Presolicitation
Portable Oxygen Regulator Test Set (PORTS)
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N68335-26-Q-1172
Due in 19 daysSole source
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
AI summary Beta
The Navy (NAWCAD Lakehurst, NJ) intends to buy Portable Oxygen Regulator Test Set (PORTS) hardware for the Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F and EA-18G program from one company, Aerospace Control Products, Inc., without competition. Other companies may respond, and the Government will consider responses, but it is not asking for competitive proposals.
Watch out for
- Sole-source to a named company. The Navy has already picked Aerospace Control Products, Inc., so another vendor would have to show it can meet the need to change that decision.
intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Aerospace Control Products, Inc., CAGE: 58918
- Not a request for competitive proposals. A response does not lead to an award; the Government may simply decide not to compete the requirement.
THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.
- Unclear product description. The notice describes PORTS as a water quality or medical oxygen meter kit, which does not obviously match a military regulator test set, so the real requirement is unclear.
PORTS is a dissolved oxygen meter kit for testing water quality or a handheld oxygen analyzer used to test medical oxygen equipment like concentrators.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Portable Oxygen Regulator Test Set (PORTS) hardware components
- Support for the NAWCAD Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F and EA-18G program
- Contract type
- Sole source negotiation under 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) / FAR 6.302-1 (only one responsible source)
- Place of performance
- Lakehurst, NJ, USA
- Offers due
- 2026-10-28 17:00 (-04:00) per the SAM.gov response deadline field; the text says responses within fifteen days after publication will be considered
What to include when you submit
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)
- Responses are used to decide whether to compete the requirement, not as proposals
You must have
- Active SAM registration is required to be considered
Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) is mandatory for consideration.
Current contractor
Aerospace Control Products, Inc. (CAGE 58918) is the intended sole source; the notice does not say whether it is a current contractor
Not in the notice text
- Quantity of test sets and the technical requirements
- Estimated value
- How to send a response (no email address or portal is given in the notice text)
- Delivery schedule
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 28, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- N68335-26-Q-1172
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- NAVAIR Warfare CTR Aircraft Div
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 334515
- Product/service code
- 4920
- Business type
- Electrical & electronic components
- Place of performance
- Lakehurst, NJ
- Contracting contact
- Heavens Kellyheavens.d.kelly.civ@us.navy.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
SYNOPSIS: #N68335-26-Q-1172 Portable Oxygen Regulator Test Set (PORTS) Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division - Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) F/A-18F & EA-18G Program The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Aerospace Control Products, Inc., CAGE: 58918 for the Portable Oxygen Regulator Test Set (PORTS) hardware components in support of the NAWCAD Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) F/A-18F & EA-18G Program. PORTS is a dissolved oxygen meter kit for testing water quality or a handheld oxygen analyzer used to test medical oxygen equipment like concentrators. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate this requirement under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 - Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, the Government will consider all responses received within fifteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis. Registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov) is mandatory for consideration. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to competition based on the responses to this notice will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for an award of a contract. PSC Code: 4920 - Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment NAICS Code: 334515 - Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals - size standard 750
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