Sole Source to Innovative Professional Solutions Inc for Tow Bar Assemblies Per Attachments
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Solicitation from the Department of the Navy, for work in Panama City Beach, Florida. Due Nov 6, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC-6), 2 days left.
| Solicitation number | N61331-27-Q-JK04 |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Navy |
| Office | Naval Surface Warfare Center |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Ship Building and Repairing (336611) |
| Product or service code | 3940 |
| Place of performance | Panama City Beach, Florida |
| Posted | Nov 3, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 6, 2026, 11:00 AM (UTC-6) (2 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Bid documents (2)
- Clauses-Supply 764 KB
- Redacted Sole Source Justification 450 KB
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Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: Florida Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
This procurement is a Sole Source to Innovative Professional Solutions Inc for Tow Bar Assemblies. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, (NSWC PCD), Panama City, FL intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for Innovative Professional Solutions, Inc. brand products. Procurement is for SDV MK11 Tow Bar Assemblies, as follows: Line No. Description Part Number Quantity 1 ASSY; TOW BAR; DRAWING 8600081 R2 8600081-001 5 EA 2 FREIGHT N/A 1 EA The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) has a requirement to procure SDV MK11 Tow Bar Assemblies.
This requirement is not suitable for full and open competition for the following reason(s): Innovative Professional Solutions Inc. is the OEM and the only approved source of supply for the items listed in Section 3 per the approved engineering drawing. The purchase of a different brand of tow bar assembly would necessitate approximately 6 months or more of work to ensure compatibility of the alternate tow bar assembly with the SDV MK11 system.
Additionally, further work would be required to approve it for use with the SDV MK11 system. The additional time and expense generated by these efforts would result in unacceptable risk to the project timeline and additional cost to the Government. As such, the government does not expect significant savings through competition, and it is more advantageous to the Government to award on a sole source basis to Innovative Professional Solutions Inc. for the items listed above.
As such, Innovative Professional Solutions, Inc. is the only source capable of meeting this requirement.
Contracting contact
- Jamell L. Kilgore · [email protected]
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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 not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
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