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PMA CSS Competition PMA 261

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV · Patuxent River, MD, 20670

Response status

Due in 35 days

Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Sep 15, 2026
Archive date
Sep 15, 2027
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV published this solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
227eee51466541c892ad2a2b8888e23e
Solicitation
N0042126R1033
Base type
Solicitation
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
Solicitation
Solicitation number
N0042126R1033
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside
Set-aside code
SDVOSBC
Posted
Sep 15, 2026
Responses due
Oct 23, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Sep 15, 2027
Archive type
autocustom
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
Program Management Support
Category confidence
92%
Category source
rule
Last seen
Sep 19, 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
NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER AIR DIV
Organization path
Organization path codes
Office address
PATUXENT RIVER, MD, 20670-1545, USA
Place of performance
Patuxent River, MD, 20670
City code
State
State code
Postal code
20670
Country

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

Program Management Air (PMA)-261 H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters is a program office under the Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive (Marine Corps Aviation) (DPAE(A-MCA). PMA-261 is responsible for multiple H-53 variants including the CH-53E, MH-53E and the CH-53K helicopters. The H-53 assault missions include the lift and movement of cargo and troops/passengers; the tactical recovery of downed or damaged aircraft; and the lift of heavy, bulky equipment and supplies by external suspension. Contractor shall provide program/project management, administrative, budget/financial management, and corporate operations support services that enable PMA-261 Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to efficiently and effectively plan, execute, and manage their assigned programs/efforts, resulting in on-time and within-budget delivery of critical capabilities. Program has the requirement of Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) access for performance of tasking outlined herein. No TS/SCI deliverables will be required. The contract deliverables (including reports, software and hardware) will not be classified at the SCI level. SCI shall be utilized and accessed as part of routine work only. Program has the requirement of a Facility Security Clearance Level (FCL) of Top Secret. The FCL requirement must be fulfilled by the Prime Offeror.

Comparable award range

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

Low end (p25)$370,500
Median$1,319,340
High end (p75)$3,712,773
Comparable awards
50
Median
$1,319,340
Computed
Sep 17, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
PMO RECOMPETE CONTRACTNEMEAN AGILE JOINT VENTURE, LLC$1,645,677.50Jul 22, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CLASS B SUPPORT OR-26-00067ECS FEDERAL, LLC$2,590,061.75Jul 14, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ACTUARIAL SUPPORT OMAO-EXMPT-26-247ECS FEDERAL, LLC$67,632.60Jul 15, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
IMAGESITE SUPPORT OR-FY26-03684ECS FEDERAL, LLC$77,758.00Jun 30, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
BIGELOW MRP SUPPORT SERVICES OR-FY26-04228ECS FEDERAL, LLC$959,284.77Aug 6, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
USV SUPPORT OR-FY26-03967ECS FEDERAL, LLC$96,975.00Aug 18, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FLEET RECAP SUPPORT, OR-26-00066ECS FEDERAL, LLC$1,808,987.25Sep 4, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPTION YEAR 2 - OWP ADMIN & PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICESM2 STRATEGY, INC.$8,545,674.32Jul 15, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EPA BPA CALL ORDER 17: ANN ARBORM. C. DEAN, INC.$1,899,627.61Aug 26, 202477Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FPSS TO-0002 CJIS22ND CENTURY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$923,105.46Jul 14, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FPSS TO-0006 - FOSSGUIDEHOUSE INC.$50,345,336.63Jul 20, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FACILITIES PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES (FPSS) TASK ORDER-0014 PPMU (RPMS)GUIDEHOUSE INC.$1,319,339.77Jul 22, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
HUNGARY ADVISORY SERVICESOBXTEK INC$1,526,068.77Jul 15, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
ADVISORY SUPPORT SERVICES IN ALBANIA.OBXTEK INC$188,642.65Jul 17, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NRM PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SVC VISN 15GCC & ASSOCIATES LLC$1,855,679.14Jul 13, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
OPTION PERIOD 2 - NYH UESC PF SERVICESEMP2, INC.$68,550.22Jun 29, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VISN 6 ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT (ESPC) PROJECT FACILITATOR SERVICESEMP2, INC.$89,426.94Jun 30, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
VISN 21 PALO ALTO ESPC PROJECT FACILITATOR SERVICESEMP2, INC.$100,169.46Jun 29, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EHRM PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICESVALI COOPER INTERNATIONAL LLC$647,712.00Jun 30, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PAC PMO OPM VETTING REFORM SUPPORT SERVICESTHE PROSPECTIVE GROUP, LLC$3,219,321.00Sep 1, 202677Same product and service code (25), Same benchmark category (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

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.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Sep 19, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Sep 17, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.

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