N0017827R4400 Rapid Engineering Development Models and Fabrication
Updated
Sources Sought from the Department of the Navy, for work in Dahlgren, Virginia. Due Nov 3, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-5), 6 days left.
| Solicitation number | N0017827R4400 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Navy |
| Office | Nswc Dahlgren |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Set-aside | Small business |
| Trade (NAICS) | Hardware Manufacturing (332510) |
| Product or service code | 6625 |
| Place of performance | Dahlgren, Virginia |
| Posted | Oct 27, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 3, 2026, 12:00 PM (UTC-5) (6 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Bid documents (2)
- Draft RAPID PROTOTYPING Statement of Work 391 KB
- Sources Sought 140 KB
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Virginia Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
The following Sources Sought notification has been revised to update the Solicitation Number, anticipated Period of Performance, anticipated Solicitation release, and the set aside decision. If your capability statement needs to be updated as a result of these revisions, please provide redline revisions to the below POCs by 3 November 2026 at 1200 EST. The primary focus of this contract shall be delivery of tactical systems to the warfighter.
The purpose of this requirement is to provide prototype development, hardware fabrication, hardware for hardware prototype or prototype higher volume units and kits, and project management. Specifically, the Contractor shall provide engineering design, development, and testing. Additionally, the Contractor shall provide drawing development, bill of material development, fabrication, design analysis, and manufacturability analysis.
Contracting contact
- Trista Robinson · [email protected] · (540) 742-8744
- Jason W Simpson · [email protected] · (540) 742-8783
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 332510, a business counts as small if it has no more than 750 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.
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for hardware manufacturing work, who also hold Navy contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Oshkosh Defense LLC $28.0 million in this trade
- General Electric Company $24.8 million in this trade
- Pioneer Industries, LLC $14.6 million in this trade
- Thales Defense & Security Inc $4.8 million in this trade
- Kampi Components Co Inc $4.6 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Department of the Navy awarded $132.1 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.
Hardware Manufacturing contracts right now
There are 147 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 332510), 82 posted in the last 7 days; 54% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in Virginia, District of Columbia and Maine. A notice in this trade gives a median of 13 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 7 days.
All open hardware manufacturing contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
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