Sources Sought
F-15 PTO Shaft
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force · Sol. FA825226R1517
Due in 17 days
AI summary Beta
The Air Force (Hill AFB, Utah) is doing market research to find companies that can supply an F-15 PTO Shaft (a power take-off shaft, a part that transfers engine power to other aircraft equipment). This is a Sources Sought notice, not a request for bids. The Air Force estimates a contract award in March 2027, with delivery to Hill Air Force Base.
Watch out for
- Government does not own the drawings. The specifications and drawings are not owned by the Government, so you would likely need your own source of manufacturing data or a way to build the part without them.
Specifications/Drawings: Not owned by the Government
- Market research only, no award from this notice. This is not a request for proposals or quotes, so replying only helps the Air Force decide how to buy; a later solicitation would be needed to compete for the work.
This is not a Request for Proposal or Quote (RFP/RFQ) or an Invitation For Bid (IFB)
- Key buy details still undecided. The NSN, quantity and delivery schedule are all listed as TBD, so you cannot size or price the work yet.
Delivery Schedule: TBD
- Dates and NAICS codes differ between the notice and the attachment. SAM.gov shows a 10/26/2026 deadline and NAICS 336413, while the attachment says 10/25/2026 and lists NAICS 541380, 336413 and 336412, so confirm with the contact before relying on either.
Responses must be received or postmarked no later than close of business 10/25/2026.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment.
- F-15 PTO Shaft Sources Sought Notice.docx
Full brief
What they want
- Tell the Air Force whether your company can provide the F-15 PTO Shaft (NSN to be determined)
- Send company details: name, address, point of contact, CAGE code, phone, email, web page
- State your business size and socio-economic status for the listed NAICS codes
- State whether your company is domestically or foreign owned (and the country if foreign)
- Describe similar supplies you have sold to the Government and to commercial customers in the past three years
- Describe any teaming arrangements and split the work between prime and teaming partners
- Place of performance
- Delivery to Hill Air Force Base (Utah). The notice's place of performance field is blank.
- Offers due
- SAM.gov shows 2026-10-26 4:00 PM (UTC-06:00, Mountain). The attachment says responses must be received or postmarked by close of business 10/25/2026 and also says the closing date is as documented on SAM.gov.
- How to submit
- Email brooks.poll@us.af.mil or mail to AFSC OL: H/PZACB, Attn: Brooks Poll, 6050 Gum Lane Bldg. 1215, Hill AFB, UT 84056-5805
What to include when you submit
- Provide company name, address, point of contact, CAGE code, phone number, email address and web page URL
- Answer yes/no for: small business, woman-owned, small disadvantaged, 8(a), HUBZone, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned
- State whether the company is domestically or foreign owned
- Describe similar supplies offered to the Government and commercial customers over the past three years
- If teaming, show which work the prime does and which work the partners do
You must have
- No set-aside is listed. The Air Force wants to hear from all small businesses, including 8(a), SDVOSB, HUBZone and women-owned firms, and asks for your small business status.
The Government is interested in all small businesses to include 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, HUBZone, and Women-Owned small business concerns.
- A CAGE Code is requested in the response (a CAGE code is a federal supplier ID, normally issued when you register in SAM.gov).
CAGE Code:
Not in the notice text
- NSN (listed as TBD)
- Quantity (listed as TBD)
- Delivery schedule (listed as TBD)
- Estimated contract value
- Contract type and whether the future buy will be set aside for small business
- Whether any drawings or technical data will be available to bidders (the Government does not own them)
- Which NAICS code and size standard will apply (SAM.gov says 336413; the attachment lists 541380, 336413 and 336412 with a 1250 employee size standard)
- Whether there is a current supplier
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 26, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 14, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- FA825226R1517
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Air Force
- Office
- FA8252 Afsc Ol-H Pzacb Scndary PWR
- NAICS
- 336413
- Product/service code
- 2835
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Contracting contact
- Brooks Pollbrooks.poll@us.af.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
See attached documentation for full description. Amendment 0001 - Amended post to remove DoD Only restriction from attachment. 09/14/2026.
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