United States–United Kingdom (US-UK) Enhanced Cooperation on Carrier Operations and Maritime Power Projection Support Services

Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice: 
This is a Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice. It constitutes neither a Request for Proposal nor an Invitation for Bid. It does not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This RFI/Sources Sought Notice IS NOT A SOLICITATION or an expression of intent to issue a solicitation of any kind in the future. It should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than to gain the information requested. Interested parties are encouraged to respond to this RFI/Sources Sought Notice. The Government will not pay for information, materials, and/or demonstrations received in response and is in no way obligated to respondents by or for any information received. 
 
BACKGROUND, SCOPE, AND CAPABILITY REQUIREMENTS: 
The purpose of this effort is to provide direct support to the United States–United Kingdom (US-UK) Enhanced Cooperation on Carrier Operations and Maritime Power Projection efforts; this includes providing analysis on US-UK maritime interoperability issues, barriers for resolution, and themes to achieve interoperability-to-interchangeability goals to senior DoD, MOD, USN, USMC, RN, and RAF leadership. Additional information regarding the effort can be reviewed in the Performance Work Statement.

The anticipated contract type is a Firm-Fixed Price.

The anticipated period of performance is as follows:

Base Period:          01 December 2027 to 30 November 2028
Option Period 1:    01 December 2028 to 30 November 2029
Option Period 2:    01 December 2029 to 30 November 2030
Option Period 3:    01 December 2030 to 30 November 2031
Option Period 4:    01 December 2031 to 30 November 2032
Option 52.217-8:   01 December 2032 to 31 May 2033
 
The applicable NAICS code for the subject requirement is 541330-- Engineering Services, Size Standard is $25.5 Million Dollars and PSC code is R425-Support-Professional: Engineering/Technical. Again, THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL/REQUEST FOR QUOTE. This is a market research tool. The input provided will help the United States Navy ascertain the interest, capability, and capacity of potential businesses both small and large. If you are an interested business, FLCN would appreciate your assistance in providing a Statement of Capabilities to include the following: 

1) Full business name
2) Cage code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
3) Name, phone number, and e-mail address of a company representative the Government may contact for additional information
4) Size of business [based on the applicable NAICS code]
5) Statement as to whether business is actively registered in the System for Award Management (www.beta.sam.gov) 
6) Statement as to whether business is domestically or foreign owned (if foreign owned, please indicate country of ownership) 
7) The contractor shall demonstrate capability in meeting the objectives of the Performance Work Statement.

**Submissions are to be no more than 6 pages and no less than 12 point font. **

Responses should be emailed to •••••@•••••.•••Sign up to see this detail and •••••@•••••.•••Sign up to see this detail by Tuesday, 29 September 2026 at 8AM EST.

All requests for further information must be made in writing via email. Telephone requests for additional information will not be honored. All questions and answers regarding this RFI/Sources Sought Notice will be posted as updates to this notice. 
 
Disclaimer: 
This is not a contract, request for proposal, a promise to contract, or a commitment of any kind on the part of the Government. The Navy will not assume liability for costs incurred by an attendee or for travel expenses or marketing efforts; therefore, attendee cost in response to this notice is not considered an allowable direct charge to the Government.