Solicitation
Lever, Remote Control; NSN: 1680-01-264-2104 supporting the AH-64 Apache Airframe
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army · Sol. W58RGZ-26-R-0032
Due in 21 days
AI summary Beta
Army Contracting Command-Redstone wants to buy AH-64 Apache remote control levers (NSN 1680-01-264-2104), a critical safety item, under a five-year firm-fixed-price IDIQ contract with a minimum of 52 and a maximum of 300 units. The RFP names The Boeing Company as the only known approved source and requires a first article test, so this is hard to enter for a new supplier. Proposals are due October 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM Central by email.
Watch out for
- Boeing is the only known approved source. Unless you are already approved for this critical safety item, you would face source approval before you can win; check how new sources are approved with the Contract Specialist.
b. The only known approved source is:
- No evaluation factors given. Section M lists only provisions incorporated by reference, so you cannot tell how the award will be decided or what to emphasize.
SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD
- First article test at your risk. Production before first article approval is at the contractor's sole risk and test costs, including re-tests, fall on you; the Government may waive it only if you previously supplied similar items.
the contract quantity is at the sole risk of the Contractor.
- First article timing conflicts. The clause requires delivery of the test unit within 5 days of the contract and gives the Government 180 days to decide, while the schedule says the test starts on a mutually agreed date and the Government has 45 days to approve the report.
within 5 calendar days from the date of this contract
- Due date and contacts are inconsistent. Amendment 1 moved the due date to October 30, 2026, but section A-3 still says September 30, and the Contracting Officer is named as Ben A. Henson in one place and Jessica T. Mangum in another; confirm with the Contract Specialist.
Proposal due date changed from 30 September 2026 to 30 October 2026
- Heavy cost proposal requirements. Expect a working Excel cost model, back-up for subcontract and material items and possibly certified cost or pricing data, which is a lot of work for a small supplier.
Certified cost and pricing data may be required for this
- Only the minimum quantity is guaranteed. Only the first order for the minimum of 52 units is committed at award, and later orders depend on funds.
c. All orders are subject to the availability of funds.
- Ordering period dates look wrong. The pricing assumptions list only four ordering periods and dates in 2028 to 2032, but the RFP calls for five periods starting at award.
Ordering Period 1: 2028 June 30 to 2029 June 29
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- W58RGZ-26-R-0032_RFP_w Amendment 0001.pdf
Full brief
What they want
- Supply AH-64 Apache Lever, Remote Control spares (P/N 7-311525064-21): minimum 52, maximum 300 units over five years
- Deliver one first article test unit and a first article test report (due 15 days after the test)
- Mark items with IUID (item unique identification) and serial numbers
- Meet packaging: military preservation, level B packing, MIL-STD-2073-1 and MIL-STD-129 markings
- Meet ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent quality standard
- Deliver FOB destination against delivery orders; first order issued at award for the minimum quantity
- Invoice through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF)
- Contract type
- Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) supply contract
- Period of performance
- Five years: five one-year ordering periods starting at contract award
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, AL (per the notice); items delivered FOB destination
- Offers due
- October 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM Central (the amendment writes 'Central Standard Time (CST)'; the notice header shows 15:00 at UTC-05:00). Proposal valid for 180 days.
- How to submit
- Email to Contract Specialist Candace M. King (candace.m.king.civ@army.mil) and the Contracting Officer
What to include when you submit
- Complete and sign SF 33, plus Section I (clauses) and Section K (representations and certifications) as Acrobat PDF
- Files in PDF and/or Excel; every file must carry the RFP number and offeror name
- Pricing template: fill in firm-fixed unit prices for ordering periods 1 to 5 and the first article test price
- Cost/price narrative and an Excel working cost model with live formulas
- Back-up for material and subcontract items over the micro-purchase threshold, plus a 10% random sample of other bill-of-material items
- Complete the DFARS 252.215-7009 Proposal Adequacy Checklist
- Certified cost or pricing data may be required; all prices in U.S. dollars
- Propose the entire solicitation; any waiver request must still include the cost, broken out
You must have
- Approved source for a critical safety item. Boeing is the only known approved source
b. The only known approved source is:
- Meets critical safety item (CSI) controls with heightened quality surveillance
a. The AH-64 Apache Lever, Remote Control is a Critical Safety Item (CSI).
- Contractor first article test (pass Government approval)
d. Contractor First Article Test Is Required.
- ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent quality system
ISO 9001:2015 or equivalent
- Active SAM.gov registration
52.204-7 SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT-REGISTRATION (FEB2026)
- IUID markings and serial numbering on delivered items
e. IUID Markings are required.
- Accept a DO-rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System
[ X ] DO rated order
Current contractor
No incumbent or prior contract number is named. The Boeing Company (CAGE 8V613) is listed as the only known approved source.
Not in the notice text
- How award will be decided: Section M gives no evaluation factors
- Technical data package, drawings and the first article test characteristics (said to be 'specified elsewhere in this contract')
- Delivery schedule for each delivery order (shipping requirements are in each order)
- Estimated dollar value
- How a new source gets approved for this critical safety item
- Which date and contracting officer are correct (section A-3 versus Amendment 1)
- Exact ordering period dates
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 30, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Aug 12, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- W58RGZ-26-R-0032
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Army
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Rsa
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 336413
- Product/service code
- 1680
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Place of performance
- Redstone Arsenal, AL, 35898
- Contracting contact
- Jessica Mangumjessica.t.mangum.civ@army.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Spares procurement of the AH-64 Apache Lever, Remote Control; NSN: 1680-01-264-2104; P/N: 7-311525064-21. Please direct all responses to this posting to Contract Specialist, Candace M. King, candace.m.king.civ@army.mil.
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