Solicitation
Valve, Safety Relief (3D)
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), through DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, asks for quotes on a new-manufacture safety relief valve, QTY 6 EA (each); the issuing office is DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City. It is a critical safety item (CSI): a part whose failure could cause an unsafe condition. The maker must already be a qualified source before award, and delivery to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is required by August 22, 2027. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Part of the solicitation PDF (SPRTA127Q2221.pdf) was not read: its middle section, which likely holds the rest of the quoting instructions (Section L) and any evaluation criteria. Check the full solicitation on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), through DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, asks for quotes on a new-manufacture safety relief valve, QTY 6 EA (each); the issuing office is DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City. It is a critical safety item (CSI): a part whose failure could cause an unsafe condition. The maker must already be a qualified source before award, and delivery to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is required by August 22, 2027.
Who can bid (7)
- The product, manufacturer or source must be qualified for this item before award (a qualification requirement), whether the maker is you or a subcontractor.
- To gain source approval under the manufacture qualification requirements (MQR-PSD-1), have a valid company profile on record with the Air Force engineering support activity and submit a source approval request (SAR).
- Proof of past manufacture: purchase orders and shipping documents for the item (or a similar item) made and delivered within 3 years of the date the Government receives the source approval request.
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- A current quality assurance certificate (ISO 9001, AS9100 or NATO AQAP-2070) as part of the company profile.
- A Department of Defense DD Form 2345 (U.S. or Canada) or an export control license, needed to request restricted drawings and for the company profile.
- If required to implement NIST SP 800-171 (National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity rules for protecting Government information), have a current assessment score posted in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS).
- Supplies are of domestic origin unless the quoter says otherwise (Buy American rules apply).
How to submit: The form says to furnish quotations to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3070. The buyer listed is Rhonda Griffin (rhonda.griffin.1@us.af.mil).. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (9)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Source must be qualified before award. A business that is not already an approved source for this item cannot win. Unless the Government finds it in its interest, award is not delayed to let a bidder finish qualifying.
- Serious: Source approval needs proof of past manufacture within 3 years. The source approval package must show you made the item, or a similar one, and shipped it within the last 3 years. Businesses with no such experience are not evaluated.
- Serious: No-experience source approval requests are not evaluated. Requests from businesses with no experience (Category III) or that would reverse engineer the part (Category IV) are not evaluated under this qualification document.
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- Worth checking: Critical safety item, new manufacture. The part is a critical safety item that must be newly made, with extra quality, marking and non-conforming-part reporting duties.
- Worth checking: Drawings need a DD Form 2345 or export license. Pricing a made-to-drawing part needs the technical data, and requests for it must come with an approved DD Form 2345 or an export control license.
- Worth checking: Quantity may change between 3 and 9. The current need is 6 each, but you must price for 3 to 9 each, so unit price must hold across that range.
- Worth checking: Cost and pricing data may be required. The Government may ask for certified or uncertified cost data with the quote, and a bidder that does not comply is ineligible for award.
- Worth checking: Cybersecurity assessment needed for award. If you must follow NIST SP 800-171, a current assessment score must be posted in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) to be considered.
- Minor: Delivery required by August 22, 2027. A new-manufacture critical safety item must be qualified, built, inspected and shipped to Tinker AFB by this required delivery date.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- SPRTA127Q2221.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- New-manufacture safety relief valve, national stock number (NSN: the federal catalog number) 4820-01-182-6252 NZ, manufacturer part number 59875 217327-1, QTY 6 EA. It protects against excessive discharge pressures.
- Quote quantity ranges that give the best price between a minimum of 3 each and a maximum of 9 each. The current Air Force need is 6 each and may change.
- Show any non-recurring engineering (NRE: one-time engineering and setup cost) as a separate price at the time you send your quote.
- Mark each delivered part with item unique identification (IUID: a permanent identifying mark tracked in a Government registry), using bag/tag marking per the latest MIL-STD-130.
- Package per MIL-STD-2073-1 and mark shipping containers per MIL-STD-129 (military packaging and marking standards). Wood packing material must be heat-treated and debarked.
- Meet the higher-level quality standard ISO 9001 listed in the schedule. Inspection and acceptance are at origin, and a receiving report goes through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), the Government's online invoicing and receiving system.
- Deliver to DLA Distribution Depot Oklahoma, Tinker AFB, OK, by 22 AUG 2027, F.O.B. origin.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing. Request for quotation (RFQ), a rated order for national defense (rating DO: A1).
- Period of performance
- One delivery of QTY 6 EA required by 22 AUG 2027. No option periods are listed.
- Place of performance
- Ship to DLA Distribution Depot Oklahoma, 3301 F Ave, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-8000, USA (listed as the ship-to and place of performance).
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- The form says to furnish quotations to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3070. The buyer listed is Rhonda Griffin (rhonda.griffin.1@us.af.mil).
What to include when you submit
- Quote the valve at a unit price for quantity ranges between the minimum of 3 each and the maximum of 9 each (current need is 6 each).
- Propose any NRE costs separately, at the time of quote submission.
- If uncertified cost and pricing data is required to decide whether a price is fair and reasonable, send it with the quote. A bidder that does not comply is ineligible for award.
- Prices must stay firm for 120 days.
- Fill in your proposed delivery, the F.O.B. address and the inspection location (marked contractor fill-in), and sign and date the quotation form (Standard Form 18).
- Show that you or your manufacturer are qualified for this item (FAR 52.209-1). If qualified but not yet listed, send evidence of qualification before award.
- Complete the representations and certifications, or confirm the ones current in SAM.gov.
- Optional: state whether a different economic purchase quantity would give a better price (FAR 52.207-4).
After award, you must have
- A designated electronic business point of contact in SAM.gov and registration in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) to send invoices and receiving reports. From SPRTA127Q2221.pdf:
(1) Have a designated electronic business point of contact in the System for Award Management at…
- Mark the delivered item with an item unique identification (IUID) mark. From SPRTA127Q2221.pdf:
IUID Required: Yes…
Not in the notice text
- Part of the solicitation PDF (SPRTA127Q2221.pdf) was not read: its middle section, which likely holds the rest of the quoting instructions (Section L) and any evaluation criteria. Check the full solicitation on SAM.gov.
- How the award is decided (evaluation factors) is not stated in the text read.
- How to send the quote (email, portal or mail) is not stated beyond the issuing office in Block 5A.
- SAM.gov states no set-aside. The form's small business set-aside line couldn't be read clearly; check the form on SAM.gov.
- The engineering drawings for part 217327-1 are not among the files read, and where to get them is not stated.
- The Government's estimate or budget for this buy is not given.
- How long source approval review takes is not stated. The qualification contact named is the Source Development Specialist, 3001 Staff Drive STE 1AG85A, Tinker AFB, OK 73145.
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: The form says to furnish quotations to the issuing office in Block 5A: DLA Weapons Support at Oklahoma City, 3001 Staff Drive, Tinker AFB, OK 73145-3070. The buyer listed is Rhonda Griffin (rhonda.griffin.1@us.af.mil). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 4820 · Valves, Nonpowered
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336412)
- 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
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