The Navy needs a small business to provide fire fighting equipment and services under a BPA.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The Navy wants to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) with companies that provide standard commercial supplies and services for fire fighting equipment. Interested companies must provide a cover sheet, documentation addressing capabilities and expertise, and a price list if applicable. The Navy will evaluate past performance based on customer satisfaction, timeliness, technical success, program management, and quality.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? The Navy intends to issue Master BPAs on a 6-month rotation through June 2029. Interested vendors should provide documentation and references by email to Barbara.j.grinder.civ@us.navy.mil no later than 30 April for a June award, and by 31 October for a December award.
- How will they pick the winner? The Navy will evaluate vendors based on past performance merit, including customer satisfaction, timeliness, technical success, program management, and quality.
- When and how do you bid? Interested vendors should submit their documentation and references by email to Barbara.j.grinder.civ@us.navy.mil. The Navy will award Master BPAs to vendors who possess technical and past performance merit.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business
- Has experience with fire protection and firefighting equipment
- Has a good track record of past performance
Heads up — easy to miss
- Vendors who are found to have technical and past performance merit will be issued a Master BPA to be able to bid on future requirements.
- Price lists and catalog prices can be provided as they may help with direct award under the $10k threshold.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov
- Write a 1-page summary of similar work you've done before
- Email the contracting officer to RSVP for the site visit (not applicable)
Primary point of contact
Name
Barbara Grinder
Email
barbara.j.grinder.civ@us.navy.mil