Presolicitation
New Manufacture: NSN 1560015423037FL / PN 527-14957-2/ TAB,TRIM,AIRCRAFT / Boeing Rights Gaurd
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThis is a presolicitation: the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation office in Oklahoma City plans a 100% small business set-aside to buy new-manufacture aircraft trim tabs for the C/KC-135 aircraft, National Stock Number (NSN) 1560015423037FL, part number 527-14957-2. The need is 46 units including 1ea First Article, and the final buy could be 12 to 71 units. Drawings are released only to firms with export-control certification who also meet the Boeing Rights Guard (BRG) rules. SAM.gov's response date is November 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, when the solicitation is expected. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: The solicitation itself is not in this notice: the synopsis says the request for proposal SPRTA1-27-R-0069 will give the delivery schedule, evaluation factors, contracting officer contacts and the steps to request the BRG drawings package. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
This is a presolicitation: the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation office in Oklahoma City plans a 100% small business set-aside to buy new-manufacture aircraft trim tabs for the C/KC-135 aircraft, National Stock Number (NSN) 1560015423037FL, part number 527-14957-2. The need is 46 units including 1ea First Article, and the final buy could be 12 to 71 units. Drawings are released only to firms with export-control certification who also meet the Boeing Rights Guard (BRG) rules. SAM.gov's response date is November 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, when the solicitation is expected.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business for NAICS 336413: this is a 100% small business set-aside
- Export control certification (registered through the Joint Certification Program website) to receive and view the technical data package
- Boeing Rights Guard certification and procedures to receive the bid-set package as a DoD SAFE zip file
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- Qualification requirements under FAR 52.246-11 and AS 9100 (an aerospace quality management standard) apply
How to submit: Scanned, signed PDF proposal by email to the contracting officer is authorized; the solicitation is downloaded from www.sam.gov and no hard copies are sent. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: 100% small business set-aside. Only small businesses under NAICS code 336413 can send proposals.
- Serious: Drawings need two layers of certification. You must be export control certified and meet Boeing Rights Guard rules before you can see the drawings, so the work can't be priced without them.
- Worth checking: Drawings requests come first; closing date not extended for more time. Days 1 through 15 of the solicitation period are for requesting the drawings package, and closing dates will not be extended just to give more time to propose.
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- Worth checking: First article is required. The first of the 46 units is a first article (a sample built and approved before production), so a bidder must plan for that sample.
- Worth checking: Quantity could be 12 to 71 units. The final buy may differ from the 46 units now planned, which makes pricing harder for a small shop.
- Worth checking: Marking, serial numbers and Buy American rules. Item unique identification marking is mandatory at any price, serial numbers are required, and the Buy American and Balance of Payments Program clause applies.
- Minor: Award depends on available funds. The Government's obligation is contingent on appropriated funds under FAR 52.232-18, and the requirement is described as an advance Air Force requirement.
- Minor: Foreign-owned firms should ask first. Foreign-owned firms are told to contact the contracting officer or program manager about award restrictions before proposing.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- Synopsis_27-00203 (Boeing Rights Guard).pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Make new-manufacture Tab, Trim, Aircraft units, part number 527-14957-2, for the C/KC-135 aircraft (surplus is not authorized)
- Current requirement: 46 units (including 1ea First Article); the final buy could be 12 to 71 units
- Part: about 52.5 inches long, 16.5 inches wide and 7.5 inches high, 57 pounds, aluminum and honeycomb; it aids the pilot in holding or moving the flight control
- Deliver to the DLA Distribution Depot Oklahoma, Tinker Air Force Base (SW3211)
- Mark parts with item unique identification (IUID) marks and serial numbers; IUID marking is required regardless of unit price
- Contract type
- New manufacture, fixed-quantity contract is contemplated; noncommercial FAR Part 15 procedures, written procedures; a single manufacturing source gets the award
- Place of performance
- USA (SAM.gov); delivery destination is the US Government / DLA Distribution Depot Oklahoma, Tinker AFB (SW3211)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Scanned, signed PDF proposal by email to the contracting officer is authorized; the solicitation is downloaded from www.sam.gov and no hard copies are sent
What to include when you submit
- Request the Boeing Rights Guard technical data package (TDP: the drawings and specifications) as a DoD SAFE zip file following the steps in the solicitation when issued
- Hold the export control certification needed to receive and view the TDP before requesting it
- Written procedures are used, so send the completed and signed proposal as a scanned PDF
Current contractor
Previously purchased from AGTECK, INC., against Purchase Order SPRTA1-16-P-0161, awarded September 21, 2016. The synopsis calls this a full and open competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time and names no current contractor.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself is not in this notice: the synopsis says the request for proposal SPRTA1-27-R-0069 will give the delivery schedule, evaluation factors, contracting officer contacts and the steps to request the BRG drawings package
- The final response due date: SAM.gov shows November 4, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, and the synopsis gives an estimated closing date of 03 November 2026
- The delivery dates and the contract's dollar value are not stated
- How proposals will be evaluated and whether first article units count toward the quantity price
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 336413
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Scanned, signed PDF proposal by email to the contracting officer is authorized; the solicitation is downloaded from www.sam.gov and no hard copies are sent. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 1560 · Airframe Structural Components
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336413)
- 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
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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