Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Magnaflux Demagnetizer Semi Annual Preventative Maintenance (Re-Bid)
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryOnly small businesses can quote: the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East at Cherry Point, North Carolina, wants twice-yearly preventive maintenance (PM) on its Magnaflux magnetic particle machines, demagnetizers and probes. The base year runs November 16, 2026 to November 15, 2027, with two option years. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. The title marks this a re-bid. More in the summary
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Only small businesses can quote: the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center (FRC) East at Cherry Point, North Carolina, wants twice-yearly preventive maintenance (PM) on its Magnaflux magnetic particle machines, demagnetizers and probes. The base year runs November 16, 2026 to November 15, 2027, with two option years. The response due date is November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. The title marks this a re-bid.
Who can bid (6)
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside
- Be an Authorized Service Center for Magnaflux and Gould Bass
- Be able to provide original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts
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- Be ISO 17025 accredited for calibrating magnetic particle machines
- Technicians must be thoroughly trained and knowledgeable in the operation and maintenance of the equipment
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
How to submit: Not stated in the documents. Contracts Specialist Chris Butler: Christine.w.butler2.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 19, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can quote; a large business cannot compete.
- Serious: Authorized Magnaflux and Gould Bass service center required. The statement of work requires manufacturer authorization to service this equipment, which many small repair firms do not hold.
- Serious: ISO 17025 accreditation required. Your firm must be accredited to calibrate magnetic particle machines, a formal lab accreditation that takes time and money to hold.
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- Worth checking: All PM-found repairs are on the contractor. You must make every repair found during a PM visit. Only parts are reimbursed, at cost not to exceed actual cost, so labor on repairs is a pricing risk.
- Worth checking: Limit on subcontracting. On a small business set-aside you may not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government to subcontractors that are not similarly situated small businesses. A team must explain this in the quote.
- Minor: Fixed visit months and hours. The two visits are set for October and April, during 6:30 am to 3:00 pm on weekdays. Other timing needs agreement from the Government.
- Minor: Unauthorized repair work is not paid. Before any repair or emergency service not covered by the contract, you must call the help desk. Work done without that approval is not reimbursed.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Solicitation - N6852027Q1000.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Two PM visits per year on each piece of listed equipment, done in October and April during 6:30 am to 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday
- Functional checks of wiring, tap switches, meters, modules, power supplies, head and tail stock assemblies and foot switches
- Check current draw accuracy in magnetizing and demagnetizing modes
- Make all repairs found during the PM visit, such as correcting torque, voltage and amp readings, contacts, relays, water pump flow, field strength and modules
- Call the Maintenance Planning Branch Help Desk on arrival and give a service report on completion at Building 84
- Optional parts and repairs each year: give a standard hourly rate; parts and extra travel are negotiated as needed
- Contact the help desk before any repair or emergency service not covered by the contract
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) for PM visits; optional parts and repairs line with an estimated lump sum. Combined synopsis/solicitation using commercial-services terms.
- Period of performance
- Base year November 16, 2026 to November 15, 2027, plus Option Year 1 (November 16, 2027 to November 15, 2028) and Option Year 2 (November 16, 2028 to November 15, 2029)
- Place of performance
- Fleet Readiness Center East, Cherry Point, NC 28533-5040; equipment is in Shop 91108 in Buildings 133, 137, 4026, 4032 and 4225
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Not stated in the documents. Contracts Specialist Chris Butler: Christine.w.butler2.civ@us.navy.mil.
What they'll judge offers on
- Price (listed first, in relative order of importance; the total price of all options is added to the base)
- Technical
- Experience
What to include when you submit
- Price CLIN 0001 (2 visits) and the option years' PM lines at firm-fixed prices
- Give a standard hourly rate for optional repairs during regular business hours for each year
- Include documentation that the company and its technicians are trained and knowledgeable in operating and maintaining the equipment
- Show you are an Authorized Service Center for Magnaflux and Gould Bass, can provide OEM parts, and are ISO 17025 accredited for calibrating magnetic particle machines
- If you use a subcontractor, include an explanation showing no more than 50 percent of the total contract value will be paid to subcontractors
After award, you must have
- Register in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), the Government's electronic invoicing system, to get paid From Solicitation - N6852027Q1000.pdf:
Be registered to use WAWF at https://wawf.eb.mil/…
Current contractor
The title says Re-Bid. No incumbent is named in the documents.
Not in the notice text
- How to send the quote (email or portal) is not stated in the documents
- The special invoicing note for parts, mentioned in the statement of work, is not in the documents
- The quote date and delivery blocks on the request for quotation form are blank
- No Government estimate or budget is given
- How the Technical and Experience factors are scored, and what each must show, is not described
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 under NAICS 811210
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not stated in the documents. Contracts Specialist Chris Butler: Christine.w.butler2.civ@us.navy.mil. 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 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Fleet Readiness Center, Patuxent River, MD
- Product/service code
- J052 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Measuring Tools
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811210)
- 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 respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Magnetic Particle Machine Maintenance in accordance with Section C.
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