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Department of Defense · Department of the Navy · NIWC PACIFIC
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
N66001-27-Q-0TBD
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
518210
Product service code
7K20
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-06
Response deadline
Oct 16, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
San Diego, CA
Contracting contact
jerome.d.abaya.civ@us.navy.mil

Market intelligence

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Statement of work, as posted

This is a synopsis for NetApp commercial hardware, software licenses, maintenance, and commercial services to support its large and complex Information Technology (IT) networks, systems and workloads prepared in accordance with the format in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) Subpart 5.101. This announcement constitutes a pre-solicitation notice only. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS ONLY. This synopsis is solely for planning and information purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a subsequent solicitation (Request for Proposal, Request for Quote, etc.). This synopsis does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. NIWC PAC is not seeking proposals at this time. Further, NIWC PAC will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this synopsis and will not provide feedback or evaluation of the responses submitted. Participants in this market research are advised that the Government will not pay any costs incurred in response to this synopsis. All costs associated with responding to this synopsis will be solely at the interested party's expense.

Contact

Point of contact
Jerome Abaya
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
jerome.d.abaya.civ@us.navy.mil
Secondary
misty.l.weinhold.civ@us.navy.mil
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