Solicitation
Getinge Steam Sterilizer Repair
Department of Defense · Department of the Navy
AI summaryThe Navy (NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound) needs a steam sterilizer repaired aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) at Fleet Activity Yokosuka, Japan. The solicitation is a sole source requirement for the sterilizer's maker, Getinge, so it calls for Getinge parts and Getinge-certified technicians, with the work scheduled for November 21 to December 15, 2025 (passed). More in the summary
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The Navy (NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound) needs a steam sterilizer repaired aboard the USS George Washington (CVN 73) at Fleet Activity Yokosuka, Japan. The solicitation is a sole source requirement for the sterilizer's maker, Getinge, so it calls for Getinge parts and Getinge-certified technicians, with the work scheduled for November 21 to December 15, 2025 (passed).
Who can bid (4)
- Sole source requirement for the equipment maker (Getinge USA Sales, LLC), so in practice only Getinge can be the awardee
- Must use Getinge original equipment manufacturer parts and Getinge-certified technicians
- Technicians must get a SPOT Letter of Authorization from the contracting officer before traveling to Japan
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- Active SAM.gov registration
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Nov 17, 2025.
- Serious: Sole source to the equipment maker. The solicitation says it is a sole source requirement for Getinge, so a small business that is not Getinge or its authorized service arm is unlikely to be able to win.
- Worth checking: Work on a Navy ship in Japan. Technicians need a SPOT letter of authorization, base access through DBIDS and a visit packet sent by encrypted email 14 days before the visit, which is hard to do on a short timeline.
- Worth checking: All-or-nothing quoting. The Government may make a single award for all items, so a quote that skips line items may be rejected.
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- Minor: Personal identity details required for base access. The access forms ask for a full Social Security number and passport details, which you must send only through DOD SAFE or encrypted email.
- Minor: Fixed price with travel at actual cost. A firm-fixed-price contract puts cost overruns on the contractor, and overseas travel for the technician must be backed by receipts.
- Minor: Conflicting question deadline. The notice gives the question deadline as 1 day before closing and also as 2 days before closing, so send questions early.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 4.0 26QS026 UPDATED SOL.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Supply 22 line items of Getinge parts for the steam sterilizer (switch assembly, CPU, circuit board, transducers, printer, display, chips, fuses, door gasket, valves, rebuild packs and a steam trap)
- Send a Getinge-certified technician to install the parts and service one steam sterilizer aboard the ship
- Include the technician's travel, lodging and per diem, billed at actual cost with receipts
- Finish repairs by 15 December 2025, with parts delivered on or before 5 or 15 December 2025
- Coordinate pier-to-ship access for the technician with the ship's on-site point of contact
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price service contract with incidental supplies, under FAR Parts 12 and 13 (request for quote, commercial products and services)
- Period of performance
- 21 November 2025 to 15 December 2025
- Place of performance
- Commander, Fleet Activity Yokosuka (CFAY), USS George Washington (CVN 73), Japan
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Sole source to the equipment maker. The Government checks the price for reasonableness and past performance as part of the responsibility determination; no scored evaluation factors are listed.
- Offers due
- SAM.gov lists the response deadline as Nov 19, 2026 10:00 AM Pacific; the solicitation form's due date field is blank in the text provided
What they'll judge offers on
- Price reasonableness
- Past performance (as part of the responsibility determination)
What to include when you submit
- Quote all line items; a quote for less than the entire effort may be found unacceptable
- Note every exception to the solicitation terms in your quote; any quote without exceptions is treated as taking no exception
- Send questions by email to Contracting Official Mary Gilman (mary.j.gilman2.civ@us.navy.mil)
- Complete blocks 12, 17, 23, 24 and 30 on the SF 1449 form
- Offerors need current SAM.gov registration and must complete the representations and certifications
Not in the notice text
- The exact offer due date and time on the solicitation form (the form fields are blank in the text provided; SAM.gov lists Nov 19, 2026 10:00 AM Pacific)
- How to submit the quote (no submission address or portal is stated beyond the contracting official's email for questions)
- Whether this posting is still open given that the performance dates are in November and December 2025
- Estimated value or quantities of unit prices (the price fields are blank)
- Which small business set-aside box on the form is marked (SAM.gov says no set-aside used)
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.
- SAM.gov has no description for this notice beyond its title. The work is described in its attachments, listed under Notice details.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 17, 2025
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- NAVSUP FLT LOG CTR Puget Sound, Bremerton, WA
- Product/service code
- J065 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Equipment and Supplies
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811210)
- 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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