Preservation, Hull, Electrical/Electronic Repairs of the USS SOMERSET (LPD-25) Trailerable Boats 7MRX0816, 11MRX1002

Updated Nov 10, 2026

Sources Sought from the Department of the Navy. Due Nov 24, 2026, 2:00 AM (UTC-8), 14 days left.

Description

The Southwest Regional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) intends to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) No. N5523627R0006 for the execution of the Preservation, Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical/Electronic Repairs for USS SOMERSET (LPD-25) trailerable boats numbers 7MRX0816 and 11MRX1002.The Preservation, Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical/Electronic Repairs for USS SOMERSET (LPD-25) trailerable boats numbers 7MRX0816 and 11MRX1002 are anticipated to take approximately ten (10) months beginning on January 25, 2027, through November 19, 2027.

The repairs shall be performed at a contractor???s facility within a 50-mile radius of Naval Base San Diego. If the Navy issues a solicitation for the Preservation, Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical/Electronic Repairs, the acquisition and solicitation-to-award process shall abide by Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) and the Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS) guidelines.

The Government anticipates awarding this effort as a supply contract whereas the supply equates to the procurement of a repaired, mission-ready USS SOMERSET (LPD-25) trailerable boats numbers 7MRX0816 and 11MRX1002 to be returned to service to the Fleet.The anticipated scope of work includes all labor, supervision, production, testing and quality assurance necessary to prepare for and accomplish the Preservation, Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical/Electronic Repairs.

The Navy will issue the solicitation electronically on piee.eb.mil and www.Sam.gov. Interested parties must comply with that solicitation requirements and instructions for proposals. Interested offerors are hereby encouraged to monitor piee.eb.mil and www.Sam.gov for the anticipated release of the solicitation and any associated amendments.

Offerors shall be registered in the Solicitation Module in Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) and System for Award Management (SAM) in order to be eligible for award.This synopsis is issued in accordance with FAR 5.101(a) and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government will not accept proposals as a result of this synopsis.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any questions submitted or information provided in response to this notice.The Government anticipates issuing a competitive Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) solicitation on November 24, 2026. The RFP will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside and the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336611, Ship Building and Repairing (a small business must have 1,300 or less employees).Offerors that are interested in this procurement may send an e-mail providing all point of contact information (company name and address, CAGE code, primary and secondary points of contact, telephone phone number, and e-mail addresses) to [email protected] and subsequently will receive a courtesy notification when the solicitation is posted.

Contracting contact

• Kristin Liljestrom · [email protected] · 619-952-8463
• Alisha Bloor · [email protected] · (619) 726-5422

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 336611, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,300 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

• Oct 13, 2026: Sources Sought Due Oct 20, 2026, 2:00 PM (UTC-7)

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for ship building and repairing work, who also hold Navy contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• Electric Boat Corporation $5.6 billion in this trade
• Huntington Ingalls Incorporated $3.6 billion in this trade
• National Steel And Shipbuilding Company $2.8 billion in this trade
• Tote Services, LLC $2.8 billion in this trade
• Bollinger Shipyards Lockport, L.L.C. $2.3 billion in this trade

About the buyer

The Department of the Navy awarded $130.1 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.

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Ship Building and Repairing contracts right now

There are 143 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 336611), 74 posted in the last 7 days; 58% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Navy, US Coast Guard and Defense Logistics Agency. Most of the work with a stated place is in California, Virginia and Florida. A notice in this trade gives a median of 16 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 15 days.

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