Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) Support for the Center for Corrosion Science and Engineering (CCSE)
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Solicitation from the Department of the Navy. Due Nov 6, 2026, 1:30 PM (UTC-5), 13 days left.
| Solicitation number | N0017326RGF02 |
|---|---|
| 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 | AC11 |
| Posted | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 6, 2026, 1:30 PM (UTC-5) (13 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
This is a Request for Proposals. Please see attached Solicitation and all attachments. Questions are due to the contract specialist no later than 15 days from the publication date of this announcement.
Update 10/23/2026: due to system issues NRL will post answers to vendor questions during the week of 10/26/2026. In the meantime, NRL considers the proposal submission deadline of 11/6/2026 listed on SAM.GOV as superseding the proposal submission deadline of 10/26/2026 on the SF-33. Please continue to MONNITOR this posting for all updates to this request for proposals.
Contracting contact
- Graham W.J. Fisher · [email protected] · (202) 923-1344
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.
Notice history
- Sep 25, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 6, 2026, 1:30 PM (UTC-5)
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 $129.6 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 258 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 541715), 40 posted in the last 7 days; 32% 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 77 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 14 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
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM Madison WI $1.8 million · Department of the Army · Oct 22, 2026
- The Sherwin-Williams Company $497,806 · Department of the Army · Oct 21, 2026
- Orefine LLC $1.9 million · Department of the Army · Oct 19, 2026
- Intelsat General Communications LLC $31.3 million · Department of the Navy · Oct 19, 2026
- BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY Provo UT $1.1 million · Department of the Army · Oct 14, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.