SUPPORT,SEAL,AIRCRAFT

What they want

• Make and deliver the F100 engine seal support, P/N 4065651 (NSN 2840-01-211-8933NZ), nickel alloy: estimated 110 each (minimum 27, maximum 165)
• Deliver to DLA Distribution Depot Oklahoma, Tinker AFB, OK by 16 July 2029, shipped F.O.B. origin by surface
• Supply first article units: 1 each (CLIN 0002) and 2 each (CLIN 0003) for Government testing and approval
• Send a first article test plan (due 30 calendar days after contract) and a first article test report (due 120 calendar days after the plan is approved)
• Meet critical safety item quality rules, ISO 9001:2015, item unique identification (IUID) marking, and military packaging and marking (MIL-STD-2073-1, MIL-STD-129)
• Work from the Government engineering data list (drawings and specs); the contractor must obtain some outside material specs (AMS, SAE, MIL-STD) on its own

What they'll judge offers on

• Technical (pass/fail acceptability, listed first)
• Price or Cost (evaluated as unit price times the quantity in Schedule B)
• Past Performance (based mainly on the offeror's Supplier Risk Score in SPRS)

What to include when you submit

• Include a signed copy of the solicitation (SF 1447) with Sections A through K; the solicitation says complete block 27 with name, title and date (it also names blocks 12, 13, 14 and 15; the cover page names blocks 11, 13, 15, 21, 22 and 27, so confirm with the buyer)
• Put all pricing in Section B at line-item level: unit price and extended price for each CLIN
• Prices must be held firm for 120 days (stated on the cover page); the proposal should say how long it is valid
• Complete the Inspection and Acceptance clause (Section E) and the F.O.B. Origin address (Section F)
• Complete annual representations and certifications in SAM
• Acknowledge any solicitation amendments
• If offering surplus material, return the 'Required Information for Surplus Material Evaluation' form
• Include a small business subcontracting plan only if required
• Provide authorized offeror personnel, Government office contacts, company address and codes (CAGE, TIN, size), and any exceptions to terms and conditions
• If using a significant subcontractor for past performance (over 60 percent of the effort), include their consent letter; commercial references need a client authorization letter

You must have

• Must be a source approved by the U.S. Air Force. The notice does not say how to get on the approved list. This item is competitive but restricted to sources approved by the USAF.
• Quality system: higher-level contract quality requirement of ISO 9001:2015 on the production line item (also marked as a Critical Safety Item) Higher Level Contract Quality Requirements: ISO 9001:2015
• First article plan and report must show that significant manufacturing processes (and any forging or casting) are done by sources approved/certified by the engine maker (P&W) or the Air Force engineering authority (AFLCMC/LPSAA) e. A plan to verify that all significant manufacturing processes are performed by sources that are currently approved/
• Active SAM registration with current annual representations and certifications Offerors are required to complete electronic annual representations and certifications in SAM accessed via
• Current NIST SP 800-171 DoD assessment score posted in SPRS (cybersecurity), if the offeror must implement NIST SP 800-171 In order to be considered for award, if the Offeror is required to implement NIST SP 800-171, the
• Item unique identification (IUID) marking and reporting capability for delivered items IUID Required: Yes
• No set-aside: open to any size business, with a small business size standard of 1,500 employees for NAICS 336412 (Buy American Act applies)

Current contractor

No incumbent or prior contract number is named. The engineering data list shows the original manufacturer as RTX Corporation (CAGE 77445; the data sheets refer to P&W), and the Air Force engineering authority is AFLCMC/LPSAA.

Not in the notice text

• How a company becomes an Air Force approved source for this part, and which sources are currently approved
• Unit prices, total dollar value, and award history: the price fields are blank
• About 8,700 characters from the middle of the main solicitation PDF (SPRTA126R0117.pdf, part of the Section K representations) were not provided
• The drawings and other technical data listed as 'furnished with solicitation', plus LPF-QAR-003, the market research file, and the other CDRL forms, were not in the text provided
• Whether the 'firm quantity' used for price evaluation is the estimated 110, the 27 minimum, or something else
• Whether CLIN 0002 and 0003 first article quantities are priced separately and how first article approval affects the production CLIN
• The relative weight of price versus past performance (the text says 'approximately equal') and how much the non-price factors count (a sentence in Section M is blank)
• Exact blocks the offeror must complete on the SF 1447 (the cover page and Section L list different blocks)