The Navy needs a small business to manufacture ground ring sleeves for its depots.
Key Details
What exactly do they need? The Navy needs a small business to manufacture ground ring sleeves with specific dimensions and material requirements. The sleeves must be cast in NICU per MIL-C-24723, UNS #M-30C (SUPERSEDING QQ-N-288, COMP-A), and meet certain dimensional, chemical, and mechanical certification standards. The vendor must also provide data requirements, including a certificate of compliance, vendor's VT procedure approval, and vendor's VT results/report.
What's the contract structure and timeline? This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, and the contract will be awarded based on lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA). The notice doesn't say how long the contract will last or when it will start.
How will they pick the winner? The Navy will evaluate the proposals based on the vendor's ability to meet the required specifications and provide the necessary data requirements.
When and how do you bid? Quoters must submit their quotes via email to jannell.m.moriarty.civ@us.navy.mil or DLA-KME-QUOTATIONS@DLA.MIL by June 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST. The quotes must include price(s), FOB point, Cage Code, a point of contact, name and phone number, GSA contract number if applicable, business size under the NAICS Code, and whether or not the company prefers payment by Government Commercial Purchase Card (GCPC) or Wide Area Workflow (WAWF).
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Must be a certified small business (Total Small Business Set-Aside)
Heads up — easy to miss
- The vendor must submit their NDT procedures with acceptance criteria to PNSY Code 135T for review and approval prior to start of manufacture.
- If any weld repairs need to be done on any of the sleeves, the vendor must first submit their welding procedure to PNSY Code 138, as well as applicable NDT procedures not already approved to Code 135T, for review and approval prior to any welding being done.
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.
- Find a teaming partner who already has the required certification.