Sources Sought
B-2 Power Drive Unit Controller Repair
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. PDUCFD20302700309SSS
Due in 10 days
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The U.S. Air Force (424th Supply Chain Management Squadron, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma) is doing market research to find companies that can repair the B-2 bomber's Power Drive Unit Controller (NSN 6110-01-317-2372FW, P/N 741146J). This is a Sources Sought notice, not a solicitation, and no contract or funding is promised. Interested companies reply by email by 18 October 2026 with business information and answers to a short capability survey.
Watch out for
- Sources sought only, no solicitation or funding. Nothing is being awarded now and no money is available, so a response only puts you on the Air Force's radar for a possible later solicitation.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
- OEM data rights and licensing needed. The Air Force has no technical data and the OEM holds all data rights, so a company without an OEM license or repair manual is unlikely to qualify.
data (OEM has all data rights), have facilities and special tooling required to perform the work
- Source approval and engineering costs. Becoming an approved source may mean paying your own nonrecurring engineering costs before you can win work.
sources may be responsible for nonrecurring engineering costs associated with becoming an
- Repair parts cost is on the contractor. The contractor replaces doubtful parts at its own expense and is told to build the cost of replacing some parts into its repair price.
The Contractor is advised to include the cost of replacing a percentage of each
- Heavy compliance load for a small repair job. Nuclear hardness, counterfeit parts, supply chain risk, foreign ownership and NIST 800-171 cybersecurity plans all add cost and paperwork for about 25 units.
The Contractor shall establish, document, and maintain a nuclear hardness
- PWS is still a draft. The performance work statement is marked Draft and has gaps, such as an unfinished government-property attachment, so requirements may change.
(Add Attachement E to PWS,
Full brief
What they want
- Repair the B-2 Power Drive Unit Controller: disassemble, clean, inspect, reassemble, test and finish it back to serviceable condition
- Estimated need: 15 units in a basic year, plus options for 5 units and 5 units
- Do a teardown, test and evaluate step first and send the Government a repair proposal before repairing
- Provide the OEM repair manual and an OEM licensee agreement showing the OEM approves the company to repair this item
- Run supply chain, parts, obsolescence and long-lead parts management and deliver serviceable units on schedule
- Have the facilities, special tooling and trained staff, and keep a counterfeit-parts plan and a supply chain risk plan
- Report through CAVAF, deliver monthly production reports, and support DCMA quality inspections at the repair site
- Period of performance
- Estimated basic year plus two options (option lengths not stated). The draft PWS says the contractor must meet the delivery schedule but gives no dates.
- Place of performance
- USA (contractor's repair facility; the notice gives no specific location)
- How they'll choose
- No evaluation or award. This is market research to decide whether the work can be competed or set aside for small business, and to shape a future acquisition.
- Offers due
- 18 October 2026 (notice deadline 2026-10-18T17:00:00-05:00)
- How to submit
- Email the response to 424SCMS.GUEA.RFIResponses@us.af.mil. Source Approval Request (SAR) packages go to the AFSC Small Business Office (afsc.sb.workflow@us.af.mil), preferably through DoD SAFE (safe.apps.mil).
What to include when you submit
- Part I: company name, address, point of contact, CAGE code, phone, email, website, NAICS size, and Yes/No for small business, woman-owned, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned and SAM registration
- Part I also asks whether the company is domestically or foreign owned, and for the same details on any teaming or joint venture partners
- Part II: answer the capability survey on services experience, repair procedure development, past similar contracts (contract number, agency, value, services), quality program such as ISO 9001 or AS9100, configuration management and obsolescence, and inventory and repair status reporting
- Say how you would handle missing drawings, specifications, technical data and test procedures
- Include a copy of the OEM repair manual and an OEM licensee agreement if you have them
- Send SAR questions only to the SAR contacts and technical questions only to the engineering email; do not contact the originator of the post
- Oral submissions are not accepted
You must have
- Open to all business sizes and socioeconomic types at this stage; the Government is asking whether a small business set-aside is possible
businesses to include, Large Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Businesses 8(a)s,
- Source approval: qualification requirements apply, so a Source Approval Request package can be submitted
Qualification Requirements (RQR-848) apply, therefore, a Source Approval Request (SAR)
- An OEM licensee agreement showing the OEM (Safran Electronics & Defense, CAGE 167Y3) approves the company to repair the item
an OEM licensee agreement
- A written counterfeit prevention plan for electronic parts
Counterfeit Prevention Plan (CPP). Contractors that supply electronic parts or
- A nuclear hardness assurance program for the work
The Contractor shall establish, document, and maintain a nuclear hardness
- A documented quality system for the end item
The Contractor shall establish, document and maintain a quality system as a
- Disclosure of foreign ownership, control or influence, with a Standard Form 328
The Contractor will disclose any Foreign Ownership,
- A cybersecurity plan for supply chain information, tied to NIST SP 800-171
The Contractor will implement a cybersecurity protection of
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, pricing format and estimated value (none stated)
- Delivery schedule, repair turnaround time and the length of the option periods
- Whether this will be competed, set aside for small business, or sole-sourced (that is what the survey is meant to decide)
- Any current repair source or previous contract number
- The Government-furnished property list (Attachment E is not filled in) and the CAVAF reporting attachment (Attachment D text is cut off)
- Final CDRL data requirements and the evaluation approach, since no solicitation exists yet
- Exact repair location requirements (the notice only says USA)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 18, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- PDUCFD20302700309SSS
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8119 Afsc Pzabc
- NAICS
- 336413
- Product/service code
- 6110
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Contracting contact
- Taylor Baptistetaylor.baptiste@us.af.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REQUESTS FOR A SOLICITATION WILL NOT RECEIVE A RESPONSE. This Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) is in support of Market Research being conducted by the United States Air Force to identify potential repair sources for the requirements identified below and to determine if this effort can be competitive or a Small Business Set-Aside. This is not a Request for Proposal (or solicitation) or an indication that a contractual commitment will exist for this requirement. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market research. No funds are available to fund the information solicited.
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