Presolicitation
Helical Spring
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Navy's NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support office (Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg) wants a helical spring made to Carleton Technologies drawing 3423-2001, Item Number 3. No quantity or unit of issue appears in the text. It is special emphasis material for the Deep Submergence Systems Program (DSSP), certifications are required, and final delivery is listed as 210 days. More in the summary
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The Navy's NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support office (Naval Supply Systems Command, Mechanicsburg) wants a helical spring made to Carleton Technologies drawing 3423-2001, Item Number 3. No quantity or unit of issue appears in the text. It is special emphasis material for the Deep Submergence Systems Program (DSSP), certifications are required, and final delivery is listed as 210 days.
Who can bid
- Quality system that meets ISO 9001 (international quality management standard), with calibration under ISO 10012 or ANSI Z540.3 with ISO 17025; a MIL-I-45208 system with MIL-STD-45662 calibration is the alternate
- Copy of your current quality system procedures sent to the Procurement Contracting Officer before award
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Quantity and unit of issue not stated. A quote is priced per unit, and the text gives no quantity or unit, so you cannot price the order from the visible text.
- Serious: Drawing not provided. The drawing is not included with the order, and the text does not say how to get it from the drawing owner.
- Serious: Quality system procedures needed before award. Suppliers of this program's material must send their quality procedures to the contracting officer before any award, unless the Navy waives it.
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- Worth checking: Missing certification papers mean rejection. Material that arrives without the required test certification papers, or with wrong data on them, will be rejected.
- Worth checking: Zero defects allowed in a lot. A lot is accepted only with no defects in the sample, so a single defect rejects the lot.
- Worth checking: Final delivery listed as 210 days. The text does not say what the 210 days count from, and certification data is due 20 days before delivery.
- Minor: Government inspection at your plant. The Navy will check the work at the source, so the place of performance cannot change without the contracting officer's approval.
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What they want
- Make the spring to Carleton Technologies drawing 3423-2001 Item Number 3
- Quantity and unit of issue are not stated in the text
- Give a certificate of compliance for each item, showing the contract number, national stock number and a statement of full compliance
- Mark each item for traceability (MIL-STD-792) and keep records that trace it to test evidence
- Inspect before the Government does: lots are accepted only with zero defects, using the stated sampling plan
- Send certification data 20 days before delivery; Navy review takes 6 working days; final delivery 210 days
- Pack and mark per MIL-STD 2073 as set in the schedule; keep the part mercury free
- One-year warranty, ending 365 days after the last delivery
- Contract type
- Fixed-price supply order (the clause list includes Inspection of Supplies--Fixed-Price)
- Period of performance
- Final delivery listed as 210 days; the start point is not stated
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 4:30 PM EST
What to include when you submit
- Send your current documented quality system procedures to the Procurement Contracting Officer before award (you can ask for a waiver if they are on file with the Navy)
Not in the notice text
- The text is cut off, so later sections and any attachments are missing.
- The quantity and unit of issue are not stated.
- How to get drawing 3423-2001 is not stated.
- How and where offers are sent is not in the visible text.
- How the award is decided is not stated.
- The delivery address and what the 210 days count from are not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mech, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Product/service code
- 5360 · Coil, Flat, Leaf, and Wire Springs
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code 5360)
- Versions
5 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 16, 2026
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Date Nov 16, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 21, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Aug 2, 2026 (changed)
- Jul 21, 2026 · SolicitationDue Aug 5, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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