GETWAB

01 / Federal Opportunity Brief

U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) V Contract

Status
Closing Soon
Deadline
Nov 20, 2026 5:00 PM GMT-0500
Solicitation
N00019-26-RFPREQ-WPM262-0348
Updated
Nov 6, 2026
NAICS
541990
PSC
J015

02 / Federal Buyer

Who is buying?

03 / Purchase

What is the government buying?

Requirement

U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) V Contract
The current notice is soliciting this requirement from eligible offerors.

Scope available now

Partially disclosed. The notice provides a high-level description of the types of support needed (engineering, logistics, material, maintenance, program management, operational support) and specifies sustaining and “reach back” engineering support for MQ-4C Triton at CONUS and OCONUS locations, but it does not describe specific deliverables or detailed work tasks.

Contract vehicle

Not disclosed in the provided evidence. This notice describes market research for sustaining/reach-back support but does not state any specific acquisition vehicle or ordering mechanism.

How work is assigned

Not disclosed in the provided evidence. The notice describes the overall type of support sought but does not explain how specific work will be assigned.

04 / Contracting Requirements

How will this procurement work?

RequirementWhat the notice saysSource status
EligibilityPartially disclosed. The notice says the Government is seeking industry sources with specific skills and experience to provide comprehensive sustaining and reach-back engineering support, but it does not list formal eligibility criteria (such as clearances, citizenship, or minimum experience years) in the provided text.Partially Confirmed
Contract ceilingNot disclosedNot Disclosed
Minimum guaranteeNot disclosedNot Disclosed
Contract durationNot disclosedNot Disclosed
Foreign participationNot disclosedNot Disclosed
Proposal and award procedurePartially disclosed. The notice is explicitly not a proposal/RFP; it is a voluntary request for information. It allows a capabilities statement up to five pages, but the provided evidence does not include detailed evaluation factors or scoring. It also instructs vendors to monitor the site for follow-on information.Partially Confirmed
Staffing and securityNot disclosed in the provided evidence.Not Disclosed
Read the original SAM.gov description

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. The Naval Air Systems Command, PMA-262 (Program Office for MQ-4C Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)), is soliciting information from industry to determine potential contractors who have the skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge to provide the comprehensive engineering, logistics, material, maintenance, program management, and operational support required to successfully provide the sustaining and reach back engineering support needed to sustain the United States Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) MQ-4C Triton UAS at both Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside the Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations. This effort includes up to higher than Secret classification level of support. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC) is the original designer, developer, and manufacturer of the MQ-4C Triton UAS. As such they possess the requisite technical data and knowledge to meet the Navy’s requirements for sustaining engineering support of the MQ-4C UAS. The contractor shall be responsible for obtaining from NGSC all manufacturing drawing and proprietary specification data necessary to support the sustainment of the MQ-4C Triton UAS. DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP), BUT RATHER A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) from industry that will allow the Government to identify interested sources capable of meeting the requirements. This RFI is issued solely for market research, planning and information purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter into a contractual agreement, nor will the Government pay for information solicited hereunder. There is no commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation, make an award, or be responsible for any monies expended by any interested parties in support of the effort mentioned above. Vendors can additionally provide a capabilities statement of no more than five (5) pages in length that demonstrates the respondent’s ability to meet the requirements as specified herein. The Government is interested in receiving vendors’ commercial published price lists for items they believe meet the need in this RFI. All data received in response to this RFI, marked or designated as corporate or proprietary, will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated RFP that may be issued. Information provided herein is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit or award a contract. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM) website: www.sam.gov. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any follow-on information. Interested parties are requested to submit a capability statement of no more than five (5) pages in length, demonstrating their ability to provide the specified services. The capability statement should include, at a minimum, the following: Company Name, Company Address, Company Business Size, CAGE code, and Point of Contact (POC) information to include POC’s name, phone number and email address. A detailed description of the company's experience in providing the required sustainment engineering services of a military UAS in CONUS and OCONUS locations. Evidence of access to the required technical data and specifications required to support the MQ-4C UAS. A description of the company's quality assurance processes and certifications. Any other relevant information that demonstrates the company's ability to meet the Government's requirements. Responses shall be submitted electronically to the designated Contract Specialist, Lara Chubb, in Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF) at the following email address: lara.i.chubb.civ@us.navy.mil (or DOD Safe for larger files). All responses, including capability statements, shall be submitted no later than 5:00 PM EST, 20 November 2026. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to the Procuring Contracting Officer, Mr. Tyler Summers and Contract Specialist, Ms. Lara Chubb.

05 / Historical Spending Trend

How has spending on the selected comparable contracts changed?

The same closed fiscal-year window and the same complete comparable-contract set are used throughout this Brief. Net obligations total $1.16B across 4 fiscal years.

