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OEM ACOUSTIC MODEM
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
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Key facts
- Response deadline
- ClosedListed deadline:
- Set-aside
- Full & openAny responsible firm may compete as prime; small businesses can still team. Learn more about small-business set-asides
- NAICS
- 334511 · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument ManufacturingThe industry code sets the size standard you must meet to compete as a small business. Learn more about NAICS size standards
- Product / service code (PSC)
- 5845 · UNDERWATER SOUND EQUIPMENTName from the Acquisition.gov PSC Manual (opens in a new tab) (April 2025 edition), checked Nov 12, 2026.
- Place of performance
- 0, DC
- Notice type
- Special notice
- Posted
- Archive date
- SAM.gov removes the notice from active search after this date.
- Solicitation number
- N0017327Q5603-1
- SAM.gov notice ID
- 47eb43de0ecb4d26a974f9654ce39fd2
- Buying organization
- Dept of Defense
- Dept of the Navy
- Naval Research Laboratory
Source: SAM.gov Contract OpportunitiesSynced First seen Nov 10, 2026Official notice (opens SAM.gov in a new tab)
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The original Special Notice, N00173-27-Q-5603, closed on 30 October 2026. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is reposting this requirement under N00173-27-Q-5603-1 to correct the omission of the brand-name-only and intended sole-source information from the original notice.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This is not a solicitation or request for offers. No solicitation package is available, and email requests for a solicitation package will not be honored.
The Naval Research Laboratory intends to award a sole-source purchase order to DelResearch LLC (also identified as DELRESEARCH LLC), Sandwich, Massachusetts, to furnish the following:
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• OEM 32-Channel Hydrophone Acoustic Modem
This requirement is Brand name only for the DelResearch LLC Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) 32-channel hydrophone acoustic modem. The DelResearch LLC OEM modem is required to meet the Government’s minimum requirements for compatibility, interoperability, configuration, and continuity with existing Government equipment and systems. No substitute, alternate, or equivalent product will satisfy the Government’s minimum requirements.
Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. DelResearch LLC is the only responsible source known to the Government that can provide the required OEM 32-channel hydrophone acoustic modem and meet all applicable technical, delivery, and support requirements.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334511, with a size standard of 1250. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 5845.
This purchase will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), soliciting from a single source because only one source is reasonably available.
Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement within [insert number] calendar days after publication of this notice. Responses must provide clear and convincing evidence that the respondent can furnish the exact DelResearch LLC OEM 32-channel hydrophone acoustic modem and that competition would be advantageous to the Government.
Information received will be considered solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based on responses received is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not reimburse costs associated with providing capability information.
Please reference Notice of Intent N00173-27-Q-5603-1 in all correspondence and in the subject line of email responses. Reference to the original notice number, N00173-27-Q-5603, may also be included for continuity.
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