TAKING BIDS NOW · SOLICITATION
PMA CSS Competition PMA 261
Department of the Navy (Department of Defense), Naval Air Warfare Center Air Div
Taking bids now. The agency is accepting offers. The notice (or its attached solicitation) says what to submit and how.
- Deadline
- Nov 12, 2026, 5:00 PM ET (20 days left)
- Who can bid
- Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can bid.
- Where the work is
- Not listed in the notice
- Buying office
- Patuxent River, Maryland
- Industry (NAICS)
- 541330 · Engineering Services
- Solicitation number
- N0042126R1033
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Product/service code
- R408
From the notice
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…
Open the official notice on SAM.gov ↗What to do next
- Open the official notice on SAM.gov and download every attachment (the solicitation, the statement of work, any wage determination).
- Check you can bid: you need an active SAM.gov registration, and if there's a set-aside, the right status for it.
- Read what the agency wants and how it will pick the winner, then send any questions before the questions deadline in the notice.
- Submit your offer exactly the way the notice says, before Nov 12, 2026, 5:00 PM ET. Late offers are usually not accepted.
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