What the buyer needs

AI summary

The United States Air Force seeks market research information to identify potential sources for the spares procurement and new manufacture of a structural support for the KC-135 platform, part number KC3-11000-1 and NSN 1560-01-435-5553FL. Potential sources must be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment to manufacture, inspect, test, preserve, package, and ship component parts, as well as handle logistics and supply chain tasks. All business types are eligible to respond, including large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), service-disabled veteran-owned, HUBZone, and women-owned businesses under NAICS code 336413. Interested vendors must select the online interested vendors button and email their business responses to [email protected], while qualification requires submitting a Source Approval Request package electronically via DoD SAFE.

Scope of work

Furnishing all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment for new manufacture of items
Procurement or manufacture of component parts
Inspection and testing
Preservation and packaging
Shipping serviceable assets
Supply chain management and logistics planning
Forecasting production requirements and long-lead time parts procurement
Managing diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues

Minimum qualifications

Completion of a Source Approval Request (SAR) package as specified in the Qualification Requirements
Capability to furnish all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment required to accomplish new manufacture

Documents to include with your response

Part I Business Information
Source Approval Request (SAR) package
PubSalesForm Excel Spreadsheet for engineering drawings requests (if applicable)

How to submit

Method: Email and DoD SAFE
Instructions: Responses to the notice should be sent to [email protected]. SAR Packages must be submitted electronically through DoD SAFE. Oral submissions are not acceptable.

Incumbent and award research

No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.

Market context

Awards in the same category (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing). This is not this requirement's award history.

Top vendors in this category: Department of Defense, NAICS 336413, since Oct 1, 2024

124,830 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.

1. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$4.0B
2. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$2.7B
3. DEFENSE SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS$2.5B
4. RTX CORPORATION$2.4B
5. L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INTEGRATED SYSTEMS L.P.$2.2B

Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.