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. Relevant past performance / experience. A concise description of the company’s experience providing sustaining engineering, logistics, material, maintenance, program management, and/or operational/reach-back support for military UAS or similarly complex aviation platforms, at CONUS and OCONUS locations. Include at least two specific examples (contract number/customer, period of performance, approximate value, locations, classification level, and a one- or two-sentence description of the work). Experience with High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAS, maritime ISR systems, or OEM-unique designs is of particular interest but is not a prerequisite. Technical data access. Evidence of current access to, or a realistic plan for obtaining, the manufacturing drawings, proprietary specifications, and other technical data necessary to sustain the MQ-4C Triton UAS. Describe any existing data licenses or rights, teaming or subcontracting arrangements with existing data holders, or other approaches. The Government recognizes that most non-OEM sources will need a teaming or licensing path; a credible path is sufficient at this stage. A description of the company's quality assurance processes and certifications. Security and classification capability. Current Facility Clearance (FCL) level and status; approximate number of personnel holding active Secret, Top Secret, and SCI (or equivalent) clearances; experience performing work at classification levels higher than Secret; and a high-level statement of the company’s ability to obtain additional personnel clearances and any required facility accreditations in a timeframe consistent with contract award and performance. 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:
[email protected] (or DOD Safe for larger files). All responses, including capability statements, shall be submitted no later than 5:00 PM EST, 23 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.