Department of Defense · Department of the Navy · NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
N6893627Q0004
Notice type
Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS
513210
Product service code
7A21
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-16
Response deadline
Oct 22, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact
gwynn.l.hartkopf.civ@us.navy.mil
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
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The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA intends to procure on other than full and open competition basis a manufacture sole source to AdaCore 150 W. 30th Street, 14th Floor New York, New York 10001, with full and open among authorized distributors the following items: GNAT Pro Enterprise Software Support T15:ENT-ADA/X8664WIN GNAT Pro Enterprise for Ada to develop Ada software for x86 Windows (64 bits) native T15:ENT-ADA/X8664LNX GNAT Pro Enterprise for Ada to develop Ada software for x86 GNU Linux (64 bits) native T15:ENT-ADA/SPC64SOL GNAT Pro Enterprise for Ada to develop Ada software for SPARC Solaris (64 bits) native. This product is a Baselined product. Year 1 POP November 4, 2026 - November 3, 2027 subscription for 15 unique users in TOTAL. Complete details will be available in the solicitation. Respond to Gwynn Hartkopf, by email to gwynn.l.hartkopf.civ@us.navy.mil, The solicitation or Request for Quote (RFQ) for N6893627Q0004. will be posted on the Contract Opportunities hosted on beta.SAM.gov website at https://fbohome.sam.gov/ on or about (10 /13/2026) Going forward, all new entities registering in GSA's System for Award Management (SAM), as well as existing registrations being updated or renewed, will require the submission of an original, signed notarized letter identifying the authorized Entity Administrator for the entity associated with the Data Unique Entity ID number before the registration will be activated. It is recommended that all interested parties be aware that processing this additional information may take several days and are proactive in maintaining the SAM registrations in an 'Active' status as the government cannot award to an entity without an 'Active' SAM registration. More information can be found at www.gsa.gov/samupdate. Contractors must be certified through Defense Logistics Information Services (DLIS) in order to access Controlled Unclassified Information within Contract Opportunities. See the DLIS website for registration details: https://public.logisticsinformationservice.dla.mil/jcp/search.aspx.
Contact
Point of contact
Gwynn Hartkopf
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
gwynn.l.hartkopf.civ@us.navy.mil
Secondary
faith.l.lagore.civ@us.navy.mil
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