Sources Sought
Spares Procurement
Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
AI summaryThe U.S. Air Force Supply Chain Management Squadron at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is doing market research (a sources sought notice, not a solicitation) to find companies that could newly manufacture an aircraft engine spare part, NSN 3040-01-267-7734NZ. The Air Force wants to know whether the work can be competed or set aside for small business. No contract is guaranteed and no funds are available for responses. 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
AI summary Beta
The notice looks incomplete: Estimated quantity, unit price and contract value (the part number and quantity table did not come through in the text). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The U.S. Air Force Supply Chain Management Squadron at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is doing market research (a sources sought notice, not a solicitation) to find companies that could newly manufacture an aircraft engine spare part, NSN 3040-01-267-7734NZ. The Air Force wants to know whether the work can be competed or set aside for small business. No contract is guaranteed and no funds are available for responses.
Who can bid
- Source approval: complete a Source Approval Request (SAR) package per the item's Qualification Requirements
- Manufacturing capability: able to furnish all labor, materials, facilities and equipment for new manufacture
How to submit: Select the "Add me to interested vendors" button on SAM.gov; business information is sent to the contact in the notice. SAR packages go through DoD SAFE to 429SCMS.SASPO.Workflow@us.af.mil and jenise.lucero.1.ctr@us.af.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Nov 6, 2025.
- Serious: Source approval required. Getting approved as a source for a critical aircraft engine part usually takes significant time and engineering effort before you can win an award.
- Worth checking: Technical data may not be provided. If no Engineering Data List is attached, you must find the technical data yourself, which can be costly and hard to do.
- Minor: Market research only. This is not a solicitation, so responding does not lead to a guaranteed contract, and the set-aside decision is not yet made.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- MRSSS 3040-01-267-7734NZ_ PR 25-02326.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Identify sources able to do new manufacture of the listed spare part(s)
- Furnish all labor, materials, facilities and equipment, including component parts, inspection, testing, preservation/packaging and shipping
- Possibly handle supply chain management, logistics planning, production forecasting, long-lead parts and diminishing manufacturing sources issues
- Companies not yet approved must complete a Source Approval Request (SAR) package
- Place of performance
- Tinker AFB, OK 73145 USA
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- Dec 7, 2026 3:00 PM Eastern (response deadline in the notice fields; the attachment says dates are Central Standard Time)
- How to submit
- Select the "Add me to interested vendors" button on SAM.gov; business information is sent to the contact in the notice. SAR packages go through DoD SAFE to 429SCMS.SASPO.Workflow@us.af.mil and jenise.lucero.1.ctr@us.af.mil
What to include when you submit
- Select the "Add me to interested vendors" button to be considered a participant
- Provide company name, address, point of contact, CAGE code, phone, email, web page, UEI and business size for the NAICS code
- State small business, WOSB, SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, veteran-owned and SDVOSB status (Yes / No)
- State whether the company is domestically or foreign owned (and the country if foreign)
- List any teaming or joint venture partners with the same information
- Engineering drawings requests go by Excel spreadsheet to ocalc.lgldo.public@us.af.mil
- Oral submissions are not accepted; do not contact the originator with questions
Not in the notice text
- Estimated quantity, unit price and contract value (the part number and quantity table did not come through in the text)
- Contract type and period of performance
- Whether the work will be competed or set aside for small business (the Air Force is still deciding)
- Manufacturing Qualification Requirements and Engineering Data List contents (embedded in the PDF, not readable here)
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
- Nov 6, 2025
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- FA8117 AFSC PZABA, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 3040 · Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336412)
- 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
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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