Solicitation for Acquisition of Door (R), Aircraft

What they want

• Supply the Door (R), Aircraft, national stock number (NSN) 1560-01-582-6079, part number 70207-52701-041: QTY 7 each minimum, 12 each maximum, over three years.
• Price each line at a fixed unit price. Year 1 is QTY 7 each, Year 2 QTY 3 each, Year 3 QTY 2 each, which totals 12.
• Year 1 is priced twice for the same QTY 7 each: line 0001AA with the first article test and line 0001AB without it.
• Build and test one first article (a sample unit) at the production facility. Send the First Article Test Report (line 0004, not separately priced) 710 days after award.
• Deliver to Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania (DLA Distribution, 11 Hap Arnold Blvd, Bldg 11), FOB destination (delivered to the buyer's site at the seller's cost). Delivery starts 1080 days after award for line 0001AA and 720 days after award for the other lines, at 1 per month.
• Mark each door with item unique identification (IUID: a machine-readable 2D barcode mark) and bar codes. Pack to military packaging standards, with wood that meets ISPM-15 (a heat-treated wood standard).
• Meet the quality system standard ANSI/ISO/ASQ 9001:2015, as 9100 or equivalent, and calibrate test equipment to the listed standards.

What to include when you submit

• Fill in a firm fixed unit price and total for each line in ordering periods 1, 2 and 3. Price both 0001AA (with first article) and 0001AB (without it).
• Complete the Proposal Adequacy Checklist (DFARS 252.215-7993), giving the page where each requested item is found or an explanation if it is not provided.
• Give the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) unique identifier from the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) for each information system that handles federal contract information or controlled unclassified information.
• If you hold a contract or purchase order for the same national stock number that requires a first article test, give its contract number and first article due date.
• Non-manufacturers (distributors) must state the source and part number of the item they will supply, and the source must be approved before award.
• Fill in Standard Form 33 block 12 (the offer stays open 60 calendar days unless you insert a different period). Sign it and acknowledge any amendments in block 14.

After award, you must have

• Follow the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) rules for a DO-rated order (a priority-rated national defense order). From W58RGZ-26-R-0070.pdf: [ X ] DO rated order…

Current contractor

No incumbent or prior contract number is named. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CAGE code 78286) is named as the only known source with the technical data. No market research or Government estimate is given.

Not in the notice text

• Part of the solicitation was attached but not fully read: W58RGZ-26-R-0070.pdf had 150,000 of 257,285 characters included (start and end only). The middle, with later contract clauses and the Section J list of attachments, was left out.
• Evaluation factors (Section M) and how the award will be decided are not in the text read.
• Where to send the full offer (block 8 of Standard Form 33) is blank in the text. Only the cost portion is stated to go by e-mail or DoD SAFE.
• The technical data package and any drawings are not described, so what a newly approved source needs to build the part is unknown.
• No dollar estimate or ceiling is given for this contract.
• The place of performance is not stated; the doors ship to the destination named in the schedule.
• Whether the first article test can be waived is up to the contracting officer, who will use any existing first article contract number the offeror gives.