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Justification

Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity for WHOI Order N6660418DC828/N6660426FC852

N66604-26-RFPREQ-NPT-45-0136

Department of the Navy, NUWC Div Newport. All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing.

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Awarded

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

$0.00 obligated so far on USAspending, September 18, 2026, contract N6660418DC828

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This one was awarded in 2026

1 like it is open now in all other transportation equipment manufacturing

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

In accordance with the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul 16.507-6(f), this is a post-award notice of the Justification for an Exception to Fair Opportunity.

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has awarded a sole-source task order for highly specialized engineering, technical, and programmatic support services.

Due to the unique technical requirements and specialized system architectures, only the awardee contractor possesses the required proprietary technical data and engineering expertise to execute these requirements without causing unacceptable operational delays and a substantial, non-recoverable duplication of costs.

The redacted Justification for Exception to Fair Opportunity document is attached to this notice in accordance with public posting requirements.

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
UEI
GFKFBWG2TV98
CAGE
88846
Vendor location
Woods Hole, MA
Contract
N6660418DC828
Obligated
$0.00, potential $794,530,000
Actions
1 between October 29, 2025 and October 29, 2025
Competition
Full and Open Competition, 28 offers received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Family of Systems Contract for Supplies and Service in Support of All Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Types
Match
award number N6660418DC828 equals the contract number; same awarding office N66604 (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. October 15, 2026

    Justification

    SAM.gov, notice 82fe3af35d68421d8fdcc05bf7278bad

    1 revisions on SAM
    • October 15, 2026: publish, justification

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