Mission System R and D Support for Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF)
Updated
Solicitation from the Department of the Navy. Due Dec 19, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC-5), 44 days left.
| Solicitation number | N0017327R0002 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Navy |
| Office | Naval Research Laboratory |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715) |
| Product or service code | AJ15 |
| Posted | Nov 4, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Dec 19, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC-5) (44 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Description
Mission System R and D Support for Blossom Point Tracking Facility (BPTF)
Contracting contact
- Helena Hudson · [email protected] · (202) 923-1505
- Graham Irby · [email protected] · (202) 923-1377
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 541715, a business counts as small if it has no more than 11 employees (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). 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.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences work, who also hold Navy contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC $4.3 billion in this trade
- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC $1.9 billion in this trade
- Lockheed Martin Corporation $1.8 billion in this trade
- Raytheon Company $1.7 billion in this trade
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc $791.0 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Department of the Navy awarded $132.7 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Electric Boat Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation and RTX Corporation. See what Navy 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.
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences contracts right now
There are 272 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 541715), 43 posted in the last 7 days; 30% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 52 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 45 days.
All open research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
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- Yale Univ NEW Haven $8.6 million · Department of Veterans Affairs · Oct 29, 2026
- ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. $2.9 million · Environmental Protection Agency · Oct 29, 2026
- SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE San Antonio TX $19.9 million · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Oct 29, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.