Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Cap, Valve
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Aviation at Oklahoma City asks for quotes on a new aluminum/steel valve cap, national stock number (NSN) 1650 00 321 6291. Each of three lines is QTY 1 EA. The parts go to a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales to an allied government) customer, required on or before 30 JUN 2027. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 11:59 PM Central. More in the summary
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DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City asks for quotes on a new aluminum/steel valve cap, national stock number (NSN) 1650 00 321 6291. Each of three lines is QTY 1 EA. The parts go to a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales to an allied government) customer, required on or before 30 JUN 2027. The response due date is November 16, 2026, 11:59 PM Central.
How to submit: Return the quotation form (Standard Form 18) to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB OK. Buyer email is james.maynard.6@us.af.mil; the form does not say how to send it.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Worth checking: Foreign Military Sales shipping through PIEE and DCMA. This is an FMS order. The shipping form tells vendors to request access to the Procurements Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE). It also says to contact the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and skipping that may add costs you pay.
- Worth checking: Part described only by NSN, part number and short description. The file gives only the national stock number, a manufacturer part number and "Cover opening, Aluminum/Steel". No drawing, specification or source-approval rule appears in the text read, so you may not be able to confirm you can make a matching part.
- Minor: Delivery required on or before 30 JUN 2027. Each of the three lines shows the same required delivery date, so one delivery schedule covers the whole quote.
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- Minor: Quoted prices held firm for 120 days. Your prices must stay valid for 120 days, so price metal and supplier costs with that window in mind.
- Minor: Inspection and acceptance at origin. Inspection and acceptance happen at your location (origin), with a receiving report required, and both the inspection and F.O.B. addresses are for you to fill in.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- SPRTA1-27-Q-0013.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- CAP, VALVE, "Cover opening", Aluminum/Steel, NSN 1650 00 321 6291, Manufacturer Part Number 81982 86198 3
- CLIN 0001: QTY 1 EA; CLIN 0002: QTY 1 EA; CLIN 0003: QTY 1 EA (a contract line item number, or CLIN, is one priced line of the order)
- New manufactured materiel, firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing)
- Required delivery on or before 30 JUN 2027 to the FMS ship-to code DIS002
- Early or partial delivery is acceptable at no additional cost to the Government
- Package to MIL-STD-2073-1 and mark to MIL-STD-129, with heat-treated, certified wood packaging if any wood is used
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price purchase from a request for quotation (RFQ); three line items
- Period of performance
- Delivery on or before 30 JUN 2027 for each of the three lines; no base or option periods stated
- Place of performance
- Burbank, CA, USA (as SAM.gov gives it); the inspection and F.O.B. (free on board: where the buyer takes over the goods) addresses are left for the contractor to fill in
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 16, 2026, 11:59 PM Central
- How to submit
- Return the quotation form (Standard Form 18) to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB OK. Buyer email is james.maynard.6@us.af.mil; the form does not say how to send it.
What to include when you submit
- Fill in unit price and amount for each of the three lines (CLINs 0001, 0002 and 0003), and the quoter name, address and CAGE code (Commercial and Government Entity code, a five-character company ID)
- Sign and date the quotation (Blocks 14 and 15) and list the signer's name and phone number
- Offered prices must stay firm for 120 days
- Supplies are treated as domestic origin unless the quoter says otherwise on the form
- Fill in the proposed delivery date for each line
- Fill in the inspection and acceptance address (Section E) and the F.O.B. address (Section F), both marked contractor fill-in
- Fill in the prompt-payment discount block if you offer a discount
Not in the notice text
- How the award will be decided, and any evaluation factors, are not stated in the notice or the form.
- The notice text says only "No synopsis required"; all details are in the one attached form, SPRTA1-27-Q-0013.pdf.
- The form does not say how quotes are sent (email, mail or a portal); ask the buyer, James Maynard.
- SAM.gov states no set-aside; the form's set-aside and added-provisions checkboxes couldn't be read, so check the form on SAM.gov.
- Only one clause is printed (52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations); whether other provisions or representations are attached is unclear.
- No drawing, specification, quality requirement beyond standard inspection, or approved-source list is in the text read.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Return the quotation form (Standard Form 18) to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB OK. Buyer email is james.maynard.6@us.af.mil; the form does not say how to send it. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 1650 · Aircraft Hydraulic, Vacuum, and De-Icing System Components
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336413)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
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- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
No synopsis required
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