Presolicitation
TAB MECHANISM - ELE
Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · Sol. SPRPA126QUC22
Due in 40 daysSole source
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
AI summary Beta
DLA Aviation (Philadelphia) is buying one electrical tab mechanism, NSN 7R-1680-015855048-P8, delivered FOB origin. Only sources already approved by the Government have been solicited, because the part is flight critical. The buy is 100% set aside for small business.
Watch out for
- Source approval required. Flight-critical part; unapproved firms must send extensive data, and an award may go ahead before any new source is approved.
The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source.
- Incomplete offers are rejected. Offers missing the required source approval data will not be considered.
Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure
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Full brief
What they want
- 1 each TAB MECHANISM - ELE, NSN 7R-1680-015855048-P8, REF NR 65-45166-25
- Delivery FOB origin
- Offers due
- 2026-11-16T00:00:00-04:00
What to include when you submit
- If not an approved source, submit with your proposal the information required by the NAVSUP WSS Source Approval Information Brochure
- If a source approval request is already being evaluated, submit a copy of the cover letter that forwarded it
You must have
- Small business set-aside (specific type, such as HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB or HBCU/MI, to be set in the solicitation)
The proposed acquisition is 100% set aside for small business concerns
- Approved source for this item, or submit source approval data with the offer
The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award
Not in the notice text
- Contract type and price evaluation method
- Which specific small business set-aside applies
- Submission method
- NAICS code (blank in the notice)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 16, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- SPRPA126QUC22
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Philadelphia, Pa
- Product/service code
- 1680
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Contracting contact
- ALANA ARTHUR, APAA.39, PHONE (215)737-8443, EMAIL ALANA.ARTHUR@DLA.MILALANA.ARTHUR@DLA.MIL
Full notice text from SAM.gov
NSN 7R-1680-015855048-P8, REF NR 65-45166-25, QTY 1 EA, DELIVERY FOB ORIGIN. This part is a commercial/nondevelopmental/off-the-shelf item. Commercial item descriptions, commercial vendor catalog or price lists or commercial manuals assigned a technical manual number apply. The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the Government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in one of the NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) Source Approval Information Brochures listed below. Spares: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-Weapon-Systems-Sup port/Business-Opps/ Repair: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP -Weapon-Systems-Support/Business-Opps/ technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similar item, or if this is an item you have never made. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVSUP WSS submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet Government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. The NAVSUP WSS Commercial Item Identification Brochure is now available at: "https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-Weapon-Systems-Support/Bus iness-Opps/" The proposed acquisition is 100% set aside for small business concerns (seeFAR clause 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside). The specifictype of set-aside will be addressed in the solicitation through inclusion ofone of the appropriate clauses listed here: FAR 52.219-3 Notice of HUBZone Set-Aside or Sole Source Award FAR 52.219-27 Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small BusinessSet-Aside FAR 52.219-29 Notice of Set-Aside for Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business Concerns FAR 52.219-30 Notice of Set-Aside for Women-Owned Small Business Concerns Eligible Under the Women-Owned Small Business Program DFARS 252.226-7000 Notice of Historically Black College or University andMinority Institution Set-Aside
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