Solicitation
Parts Kit, Ball Valv
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryNAVSUP Weapon Systems Support in Mechanicsburg, PA wants quotes to tear down, inspect, repair and test 3 ball valve parts kits (NSN 7HH 4820-01-544-8626 L1) and return them in like-new "A" condition. The kits go to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, and final delivery is due within 365 days of award. This is a Level 1 (critical shipboard safety) repair with strict material tracing, certification and quality-system rules, set aside for small business. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Jul 22, 2026. See the latest version.
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NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support in Mechanicsburg, PA wants quotes to tear down, inspect, repair and test 3 ball valve parts kits (NSN 7HH 4820-01-544-8626 L1) and return them in like-new "A" condition. The kits go to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, and final delivery is due within 365 days of award. This is a Level 1 (critical shipboard safety) repair with strict material tracing, certification and quality-system rules, set aside for small business.
Who can bid (7)
- Small business (total small business set-aside)
- Acceptable Quality Assurance Manual for Level I / SUBSAFE work; only sources with an acceptable manual are eligible for award
- Quality system meeting ISO 9001 (or MIL-I-45208) with a matching calibration system (ISO 10012, ANSI Z540.3 with ISO 17025, or MIL-STD-45662)
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- Navy approval of welding or brazing procedures and welder qualification data before any welding (titanium welding needs extra approvals)
- Registration in ECDS (Navy Electronic Contractor Data Submission) using a CAC-based digital certificate, and use of WAWF for certification documents
- Ability to follow NIST SP 800-171 controls for covered defense information (offer represents compliance)
- Active SAM registration and current FAPIIS information
How to submit: Not stated in the text provided. Contact is Benjamin Spangler, NAVSUP WSS Mechanicsburg (code N743.49), benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil, 771-229-0573.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (7)
From the version posted Jul 22, 2026.
- Serious: Critical shipboard safety (Level I) item. Wrong or defective parts could cause injury or loss of a ship, so the Navy applies heavy certification, traceability and inspection rules that a small shop may find costly.
- Serious: Technical drawings are restricted. The drawings are controlled, so you must request access on SAM.gov and email the contracting contact before you can price the work accurately.
- Serious: Quality manual must be approved to be eligible. Without an accepted Level I quality assurance manual and calibration system you cannot be awarded this order.
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- Worth checking: Past performance outweighs price. A new bidder with no relevant history gets a neutral rating and may still lose to firms with better records or SPRS scores.
- Worth checking: Heavy documentation and Navy-approved processes. You need traceable markings, material test reports, a Special Emphasis certificate of compliance, and Navy acceptance of certification data before each shipment.
- Worth checking: Price uncertainty on a repair. You must quote a repair price and a separate beyond-repair price without seeing the unit's condition, and some parts such as seats must be newly manufactured.
- Minor: Government source inspection and rated order. A Government representative inspects at your plant, and as a DO-rated order it must be given priority over unrated work.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. 1 of 2 not read. Show which files.
- 3.01_N00104-26-Q-FD46_24185-0002.PDF (read)
- 015448626-N0010426QFD46-DWG-7-21-26.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Tear down, evaluate and repair or modify 3 ball valve parts kits to "like new" (A condition)
- Refurbish the valve ball and seats to Navy drawings 7285216, 8617511 and 7285297 (titanium or SAE-AMS-6931 ball, Delrin seats)
- Replace seats and any unusable parts with new certified parts; do not make new balls
- Mark and trace every part, and certify chemical, mechanical and test results for the Navy
- Submit a Special Emphasis certificate of compliance and the other required data items before shipping
- Quote a repair price plus a separate beyond-repair price for each item
- Package to MIL-STD-2073 and ship per Navy instructions to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME
- Contract type
- Request for quotation for a repair order; offerors are asked to quote Not-to-Exceed (NTE) or Firm Fixed Price (FFP). DO-rated under DPAS.
- Period of performance
- Final delivery on or before 365 days after the effective date of the contract; certification data due 20 days before scheduled delivery
- Place of performance
- Notice lists Mechanicsburg, PA (NAVSUP office). Repaired kits ship to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; repair site is the contractor's facility (not stated).
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Technically acceptable offer most advantageous to the Government, price and past performance considered; past performance is more important than price
- Offers due
- Nov 9, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Not stated in the text provided. Contact is Benjamin Spangler, NAVSUP WSS Mechanicsburg (code N743.49), benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil, 771-229-0573.
What they'll judge offers on
- Past performance (more important than price; includes DoD Supplier Performance Risk System data)
- Price
- Acceptable Quality Assurance Manual (Level I quality system) as a condition of eligibility
What to include when you submit
- Quote either NTE or FFP pricing covering teardown, evaluation, inspection and full repair to like-new (A) condition
- Also give a beyond-repair / beyond-economic-repair price, and an approximate cost of a new item if available
- Do not include shipping cost; the Government arranges shipping
- Include a Quality Assurance Manual, or proof NAVSUP WSS already accepted it and has the current revision
- Provide past performance information, or state you have none
- Send current catalog or price list and recent sales pricing if you have them, and note any other Government or commercial solicitations for the item
- Complete the representations and certifications (for example 52.209-7, 52.209-11, 252.204-7008)
- Data Item A001 (Inspection and Test Plan) may be waived if already on file at NAVSUP WSS Mechanicsburg
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The attachments mention order N00104-24-U-2399 on the schedule line and data list, but do not say whether it is a prior contract.
Not in the notice text
- How quotes must be submitted (email, portal or mail); the text provided does not say
- Full quote submission instructions and any additional Section L provisions; part of the main solicitation (about 113,000 characters in the middle) was not read (it may be an attached file the AI skipped; check SAM.gov)
- Contents of the restricted drawing file 015448626-N0010426QFD46-DWG-7-21-26.pdf, which needs access approval on SAM.gov
- Estimated value or budget
- Exact repair location requirements and whether work must be done in the U.S.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 332919
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Not stated in the text provided. Contact is Benjamin Spangler, NAVSUP WSS Mechanicsburg (code N743.49), benjamin.t.spangler.civ@us.navy.mil, 771-229-0573. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support Mech, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Product/service code
- 4820 · Valves, Nonpowered
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332919)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 9, 2026
- Jul 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 9, 2026
- Apr 25, 2026 · SolicitationDue Nov 9, 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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