laboratories From the notice:
The Slow Strain Rate Tensile Test of QQ-N-286 must be performed by one of the following laboratories…
Not in the notice text
- The text SAM.gov provided was cut off before the end; the full solicitation, evaluation basis, line items, quantity and delivery terms are not in what was read
- Quantity and unit of issue for the connector assemblies
- Place of performance and how the award will be decided
- Whether any set-aside applies: SAM.gov states none
- Drawings and specifications are posted for approved access on SAM.gov and were not read
- Exact price and quote format; the listed Instructions to Offerors clause has no content shown
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Emailed or faxed proposals are acceptable; Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO) quotes are not accepted. Contact the buyer, Benjamin Spangler, at benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mech, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Product/service code
- 5935 · Connectors, Electrical
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code 5935)
- Versions
16 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 6, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Date Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Sep 18, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Oct 2, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 31, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Sep 18, 2026
- Aug 31, 2026 · SolicitationDue Sep 18, 2026
- Aug 31, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Sep 18, 2026 (changed)
- Aug 3, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Aug 14, 2026
- Aug 3, 2026 · SolicitationDue Aug 14, 2026
- Aug 3, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Aug 14, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Jul 17, 2026 (changed)
- Jun 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Jul 6, 2026
- Jun 16, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Jul 6, 2026 (changed)
- May 28, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Jun 19, 2026 (changed)
- May 27, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Jul 15, 2026
- May 18, 2026 · SolicitationDue Jul 15, 2026 (changed)
- May 4, 2026 · PresolicitationDate May 28, 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
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
NSN 1H-5935-010090606-L1, TDP VER 023, QTY 389 EA, DELIVER TO N50286, PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD L1SS, KITTERY, ME 03904. Award will be made only if the offeror, the product/service, or the manufacturer meets the qualification requirement(s) at time of award, in accordance with FAR clause 52.209-1. The solicitation identifies the office where additional information can be obtained concerning qualification requirements and is cited in each individual solicitation. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to: Free Trade Agreements, if DFARS clause 252.225-7036 Buy American Act--Free Trade Agreements--Balance of Payments Program, is included in the solicitation. The World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements, if DFARS clause 252.225-7021 Trade Agreements, is included in the solicitation.
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