Sources Sought
Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Block 1 Post-Delivery
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N61177-27-R-3002
Due in 17 days
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The Navy (PAE Maritime for the Amphibious Assault and Connectors Program Office, PMS 317) is doing market research on who could handle post-delivery work on new Medium Landing Ships (LSMs). That means pier-side fitting out, Government equipment installation, trials support and repairs after the ships are delivered by other shipyards. This is a Sources Sought / RFI only: no solicitation, no contract and no funding yet. The work is expected to start in FY29, for up to 6 ships a year over at least about 4 years, and responses are due October 26, 2026.
Watch out for
- Shipyard-scale facilities required. The Navy wants pier berths for 100-meter ships, cranes, laydown areas, secure and classified spaces and room for up to several ships at once, which most small businesses would only meet through a teaming partner.
Crane capacities and laydown/staging areas for GFE receipt and integration.
- Export control and cybersecurity compliance. ITAR/EAR controlled equipment and DFARS cyber rules mean you need a technology control plan and secured spaces, which are expensive to set up.
Methodology for preventing 'deemed exports'
- Market research only, no funding. Responding costs you time but does not lead to an award, and the Government will not pay for response costs.
THERE IS NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
- Special handling for export-controlled responses. Any response email with export-controlled data must be marked CUI and encrypted, and zip files and classified material are not allowed.
Any email containing export-controlled information must be marked CUI and use encryption.
- Short availability windows and high throughput. Each ship gets only about 2 to 3 months for fitting out and again for post-shakedown work, with up to 6 deliveries per year, so overlapping jobs would strain a small yard.
the Government anticipates post-delivery activities for up to 6 ships per year over a minimum of approximately 4 years.
- Possible follow-up presentation or site visit. The Navy may ask respondents for a presentation or visit their facility, which adds time and cost.
may request a presentation and/or a site visit as deemed necessary.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- Att 1. LSM Post-Delivery Sources Sought RFI_2026.10.05.docx
Full brief
What they want
- Fitting Out Availability (FOA/PDA): about 2 to 3 months pier-side after delivery, supporting Navy installation of command and control, networks, weapons, deck equipment and damage control systems
- Trials and Fleet Support Period: pier-side and underway support, including an 8-week Final Contract Trials period
- Post Shakedown Availability (PSA): about 2 to 3 months to fix trial problems and finish work before the ship sails to its OCONUS homeport
- Receive, store and track Government furnished equipment, with hazardous material handling and Item Unique Identification marking
- Support a Navy/USMC crew of about 57 people with office space, access and training support during move-aboard
- Provide waterfront support: skilled trades for HM&E repairs, parts, fuel, waste, crane and pier services
- Protect export-controlled systems (ITAR/EAR) and secure C2 spaces and network data
- Period of performance
- Anticipated work starting in FY29: post-delivery activities for up to 6 ships per year over a minimum of about 4 years; each FOA and PSA about 2 to 3 months; 8-week Final Contract Trials
- Place of performance
- USA; no shipyard named (vessels come from multiple construction shipyards and later sail to a final OCONUS homeport, e.g., U.S. Pacific Fleet)
- How they'll choose
- No evaluation or award: market research only. The Navy will review all responses to shape its acquisition strategy.
- Offers due
- 26 October 2026 at 1400 Eastern Time
- How to submit
- Email only, to elizabeth.feliciano-hernandez.civ@us.navy.mil and stuart.c.grosvenor.civ@us.navy.mil
- Page limits
- Responses requested to be limited to 25 pages
What to include when you submit
- Company profile: name, address, website, point of contact (name, title, email, phone)
- Business size, socioeconomic category and associated NAICS code
- Relevant experience with post-delivery availabilities, outfitting, modernization, repair or C4ISR/weapons integration on similar-size vessels
- Facility capabilities: pier space and draft for a 328 ft, 14.5 ft draft ship, cranes, laydown areas, secure storage and classified workspaces for COMSEC and C4I
- Crew support spaces for up to 57 people (offices, classrooms, parking, physical security)
- Ability to host a bridge-mockup beaching simulator (power, HVAC, secure network) near the berthed ship
- Throughput: how many LSMs you could handle at once for FOA and PSA, given up to 6 deliveries per year
- Schedule feasibility: typical durations, whether 2 to 3 months is realistic, drivers and critical path
- Facility investments needed, and a short ITAR/EAR compliance summary (Technology Control Plan, deemed export prevention, securing C2 spaces under DFARS 252.204-7012)
- Use Microsoft Office or PDF only, no .zip files, no classified material; mark export-controlled content CUI and encrypt the email
You must have
- Work must be done in U.S. shipyards: construction or major modification of vessels in foreign shipyards is prohibited.
10 U.S.C. § 8679 prohibits the construction or major modification of vessels in foreign shipyards.
- Export control compliance (ITAR and EAR) with an active Technology Control Plan and protections against deemed exports to foreign nationals.
interested sources must provide a high-level summary of their compliance plan.
- Ability to physically and logically secure command and control spaces and network data under DFARS 252.204-7012.
Capability to physically and logically secure C2 spaces and network data in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.204-7012
- Secure storage and classified workspaces for COMSEC and C4I integration.
Availability of secure storage and classified workspaces required for Communications Security (COMSEC) and C4I integration.
- Pier space and draft to berth a roughly 328 ft vessel with a 14.5 ft navigational draft.
Available pier space and draft capacity to safely accommodate vessels of 328 ft length and 14.5 ft navigational draft
- No set-aside is listed; respondents do not need to meet every requirement to respond.
interested parties do not have to meet all requirements listed in this Special Notice to submit a response.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, estimated value and whether a small business set-aside is planned are not stated
- When a solicitation might be released; the work is only described as starting in FY29
- Which shipyards or locations will deliver ships and where post-delivery work would be performed
- Security clearance or facility clearance levels needed; classified workspaces are mentioned but no clearance level is given
- Details of Section B.5 (industrial and operational services for trials), which is referenced but not provided
- Evaluation criteria for any future contract
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- N61177-27-R-3002
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- Pae Maritime
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 336611
- Product/service code
- 1905
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Contracting contact
- Elizabeth Felicianoelizabeth.feliciano-hernandez.civ@us.navy.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
LSM POST-DELIVERY SOURCES SOUGHT / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) THIS SPECIAL NOTICE IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH AND IS FOR INFORMATIONAL AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE IS NO FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Please see Attachment 1 for details.
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