Presolicitation
KC-135/E3 Valve, Linear Direct
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Aviation at Oklahoma City plans to buy linear direct valves (NSN 4810008180440HS, part numbers 526574 and 52657-4), listed for KC-135/E3 aircraft. The best estimated quantity is 287 each (range 96 to 287), delivered to Hill AFB, UT in monthly lots from January 1, 2027 to December 1, 2027, over a 1-year contract period. This is a presolicitation with responses due November 30, 2026, 3:00 PM Central; the Government says specifications and drawings are incomplete or not available. More in the summary
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DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City plans to buy linear direct valves (NSN 4810008180440HS, part numbers 526574 and 52657-4), listed for KC-135/E3 aircraft. The best estimated quantity is 287 each (range 96 to 287), delivered to Hill AFB, UT in monthly lots from January 1, 2027 to December 1, 2027, over a 1-year contract period. This is a presolicitation with responses due November 30, 2026, 3:00 PM Central; the Government says specifications and drawings are incomplete or not available.
How to submit: Not stated in the text; the notice says electronic procedure will be used. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 15, 2026.
- Worth checking: Specifications and drawings not available. The Government says it cannot furnish the specifications, plans or drawings, so a new supplier may have to show it can make or source the exact part without them.
- Minor: Quantity is a range. The best estimate is 287 each but could be as low as 96 each, so volume is not guaranteed.
- Minor: Presolicitation, not the full solicitation. Terms, evaluation and how to submit are not in the text, so key details come later.
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Full summary
What they want
- Supply VALVE, LINEAR, DIRECT (NSN 4810008180440HS; P/N 526574 or 52657-4)
- Deliver 24 each per month on or before the 1st of each month from January 2027 through November 2027, and 23 each on or before December 1, 2027 (best estimate 287 each; range 96 to 287)
- Deliver to SW3210, Hill AFB, UT 84056-5734
- Period of performance
- Duration of contract period: 1 year; deliveries scheduled January 1, 2027 through December 1, 2027
- Place of performance
- USA (as given on SAM.gov); deliveries go to Hill AFB, UT
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 30, 2026, 3:00 PM Central (4:00 PM Eastern)
- How to submit
- Not stated in the text; the notice says electronic procedure will be used
What to include when you submit
- All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, and the agency will consider it
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself (terms, clauses, evaluation and how to submit) is not in this notice, and the notice does not say where it will be posted
- Contract type and price
- Whether source approval or other limits on who can supply the part apply
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: Not stated in the text; the notice says electronic procedure will be used. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 4810 · Valves, Powered
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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