Sources Sought
Repair of the F16 UCADC
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe Air Force (FA8251 AFSC PZABB) posted a sources sought notice, a market research request, for repair of F-16 UCADC components: circuit card assemblies, a power supply assembly and pressure transducers. The work is test, evaluate, repair and restore to serviceable Condition Code A. The response due date is November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM Central (6:00 PM Eastern). More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of the Air Force who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Air Force (FA8251 AFSC PZABB) posted a sources sought notice, a market research request, for repair of F-16 UCADC components: circuit card assemblies, a power supply assembly and pressure transducers. The work is test, evaluate, repair and restore to serviceable Condition Code A. The response due date is November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM Central (6:00 PM Eastern).
How to submit: Not stated in the notice text; see the attached sources sought synopsis PDF. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Worth checking: Response instructions are in an attached PDF. The notice text sends you to the attached sources sought synopsis for further details, including how to respond.
- Worth checking: Quick-turn repairs with required turnaround times. The repairs are Just-In-Time and must meet turnaround times; the times are not given in the text.
- Worth checking: Quantities not stated. No quantity or unit of issue is given for any of the listed items.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Test, evaluate, repair and restore F-16 UCADC components to serviceable Condition Code A, following the manufacturer's specifications, approved Technical Orders (TOs) and Air Force engineering dispositions
- Provide all management, tools, equipment and labor
- Just-In-Time (JIT) unprogrammed repairs that meet required turnaround times
- NSN 5998-01-399-5953, P/N 8518945-902, Circuit Card Assembly
- NSN 5998-01-399-8603, P/N 8518948-903, Circuit Card Assembly
- NSN 5998-01-399-8605, P/N 8518951-902, Circuit Card Assembly
- NSN 6130-01-410-9195, P/N 8518938-902, Power Supply Assembly
- NSN 6685-00-149-1026, P/N 4007515-903, and NSN 6685-00-259-3013, P/N 4007515-902, Pressure Transducers; also NSN 5998-01-406-3089, P/N 8518937-901 and NSN 5998-01-406-3087, P/N 8518983-903, Circuit Card Assemblies
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 20, 2026, 5:00 PM Central (6:00 PM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Not stated in the notice text; see the attached sources sought synopsis PDF
What to include when you submit
- See the attached sources sought synopsis PDF for what to send and how
Not in the notice text
- The attached sources sought synopsis PDF holds the details, including how to respond; it is not in the notice text.
- The quantities, turnaround times and technical data sources for each item are not stated.
- The contract type, length, place of performance and estimated value are not stated.
- SAM.gov shows no set-aside.
- What UCADC stands for is not spelled out in the notice.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA8251 AFSC PZABB, Hill AFB, UT
- Product/service code
- J059 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components
- Business type
- Equipment repair & maintenance (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 811210)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice