Presolicitation
Presolicitation synopsis for the repair of QTY 1 NSN 7R 5841 016561177 KB for FMS Kuwait
Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy · Sol. N00383-26-Q-D103
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The Navy (NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support) plans to have one radar transponder for a KC-130J aircraft repaired for Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales program. The repair is planned as a sole source to Honeywell Limited, the original manufacturer, but other companies may still send in a capability statement or quote. The notice is a pre-solicitation notice of intent, not a request for competitive proposals.
Watch out for
- Sole source to the OEM. The Navy intends to negotiate with Honeywell, the original manufacturer, so a small business has a very low chance unless it can show equal repair capability.
The repair of this item is sole source to Honeywell Limited, CAGE 07217.
- Source approval needed. Approval of a new repair source takes time and the Navy says an award will not usually be delayed to wait for it.
an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source
- Technical data not available from the Government. Repair drawings and data are not provided, so a new source would have to have its own repair knowledge.
Complete data, drawings and the rights to the same are not available from the Government.
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Repair of 1 radar transponder (NSN 7R 5841 016561177 KB, part number 4079100-0530)
- Repair is for the KC-130J platform, Foreign Military Sales to Kuwait
- Interested companies send an email with company name and CAGE code, part numbers they can repair, whether they are the OEM, and small business status
- Companies that are not the OEM must explain their technical capacity to do the repair
- Place of performance
- Philadelphia, PA, USA (as listed in the notice fields)
- Offers due
- 2026-10-13 4:00 PM Eastern (posted as 2026-10-13T16:00:00-04:00); the text also says proposals within 45 days of publication will be considered
- How to submit
- Email to lara.l.szott.civ@us.navy.mil
What to include when you submit
- Include: company name and CAGE code; part number/NIIN eligible to repair; whether you are the OEM
- If not the OEM, explain how you have the technical capacity to do the repair
- State whether you are a small business and what type, and give a company point of contact
- If you are not an approved source, send the information in the NAVSUP WSS Source Approval Information Brochure for Repair with your proposal
You must have
- Government source approval is needed before award, so a company that is not already approved must go through source approval.
The subject items require Government source approval prior to contract award.
- Offers missing the data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award.
Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure
Current contractor
Honeywell Limited (CAGE 07217) is named as the OEM and the only known source with full repair capability.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type, quantity beyond 1 unit, delivery schedule and estimated value are not stated
- The list of items to be repaired is said to be attached to the notice but is not in the text
- How the Government would evaluate a non-OEM offer is not stated
- The Source Approval Brochure contents (technical data required) are not in the notice text
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 13, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- N00383-26-Q-D103
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Dept of the Navy
- Office
- NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 334511
- Product/service code
- 5841
- Business type
- Electrical & electronic components
- Place of performance
- Philadelphia, PA, 19111
- Contracting contact
- Lara Szottlara.l.szott.civ@us.navy.mil7712292939
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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