Draft Solicitation - Aberdeen Test Center Welding, Machining, Painting, and Fabrication Services

Updated Nov 3, 2026

Presolicitation from the Department of the Army, for work in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Due Nov 16, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC-5), 13 days left.

Bid documents (13)

• Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan - Welding, Machining, Painting, and Fabrication Mission Support Contract - Rev3 300 KB
• 1. Performance Work Statement 569 KB
• Contract Data Requirements List A0001 Monthly Report 130 KB
• Contract Data Requirements List A0002 Cost Report 224 KB
• Contract Data Requirements List A0003 Management GFP and CAP 225 KB
• Labor Categories and Qualifications 233 KB
• Solicitation Attachment D - Level of Effort Spreadsheet 326 KB
• Consolidated Questions and Answers W91CRb 440 KB
• DD Form 254 - exp 70 KB
• GFP 8.9 MB
• Past Performance Questionnare 280 KB
• Solicitation 3.3 MB
• Wage Determination 2015-4265 44 KB

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Wage rates for this bid

• Service Contract Act wage determination 2015-4265 Maryland Counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Carroll, Harford, Howard…

All Maryland prevailing wage rates.

Description

This Combined Synopsis/Solicitation, Solicitation Number W91CRB-27-R-A002, is issued by the Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) for commercial services. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 333992 (Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing) with a small business size standard of 1,250 employees. This acquisition is a 100 percent Small Business Set-Aside under Product Service Code (PSC) K034.

The resulting contract will be a single-award hybrid Time-and-Materials (T&M) and Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a minimum guarantee of $100.00. Place of performance is the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The ordering period is 9 December 2026 through 8 December 2031, inclusive of a 45-day transition period.

Source selection will be conducted using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process evaluating Technical, Past Performance, and Price factors on an Acceptable/Unacceptable basis. This requirement is for non-personal commercial services to provide welding, machining, painting, and fabrication support to the ATC Welding Fabrication, Machining, and Paint Shops. The contractor shall furnish the personnel, management, supervision, and resources (except Government-Furnished Property) necessary to support the Automotive, Command Staff, Live Fire, Virtual Test & Electronics, and Warfighter cores on a performance-based basis.

Full technical requirements, labor category qualifications, Level of Effort estimates, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, Government-Furnished Property listing, and Contract Data Requirements Lists are contained in the attached solicitation package and are incorporated by reference. The posting and issue date of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation is 2 November 2026. Questions are due no later than 9 September 2026 at 3:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Proposals are due no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Time on 16 November 2026. Proposals shall remain valid for a period of at least 180 days from the closing date. Proposals must be submitted electronically to both Noah Lane, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] and Todd M. Strasavich, Contracting Officer, at [email protected].

Late proposals may not be considered. Offerors shall submit four volumes (Technical limited to 25 pages, Past Performance limited to 15 pages, Price, and Certifications/Representations). Complete submission instructions are provided in the attached solicitation package.

The full solicitation package, consisting of the Performance Work Statement, Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, Government-Furnished Property Listing, Labor Categories and Qualifications, Level of Effort Spreadsheet, and CDRL Exhibits AA through AC, is attached and incorporated by reference. Questions shall be submitted in writing to the points of contact identified above. Any amendments will be posted to SAM.gov.

Offerors are responsible for monitoring SAM.gov for amendments.

Contracting contact

• Noah Lane · [email protected]
• Todd Strasavich · [email protected]

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 333992, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,250 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Notice history

• Nov 2, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 16, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC-5)

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for welding and soldering equipment manufacturing work, who also hold Army contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• Wright Tool Company, LLC $3.5 million in this trade
• Science & Technology Corporation $2.1 million in this trade

About the buyer

The Department of the Army awarded $83.4 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, Raytheon Company and The Boeing Company. See what Army is buying now.

Who can bid: Small Business set-aside

Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.

All open Small Business set-asides.

Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing contracts right now

There are 12 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 333992), 10 posted in the last 7 days; 75% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Navy and Department of the Army. Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland and New Jersey. A notice in this trade gives a median of 12 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 14 days.

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Recent awards in this trade

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