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Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity - Orca XLUUV CES

NUWC DIV NEWPORT · Northampton, Massachusetts, 01060

Response status

Active notice

Not published

SAM.gov has not published a response deadline.

Posted
Sep 2, 2026
Archive date
Oct 2, 2026
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • NUWC DIV NEWPORT published this justification.
  • The place of performance is Northampton, Massachusetts.
  • The notice uses NAICS 336999 (All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
1b342ae2e17345f89b8e560c60f47375
Solicitation
26027-1
Base type
Justification
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Justification
Solicitation number
26027-1
Set-aside
Set-aside code
Posted
Sep 2, 2026
Responses due
Not published
Archive date
Oct 2, 2026
Archive type
auto30
Base type
Justification
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Category confidence
Category source
Last seen
Sep 5, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
DEPT OF DEFENSE
Department code
Subagency
DEPT OF THE NAVY
Subagency code
Office
NUWC DIV NEWPORT
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
NEWPORT, RI, 02841-1703, USA
Place of performance
Northampton, Massachusetts, 01060
City code
State
Massachusetts
State code
MA
Postal code
01060
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Award outcome

Outcome fields appear only when SAM published them on this notice.

Award number
N6660418DC814
Award date
Aug 13, 2026
Award amount
Line item
Awardee
Awardee UEI
Awardee CAGE
Awardee location

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

1. CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: Department of the Navy, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) 2. NATURE OF ACTION: Award of a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) and Cost-Reimbursement task order under an exception to fair opportunity. 3. CONTRACTOR: L3 Technologies 4. STATUTORY AUTHORITY: FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i)(B) - Only one awardee is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services ordered are unique or highly specialized. 5. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT: Sustainment, technical, engineering, and administrative services for the proprietary L3 Control Element Software (CES) supporting the Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV) program. 6. ATTACHMENT: In accordance with FAR 16.505(b)(2)(ii)(D), a redacted copy of the approved Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity is attached to this notice.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

No past awards scored highly enough to form a comparable range.

Comparable awards

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No comparable awards are attached to this notice.

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 5, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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