Presolicitation
T-38, Displacement Gyroscope, NSN: 6615-01-131-5317
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA811726R0014
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The Air Force at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma plans to buy repair and overhaul services for the T-38 aircraft displacement gyroscope (NSN 6615-01-131-5317). This is a pre-solicitation (advance notice): the actual solicitation is expected on or about 15 October 2026, and the Air Force intends to pick the lowest price technically acceptable offer. Only approved repair sources can compete.
Watch out for
- Approved source (SAR) required. If you are not already an approved repair source for this gyroscope, you likely cannot win; getting approved can take a long time.
SAR APPROVED SOURCE.
- Parts replaced at contractor's cost. Bad or doubtful parts must be replaced at your expense, including from fatigue or normal wear, which makes fixed repair pricing riskier.
be replaced at the Contractors expense. This includes any part requiring replacement due to catastrophic failure, fatigue failure, or normal deterioration.
- Special test equipment required. Final acceptance must be validated on special test equipment, which a small shop may not own.
- Dates do not line up; NSN inconsistency. The response deadline (14 Oct 2026) is before the planned solicitation release (about 15 Oct 2026), and the option year 2 lines list a different NSN (6610-01-603-0699), so check the final solicitation.
- Lowest price decides. LPTA awards go to the lowest price, so there is little room to win on quality or past performance.
UTILIZE LOWEST PRICE TECHNICALLY ACCEPTABLE (LPTA) SOURCE
Full brief
What they want
- Disassemble, analyze, troubleshoot, repair and test T-38 displacement gyroscopes (P/N 19005-2B)
- Alignment, adjustment, calibration, testing, movement, storage and status reporting for repaired items
- Return each item serviceable with same form, fit, function and testability, updated to the latest government-approved configuration
- Pass all OEM specifications, proven by final acceptance test on the special test equipment
- Replace failed or doubtful parts at the contractor's expense
- Base year plus option years, each with about 20 overhauls and 60 repairs, plus no-fault-found and beyond-economic-repair line items
- Contract type
- Delivery repair contract (repair/overhaul CLINs by quantity); exact pricing type not stated
- Period of performance
- Base year plus option years 1 to 4 (CLINs 0001-0007, 1001-1003, 2001-2003, 3001-3003, 4001-4003)
- Place of performance
- Tinker AFB, OK, USA
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA): lowest evaluated cost or price among proposals that conform to all solicitation requirements
- Offers due
- 2026-10-14T15:00:00-05:00 (response deadline shown in the notice fields)
- How to submit
- Questions in writing by email to sheila.thee@us.af.mil; no solicitation is available yet, so how to submit an offer is not stated
What they'll judge offers on
- Lowest evaluated cost or price
- Proposal conforms to all solicitation requirements
- Offeror is a SAR approved source
What to include when you submit
- Solicitation FA8117-26-R-0014 is expected to be issued on or about 15 October 2026, one day after the response deadline shown in the notice
- All responsible sources may submit a capabilities statement, proposal or quotation, which the agency will consider
- Questions must be sent in writing by email and may be posted with answers; vendor identities are not disclosed
- Purchase request number FD20302501946
You must have
- Offerors must be a SAR (Source Approval Request) approved source for this part
SAR APPROVED SOURCE.
- No set-aside: open to all business sizes
Not in the notice text
- The actual solicitation has not been issued, so the full terms, how and where to submit offers, and the real offer due date are unknown
- Length of the base period and option periods in months
- Estimated contract value
- What the SAR approval process requires and whether new sources can still qualify
- Delivery or turnaround times
- Incumbent contractor
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 14, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 29, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- FA811726R0014
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8117 Afsc Pzaba
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 336413
- Product/service code
- J016
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Place of performance
- Tinker Afb, OK
- Contracting contact
- Dannika Jonesdannika.jones@us.af.mil7372357179
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Contractor shall provide the necessary labor, materials, parts, facilities and equipment required to disassemble, analyze, troubleshoot, repair, and test assets, assemblies and/or parts that are maintained or repaired under this contract. These services also include alignment, adjustment, calibration, testing, movement, storage and reporting status related services to the repair and return of it to the users. Work performed under this work specification includes all actions necessary to ensure that the repair activity returns the serviceable end item with the same form, fit, function, and testability to the Government, including updating to the latest hardware/software configuration approved and funded by the government. The extent of repair required to assure a serviceable end item efficiently serves its intended purpose shall be determined by the inspection, test, bench check, and required disassembly. Repaired items shall pass all OEM specifications, validated by the special Test Equipment final acceptance test. Any component parts that do not meet specified inspection requirements, or if there is any doubt as to its serviceability or longevity shall be replaced at the Contractors expense. This includes any part requiring replacement due to catastrophic failure, fatigue failure, or normal deterioration.
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