Solicitation
Valve, Fuel System
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Aviation at Oklahoma City (Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense) wants quotes for QTY 4 EA of a fuel system valve for a turboprop engine. It is a critical safety item bought for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales of defense items to allied governments) case, so only a source approved by the design control activity may supply it. The response due date is November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, extended from October 31, 2026. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 16, 2026. It moves the due date from May 11, 2026 to Nov 15, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City (Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense) wants quotes for QTY 4 EA of a fuel system valve for a turboprop engine. It is a critical safety item bought for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales of defense items to allied governments) case, so only a source approved by the design control activity may supply it. The response due date is November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, extended from October 31, 2026.
Who can bid (4)
- Use only a source approved by the design control activity (the agency office that owns the item's design), because the valve is a critical safety item
- Have, or get before delivery, supply chain traceability records showing the item conforms and, for part-numbered items, comes from an approved manufacturer
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), with representations and certifications current
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- If you must follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800-171 cybersecurity standard, have a current assessment (not more than 3 years old) posted in SPRS
How to submit: Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil. 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 16, 2026.
- Serious: Critical safety item: approved sources only. A business that is not an approved source for this valve cannot supply it, so check with the contracting officer before spending time on a quote.
- Serious: Only the named part number is acceptable. Part-numbered items must come from the listed manufacturer and match the part number, so a similar valve will not qualify.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Sep 2, 2026): Required delivery date of September 2, 2026 comes before the response due date. The schedule asks for delivery on or before September 2, 2026, but Section M says a quoted delivery that misses the required date may still be considered responsive.
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- Worth checking: Cost or pricing data may be required. If the Government asks for certified cost and pricing data and a bidder does not send it, that bidder is ineligible for award.
- Minor: Response due date extended twice. The amendment moves the response due date to November 15, 2026 from October 31, 2026, which had replaced May 11, 2026; the attached form still shows May 11, 2026.
- Minor: Price-hold period: 120 days or 60 days. One line says offered prices stay firm for 120 days, while the form's default wording says 60 calendar days unless the bidder inserts another period; ask the buyer which applies.
- Minor: Item unique identification and serial number required. Each valve needs a serial number and an IUID mark, which adds marking and registry reporting work to a small order.
- Minor: Past performance is read from the SPRS risk score. No past performance paperwork is needed, but a weak Supplier Risk Score can hurt the offer, and a firm with no record gets a Neutral rating.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- SPRTA126Q0240.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Supply QTY 4 EA of VALVE,FUEL SYSTEM, national stock number (NSN) 2915-00-626-3123OJ, part number 6814762 (manufacturer lines 06848 6814762 and 63005 6814762). New manufacture only; surplus is not authorized.
- Deliver by the required delivery date in the schedule, September 2, 2026; early delivery is acceptable. Shipping terms are F.O.B. origin (freight on board at the point of shipment), to FMS ship-to code DCO005.
- Mark the valve with a serial number and a unique item identifier (IUID: a machine-readable mark that tracks the item), and report it in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), the Defense Department's electronic invoice and receiving report system.
- Meet the higher-level quality requirements named in the schedule (ISO 9001, AS9100 or NATO AQAP 2070, or equivalent), with inspection and acceptance at origin and a receiving report.
- Keep supply chain traceability records for ten years after final payment and give them to the contracting officer within three business days of a request.
- Tell the contracting officer right away if the part number is superseded or production is phased out or discontinued.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) supply order, a rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
- Period of performance
- One-time delivery of QTY 4 EA, required on or before September 2, 2026 (early delivery acceptable)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value, performance price tradeoff (PPT): quotes are first checked for technical acceptability, then price and past performance are traded off, with the two about equal in weight
- Offers due
- November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (pass/fail): no technical quote is required; acceptable if the quote complies with the Section B schedule and its attachments
- Price: quoted unit price multiplied by the firm quantity in Section B
- Past Performance: based mainly on the bidder's Supplier Risk Score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS); no past performance information has to be sent; no record gets a Neutral rating
What to include when you submit
- Include a signed copy of the solicitation and Sections A through K in the quote.
- Price every line in Section B, the schedule; it is the price quote. Formal technical quotes are not required.
- Fill in the inspection and acceptance address (Section E), the F.O.B. origin address (Section F) and the activity address clause (Section G).
- State in the quote that it is valid for at least the number of days in Section A (120 days), counted from the closing date.
- Acknowledge receipt of any amendment when you submit the quote.
- List any exceptions to the terms in a table: solicitation paragraph, the requirement, and your reason.
- Give the name, title and phone number of who can obligate the company and who may negotiate with the Government.
- Give company address, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Unique Entity ID, size (large or small), labor surplus area status, and every place the work will be done.
- Send certified or uncertified cost and pricing data if it is required; propose any non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs separately; include a subcontracting plan if applicable.
- Complete the representations and certifications, including the unmanned aircraft and telecommunications representations.
Not in the notice text
- Place of performance is not stated in SAM.gov or the schedule; shipping is F.O.B. origin.
- The solicitation lists three exhibits (AFMC 158 packaging requirements, DD Form 1653 transportation data and an IUID checklist); their text was not in the documents read, so packaging and marking details are unknown.
- SAM.gov states no set-aside; the form's set-aside labels do not show which box, if any, is marked.
- Whether certified or uncertified cost and pricing data will be required is not stated.
- No drawing or specification is attached; the item is identified by national stock number and manufacturer part number only.
- Which manufacturers are approved sources for this critical safety item is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Apr 7, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 2915 · Engine Fuel System Components, Aircraft and Missile Prime Movers
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336412)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 15, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 31, 2026 (changed)
- Apr 7, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due May 11, 2026 (changed)
- Mar 3, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Mar 18, 2026
- 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 respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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