The U.S. Coast Guard needs a small business to supply stern drives and transom plates for its ships.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The Coast Guard needs stern drives and transom plates for its ships. The stern drives are NSN 5998 99-349-5943, and the transom plates are NSN 2090 01-584-2562. The stern drives must be individually packaged in accordance with MIL-STD-2073-1E, and the transom plates must be packaged in an appropriately sized ASTM-D6251 Type II, Class 1 wood-cleated panel board shipping box or ASTM-D6880 Class 2 heavy-duty screwed wooden box. The vendor must also provide a specification sheet for any proposed substitutions.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? The Coast Guard intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order. The purchase order number is 70Z04026Q50496B00, and the delivery date is on or before December 21, 2026.
- How will they pick the winner? The Coast Guard will evaluate the proposals based on the completeness of the requirement, the vendor's ability to meet the required time frame, and price.
- When and how do you bid? The bid deadline is July 10, 2026, at 4:00 AM. The vendor must submit a quotation through the Coast Guard's Surface Forces Logistics Center, and the quotation must include the vendor's name, part number, and unit price.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
Heads up — easy to miss
- The vendor must have an active SAM.Gov registration or provide proof they have submitted their entity for registration.
- The vendor must include the Coast Guard's purchase order number, vendor's invoice number, cage number, PO item number, description of supplies or services, unit prices, and extended totals on the invoice.
- The vendor must submit the invoice through the Coast Guard's IPP system.
- The vendor must have access to www.ipp.gov to submit an invoice.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business is registered in SAM.Gov.
- Review the Coast Guard's requirements and ensure you can meet the necessary time frame and price.
- Submit a quotation through the Coast Guard's Surface Forces Logistics Center.
- Include the Coast Guard's purchase order number, vendor's invoice number, cage number, PO item number, description of supplies or services, unit prices, and extended totals on the invoice.
Primary point of contact
Name
Yannick Kassi
Email
yannick.a.kassi@uscg.mil