# SAM #N00024-27-R-6116

NAVSEA market research for a next-generation submarine rescue system

**Buyer:** NAVSEA Headquarters
**Posted:** November 03, 2026
**Respond By:** November 16, 2026
**Identifier:** N00024-27-R-6116
**NAICS:** 336611

NAVSEA’s PMS 390 is gathering industry input on a next-generation submarine rescue system to replace the legacy SRDRS.
- **Opportunity:** RFI N00024-27-R-6116 is market research, not a request for proposals or a commitment to solicit or award a contract. The Government will not reimburse response costs.
- **Concept:** A transportable system built around multiple Hyperbaric Rescue Modules (HRMs) and auxiliary systems, with two strategically located systems envisioned.
- **Desired capabilities:** Global time to first rescue of 72 hours or better, continuous rescue sorties, decompression aboard a vessel of opportunity or pier side, and interoperability.
- **Potential work:** Prototype design, manufacture, and testing for Proof of Concept and IOT&E; potential follow-on production of a second U.S. system and Foreign Military Sales systems; and Government Owned Contractor Operated maintenance and operation of U.S. systems.
- **Planning milestones:** RFI in Q1 FY27; formal solicitation in Q2/Q3 FY27; tentative prototype award in Q4 FY27; follow-on production/services solicitation and award in FY32 or sooner. Target IOC is FY33 and FOC is FY35. These are estimates, not commitments.
- **Notice materials:** Updated unclassified Industry Day presentation and finalized Q&A are provided. No specific vendor, OEM, product part number, or purchase quantity is identified.

### Description

<p>The purpose of this notice is to provide the post-Industry Day informational packet (updated unclassified Industry Day presentation material and the finalized Q&amp;A response), as well as an RFI for interested parties to inform the PMS 390&#39;s acquisition approach for the next-generation submarine rescue system.</p>

<p><strong>⚠️</strong><strong> Important Notices &amp; Disclaimers</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><strong>Public Q&amp;A:</strong> The Government may post a sanitized version of all RFI responses stemming from this notice to the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) and System for Award Management (SAM) websites.</li>
	<li><strong>No Commitment:</strong> This notice is for market research and information gathering only. It is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and does not commit the U.S. Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract.</li>
	<li><strong>No Reimbursement:</strong> The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with preparing information or responding to this announcement.</li>
</ul>

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