Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Low-Range Force Frame Kit
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Naval Surface Warfare Center is buying Low-Range Force Frame Kits through a combined synopsis/solicitation (a notice that is also the request for offers) for commercial products under FAR Part 12. The notice says it is not set aside for small businesses. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain; the quantity, specifications and amendments are not in the notice text. More in the summary
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center is buying Low-Range Force Frame Kits through a combined synopsis/solicitation (a notice that is also the request for offers) for commercial products under FAR Part 12. The notice says it is not set aside for small businesses. The response due date is November 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain; the quantity, specifications and amendments are not in the notice text.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Questions were due Oct 20, 2026. Check the amendments for the agency's answers.
- Serious: No quantity or specifications in the notice. The notice names the item but gives no quantity, unit of issue or technical details, and a quote is priced per unit.
- Minor: Open to all firms. The buy is not set aside for small business, so you compete against larger firms.
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- Minor: No telephone requests. Questions and changes come through the posted channels, not by phone.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Low-Range Force Frame Kits (quantity and unit not stated in the notice text)
- Contract type
- Request for Proposal (RFP) for commercial products or commercial services under FAR Part 12
- Place of performance
- SC
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Mountain
What to include when you submit
- Offers are requested through this notice; no separate written solicitation will be issued
- Check the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) clause pages on acquisition.gov and the Defense Department deviation page for updates; no telephone requests
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, amendments 0001 and 0002, and the industry questions and answers are in PIEE and were not read.
- Quantity, unit of issue, specifications and delivery terms are not in the notice text.
- How to submit the offer and the evaluation method are not stated in the notice text.
- The Government's estimate is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Norco, CA
- Product/service code
- 6640 · Laboratory Equipment and Supplies
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334516)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 2, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 8, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 21, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · AmendmentDue Oct 12, 2026
- Sep 24, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Oct 12, 2026
- 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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