Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division dropped solicitation N6426726R3008 on April 9, 2026 — a follow-on task order for SEA 05 Program Support Services under the SeaPort-NxG multiple award contract. The requirement is 100% set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. Proposals are due May 11, 2026 at 2:00 PM local time. Questions must be in by April 23.
This is a significant SDVOSB-exclusive opportunity: five years of cost-plus work supporting NAVSEA's Engineering and Logistics Directorate across portfolio management, financial operations, IT, and administrative functions at the Washington Navy Yard. Here's what you need to know to make a fast, informed pursuit decision.
What SEA 05 actually does — and why this contract exists
NAVSEA's Engineering and Logistics Directorate (SEA 05) is responsible for the engineering and scientific expertise required to design, build, maintain, repair, modernize, certify, and dispose of the Navy's ships, submarines, and associated warfare systems. That's a broad mandate, and it generates an equally broad administrative, financial, and IT support requirement.
This task order is the vehicle through which SEA 05 keeps its non-engineering functions running. The contractor fills a wide range of support roles — from budget execution and Navy ERP administration to SharePoint development, cybersecurity compliance, workforce talent tracking, security management, and Congressional affairs support. The current incumbent is Engineering Services Network, which has held this work under SeaPort Task Order N0017419F3007. This solicitation is the recompete.
The scope: four functional areas, 25 labor categories
The Statement of Work organizes the requirement into four major task areas, each covering a distinct functional domain within SEA 05.
Portfolio Management Office Support covers assistance to SEA 05's PFO and PMO — developing and maintaining management systems, tracking compliance with DON and NAVSEA policies, assessing program performance, and supporting risk management and internal control programs.
Principal Financial Officer Support is the largest functional area. It encompasses budget development and execution, financial planning and analysis, Defense Travel System administration, contract administration support, and Navy ERP operations. The ERP work is particularly detailed — the SOW calls for subject matter expert support across timekeeping, account management, role mapping, and system integration. This is not light financial support; it requires personnel with genuine Navy ERP depth.
IT Support includes ACIO (Activity Command Information Officer) functions — end-user hardware and software support across NMCI, SIPRNET, FlankSpeed, and Nautilus — plus SharePoint Online site collection administration at the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert level, Power Platform application development, IT portfolio management, and cybersecurity/ISSM support under the Risk Management Framework. The ISSM role specifically requires Cyber Security Workforce IT-1 Level background investigations.
Administrative Support spans a wide range: Chief Engineer and Executive Director office management, Congressional and Public Affairs coordination, physical security management (including 92 safes and 10–15 Open Storage Secret doors at the Washington Navy Yard), workforce talent management, records management, technical writing, HR support, and AcqDemo program administration.
The government's recommended labor mix across all five years totals 717,000 hours. The dominant categories by volume are Financial Analysts (Junior, Mid, and Senior combined at roughly 38,240 hours per year), Business Operations Analysts (Junior, Mid, and Senior at roughly 28,680 hours per year), and PMO Analysts (Junior, Mid, and Senior at roughly 22,944 hours per year). IT-focused categories — Information Technology Generalists, Information Technology Associates, SharePoint Developers, and Cybersecurity Analysts — account for roughly 33,000 hours per year combined.
One key personnel position — and why it matters more than it seems
The solicitation requires exactly one Key Personnel position: a Program Manager (Senior). A single resume is required with the proposal. The qualifications are demanding — at minimum a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or business management and ten years of relevant experience, with a preference for 20 or more years of management experience supporting DoD programmatic, administrative, financial, and IT functions. Active Secret clearance is required, with the ability to obtain Top Secret. PMP and/or DAWIA Level III certification in Program Management is desired.
One key personnel position sounds like low risk, but it cuts both ways. Because only one position is evaluated, your PM resume carries disproportionate weight in the technical evaluation. A genuinely strong candidate — credentialed, cleared, with NAVSEA or NAVSEA-adjacent experience — can be a meaningful discriminator. A weak or generic resume, conversely, leaves your technical volume without a compelling anchor. The government will also use the qualifications on the submitted resume, not the individual, as the substitution standard for the life of the contract, so whoever you name sets the bar you'll be held to.
How proposals are evaluated
Award will be made on a best value tradeoff basis. Factor 1 (Technical) is more important than Factor 2 (Past Performance), and both combined are significantly more important than Factor 3 (Cost). The government intends to award based on initial proposals without discussions, so your first submission needs to be your best submission.
The Technical factor covers three elements: Technical Approach (20-page limit), Management Approach (10-page limit), and Personnel Approach (staffing plan with no page limit, plus 2-page resumes per key personnel). Elements are not individually rated — the government assigns a single adjectival rating across all three for Factor 1, ranging from Outstanding to Unacceptable. A proposal must receive at least Acceptable on Factor 1 to be eligible for award.
Past Performance is rated Acceptable or Unacceptable. Three references from the last five years are required. Additional references are required for any subcontractor performing more than 10% of total labor hours. Unknown past performance is treated as Acceptable, which matters if you're a newer firm or pursuing NAVSEA for the first time.
Cost realism analysis will be applied. The government will make upward adjustments to proposed costs it determines are unrealistically low, and will use the adjusted total evaluated cost for the best value comparison. Unrealistically low proposals may also generate risk findings against the technical volume. The solicitation provides minimum escalation rates of 2.85% per year and sets government-estimated ODCs at $160,000 in materials and $22,000 in travel per year.
Three things buried in the solicitation worth flagging
The incumbent is named. Section L explicitly states the current contractor is Engineering Services Network under N0017419F3007. This is the government signaling that competitive offerors should understand what they're displacing and build a transition plan accordingly. The phase-in requirement is 30 days from award — a tight window for a contract of this complexity. Your management approach needs to address that directly with specific milestones, not boilerplate language about standing up quickly.
SIPRNET access is required. All contractor personnel accessing classified information must maintain at minimum a Secret clearance. The contract requires an active SIPRNET connection and a Communications Security (COMSEC) account. Personnel assigned to SIPRNet must receive a NATO security briefing and derivative classification training from the contractor's FSO prior to access. If your firm doesn't currently hold a facility clearance at the required level, the solicitation requires a detailed plan and schedule for obtaining it — evaluated as pass/fail in Volume IV.
eCRAFT reporting is a material requirement. The contractor must upload Funds and Man-hour Expenditure Reports to the Electronic Cost Reporting and Financial Tracking (eCRAFT) System on the same day invoices are submitted in WAWF. Failure to comply is grounds for contract termination. This is standard on NAVSEA cost-type contracts, but if your finance team hasn't worked eCRAFT before, build onboarding time for it into your transition plan and flag it in your management approach.
The bottom line for SDVOSB pursuers
This is a well-scoped, long-running requirement with a named incumbent, a 30-day phase-in window, and a competitive field limited to certified SDVOSBs on SeaPort-NxG. If you have the right combination — SeaPort-NxG MAC access, an active Secret FCL, Navy financial and IT support experience, and a credentialed PM — this is worth a serious look. If you're missing any of those elements, the phase-in timeline and security requirements make it difficult to close those gaps in time for a May 11 submission.
The questions deadline of April 23 is your first real decision point. If you're on the fence, submitting questions is a low-cost way to get clarification on the requirements while keeping your options open. Decide on pursuit before then so you have time to use that window effectively.
We generated a 4-page Opportunity Snapshot from the full 87-page solicitation package. You can download it at rfpsnapshot.com/sea05-snapshot — it covers the full labor mix, key personnel requirements, proposal volume structure, evaluation criteria, and notable requirements in a format built for a go/no-bid review.