Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Eyebolt
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDefense Logistics Agency (DLA) Maritime - Portsmouth, for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, wants Qty 2 EA of a handling eyebolt with a machined tapered sleeve, built to drawing 6358481, delivered to Kittery, Maine. Competition is full and open, and the award goes to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced quote that meets the minimum requirements); one winner gets all items. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. The drawings are released only to firms with a valid DD Form 2345 (a military certification for export-controlled technical data) and a signed Naval nuclear propulsion information security agreement. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: The clauses file was only partly read: the start and end were included but about 30,000 characters in the middle were left out, including some DLA procurement notes and the start of the product verification testing note (E05). Check the full file on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Maritime - Portsmouth, for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, wants Qty 2 EA of a handling eyebolt with a machined tapered sleeve, built to drawing 6358481, delivered to Kittery, Maine. Competition is full and open, and the award goes to the lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA: the lowest-priced quote that meets the minimum requirements); one winner gets all items. The response due date is November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern. The drawings are released only to firms with a valid DD Form 2345 (a military certification for export-controlled technical data) and a signed Naval nuclear propulsion information security agreement.
Who can bid (5)
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM).
- A valid DD Form 2345 and a signed Naval nuclear propulsion information security agreement are needed to receive the drawings. The agreement bars sharing the specifications with any foreign national in your company.
- A completed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 self-assessment uploaded to SPRS before award, with current CMMC status and affirmation of compliance in SPRS.
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- A firm that is not the manufacturer must give proof of traceability by the response due date.
- Pass a responsibility check using SPRS under FAR 9.104.
How to submit: Email quotes to Mihaela.C.Zouak.civ@us.navy.mil and PNSYSupplyQuotations@us.navy.mil.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Drawings need DD Form 2345 and a security agreement. You cannot price or build from the drawing until you hold a valid DD Form 2345 and sign the Naval nuclear propulsion information agreement. Specifications may not leave your company or reach any foreign national in it.
- Serious: CMMC Level 2 self-assessment required before award. A firm without a completed CMMC Level 2 self-assessment in SPRS cannot be awarded the contract.
- Serious: Proof of traceability by the response due date. A reseller or distributor must show where the item came from by the response due date or the quote can be rejected.
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- Worth checking: Required delivery date of 3/9/2027. A quote must meet or beat the Government's required delivery date to be responsive. If no quote does, award may go to the soonest delivery.
- Worth checking: Commercial sales proof or price breakdown. Because the item is specialized, you must send unredacted invoices for the same or similar item, or a price breakdown, with the quote.
- Worth checking: Incomplete forms may be rejected. Quotes missing the completed RFQ form, representations or descriptive literature may be scored unacceptable.
- Minor: Single award, all or none. The Government plans one award covering all items. The only line here is CLIN 0001, so you must quote the full Qty 2 EA.
- Minor: Reverse auction possible. The contracting officer may use online reverse auction bidding, where your price is shown to other bidders without your name.
- Minor: No additive manufacturing. Parts made by 3D printing (additive manufacturing) are not evaluated unless the solicitation authorizes them.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- RFQ SPMYM327Q7001 required.pdf (read)
- Security Agreement For NNPI SPMYM327Q7001.pdf (read)
- Clauses - Full Text Provisions and Clauses 8-28-2026.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- CLIN 0001 (contract line item number: one priced line of the order): Handling Eyebolt (Item 33) with Machined Tapered Sleeve (Item 34), assembled per drawing 6358481, detail 38-B. Qty 2 EA.
- Item 33 is PC-33, 5"-8UN-3A, MIL-DTL-24093B, FGD STEEL, TY-V, CL-H. Item 34 is PC-34, AISI 1020 mild steel, annealed or hot rolled. See General Note 14 of the drawing for fabrication instructions.
- Deliver FOB destination (price includes delivery) to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Receiving Officer, Bldg 170, Kittery, Maine 03904, by the Government's required delivery date, 3/9/2027.
- Final inspection at destination, inspection level QA4, with a 7-day inspection time.
- Payment is Net 30 days after the material passes inspection and is accepted, by Government purchase card (GPC) or Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF, the DoD online invoicing system).
- Provide supply chain traceability records, certificates of conformance and test results, and marking as the clauses require.
- Contract type
- Request for quotation (RFQ) for commercial items; single award for all items (all or none); fixed price clause listed
- Period of performance
- Delivery by the Government's required delivery date of 3/9/2027 (written that way in the RFQ)
- Place of performance
- Kittery, ME (SAM.gov); deliver to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Bldg 170, Kittery, Maine 03904
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA); award without discussions is intended, and a reverse auction (online price bidding) may be used.
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email quotes to Mihaela.C.Zouak.civ@us.navy.mil and PNSYSupplyQuotations@us.navy.mil.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability (pass or fail): descriptive literature showing the quote meets the specifications; quotes that miss minimum requirements are rated Unacceptable
- Delivery: the required delivery date must be met or beaten for the offer to be responsive
- Price: lowest price among technically acceptable quotes
What to include when you submit
- Complete the RFQ form (RFQ SPMYM327Q7001 required.pdf) fully, including delivery time in calendar days after receipt of order, FOB terms, freight cost, quote validity days, payment terms, representations, and a printed name, signature and date.
- Include price(s), FOB point, CAGE code (Commercial and Government Entity code), point of contact name and phone, GSA contract number if applicable, business size under the NAICS code, and whether you prefer payment by GPC or WAWF.
- Give delivered prices (FOB destination) and say whether shipping is included in the unit price.
- Include descriptive literature showing how the quote meets the required specifications.
- Include unredacted documentation that the same or similar equipment sold commercially at the same or similar price, such as invoices. If none exists, include a breakdown of the basis of the price.
- Complete provision 252.204-7016 (covered defense telecommunications representation) and include it with the quote.
- If you are not the manufacturer, give the manufacturer's name, location and business size, and proof of traceability by the response due date.
- Include the CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) unique identifiers from SPRS (Supplier Performance Risk System) for each information system that will handle Federal contract information.
- Only one quote per vendor is accepted.
After award, you must have
- Carrier drivers entering Portsmouth Naval Shipyard must be United States citizens by birth or carry evidence of naturalization. From Clauses - Full Text Provisions and Clauses 8-28-2026.docx:
MUST BE UNITED STATES CITIZENS BY BIRTH OR MUST CARRY EVIDENCE OF NATURALIZATION…
Not in the notice text
- The clauses file was only partly read: the start and end were included but about 30,000 characters in the middle were left out, including some DLA procurement notes and the start of the product verification testing note (E05). Check the full file on SAM.gov.
- Drawing 6358481 and its General Note 14 are not attached and are released only to firms with a valid DD Form 2345 and a signed security agreement.
- Whether product verification testing or samples are required is not clear from the text that was read.
- The Government's estimated value is not given.
- SAM.gov lists the set-aside as not stated; the notice and RFQ say full and open competition and no set-aside.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside, but the notice names requirements you must meet before you can bid:
- The notice mentions export-controlled data. You may need a Joint Certification Program (DD Form 2345) approval to see the drawings.
- The notice mentions CMMC, the Defense Department's cybersecurity certification. Check the level it asks for.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email quotes to Mihaela.C.Zouak.civ@us.navy.mil and PNSYSupplyQuotations@us.navy.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Maritime - Portsmouth, NH
- Product/service code
- 5306 · Bolts
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332722)
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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