Opportunity
SAM #FY27_Ship_Acquisition_Engineering_Correspondence_Management_System
NOAA RFI for a Ship Acquisition Engineering and Correspondence Management Portal
Buyer
NOAA Acquisition and Grants Office
Posted
November 13, 2026
Respond By
December 04, 2026
Identifier
FY27_Ship_Acquisition_Engineering_Correspondence_Management_System
NAICS
541512, 541511, 541519
NOAA is seeking market information on a digital portal for managing ship acquisition engineering data and correspondence. - Government buyer: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Platforms, Ship Division. - Requested solution: An Owners Representative portal or comparable digital system for technical-data exchange and multi-tier review workflows across concurrent ship and systems acquisitions. No specific product, part number, or purchase quantity is identified. - Key capabilities: Manage submittals, revisions, correspondence, review comments and responses, approvals, audit trails, dashboards, records retention, and archival. Support Google Workspace/Drive integration, common engineering and office file formats, document search, automated routing and metadata validation, secure access, disaster recovery, and migration of legacy data. - Named platform provider/OEM: Google (Google Workspace/Drive integration). No dedicated software OEM or reseller is specified. - Vendors are asked to provide rough-order-of-magnitude pricing for a base year plus four option years; this is an RFI and not a commitment to purchase.
Description
This announcement constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) only, as defined in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) 15.101(c), for the purpose of determining market capability of sources or obtaining information. It does not constitute a Request for Proposals (RFP), a Request for Quotation (RFQ), or an indication that the Government will contract for any of the items and/or services discussed in this notice. Any formal solicitation that may subsequently be issued will be announced separately through the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPA) SAM.gov. Submission of a response to this RFI is entirely voluntary. The voluntary submission of a response to this RFI shall not obligate NOAA to pay or entitle the submitter of information to claim any direct or indirect costs or charges or any other remuneration whatsoever.
Please see attached Request for Information (RFI) for additional information.