Annual net obligations for the selected comparable contract set for this opportunity, classified under NAICS 541990 and PSC J015.
Annual FPDS net obligations for the selected comparable contract set; direct and broad matches are identified separately in the table, and this is not total NAICS or PSC market spending.
Fiscal yearComparable obligationsActionsVendors
FY 2019$1.16B281
FY 2020-$2.42M31
FY 2022$1.28M21
FY 2025-$58.7K41

06 / Related Historical Awards

Which contracts support the comparison?

No direct contract reference was found. 2 broad matches are shown as supporting context.

Selected historical contracts comparable to this opportunity, ranked by absolute net obligations.
Comparable contracts selected using buyer, office, classification and requirement-language evidence; they are not asserted as predecessors.
ContractVendorLatest activityOfficeNAICS / PSCMatchObligationsActions
N0001922F2361BOEING COMPANY, THEApr 19, 2022NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND336412 / 1560Broad match
Buyer and requirement-language evidence
$1.28M1
N0001919C1022LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONMay 31, 2019NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND336411 / 1510Broad match
Buyer and requirement-language evidence
$74.4K2

07 / Contractor Evidence

Which contractors have performed related work?

Historical contractors are ranked by direct procurement-family evidence and comparable contract activity. The table distinguishes connected holders from broader performers without identifying unverified bidders.

No directly connected predecessor was identified. The companies below are historical performers selected from the comparable contract set; none is identified as a bidder.

Suppliers ranked by net obligations within the selected comparable contract set for this opportunity.
Supplier concentration within the comparable contract set only; ranking does not establish incumbency or intent to bid.
CompanyEvidenceFitWhy includedContractsActionsObligationsLatest activityLinks
BOEING COMPANY, THE
UEI JJM4FRDZJDX1 · CAGE 76301
Broad historical performer
Historical performer
ModerateComparable buyer and requirement history11$1.28MApr 19, 2022GETWAB profile
Verified via SAM Entities
Official website
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
UEI G4KDGE4JFFK7 · CAGE 81755
Broad historical performer
Historical performer
ModerateComparable buyer and requirement history12$74.4KMay 31, 2019GETWAB profile
Verified via SAM Entities
Official website

08 / Competitive Landscape

How was comparable work competed?

Competition treatment is calculated from exactly the same closed-period contract set used in Sections 5–7. It describes historical actions, not the outcome of this solicitation.

FPDS extent-of-competition categories recorded on the selected comparable contracts.
Competition treatment recorded only on the comparable contract set; it does not predict the outcome of this solicitation.
FPDS treatmentCodeActionsObligationsShare
Not competedC37$1.16B100.0%

09 / Procurement History

How was this opportunity published and updated?

One SAM.gov notice record was resolved for this procurement family.

NoticeTypePostedResponse deadlineStatusOfficial source
N00019-26-RFPREQ-WPM262-0348
Current Brief record
U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) V Contract
Sources SoughtNov 5, 2026Nov 20, 2026 5:00 PM GMT-0500ActiveView on SAM.gov

10 / NAICS and PSC Market Context

How large is the selected comparable market?

Classification codes organize the evidence; they do not prove that every contract in the broader NAICS or PSC market matches this requirement.

Comparable obligations$1.16B
Comparable contracts2
Historical suppliers2
CoverageFY 2019–FY 2025

11 / Capture Signals and Risks

What should be validated before committing capture resources?

Capture signals separate verified procurement-family evidence from unresolved requirements and market-only indicators.

Watch

Direct procurement-family evidence

No direct award record found

Strong

Buyer proximity

2 comparable record(s) share the contracting office

Moderate

Eligibility

No Set aside used

Watch

Unresolved requirement fields

7

12 / Who Should Pursue

When does this opportunity fit?

Pursue if
  • Your team can demonstrate recent, relevant delivery in U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Sustaining Engineering and Support (SES) V Contract.
  • Your company can document the stated eligibility conditions: Partially disclosed. The notice says the Government is seeking industry sources with specific skills and experience to provide comprehensive sustaining and reach-back engineering support, but it does not list formal eligibility criteria (such as clearances, citizenship, or minimum experience years) in the provided text.
  • You can show credible past performance for NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND or a closely related federal customer.
Partner if
  • Your technical scope fits, but you lack demonstrated history with NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND.
  • You need a specialist teammate to close unresolved staffing, security, or detailed-scope requirements before committing.
Pass or investigate further if
  • You cannot satisfy or verify the stated eligibility conditions: Partially disclosed. The notice says the Government is seeking industry sources with specific skills and experience to provide comprehensive sustaining and reach-back engineering support, but it does not list formal eligibility criteria (such as clearances, citizenship, or minimum experience years) in the provided text.
  • The unresolved requirements shown above cannot be validated before committing proposal resources.