Solicitation
Valve, Fuel System
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Aviation at Oklahoma City (Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense) wants quotes for QTY 4 EA of a fuel system valve for a turboprop engine. It is a critical safety item bought for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales of defense items to allied governments) case, so only a source approved by the design control activity may supply it. The response due date is November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, extended from October 31, 2026. More in the summary
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DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City (Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense) wants quotes for QTY 4 EA of a fuel system valve for a turboprop engine. It is a critical safety item bought for a Foreign Military Sales (FMS: U.S. sales of defense items to allied governments) case, so only a source approved by the design control activity may supply it. The response due date is November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central, extended from October 31, 2026.
Who can bid (4)
- Use only a source approved by the design control activity (the agency office that owns the item's design), because the valve is a critical safety item
- Have, or get before delivery, supply chain traceability records showing the item conforms and, for part-numbered items, comes from an approved manufacturer
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), with representations and certifications current
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- If you must follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) SP 800-171 cybersecurity standard, have a current assessment (not more than 3 years old) posted in SPRS
How to submit: Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (8)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Critical safety item: approved sources only. A business that is not an approved source for this valve cannot supply it, so check with the contracting officer before spending time on a quote.
- Serious: Only the named part number is acceptable. Part-numbered items must come from the listed manufacturer and match the part number, so a similar valve will not qualify.
- Worth checking: Date passed (Sep 2, 2026): Required delivery date of September 2, 2026 comes before the response due date. The schedule asks for delivery on or before September 2, 2026, but Section M says a quoted delivery that misses the required date may still be considered responsive.
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- Worth checking: Cost or pricing data may be required. If the Government asks for certified cost and pricing data and a bidder does not send it, that bidder is ineligible for award.
- Minor: Response due date extended twice. The amendment moves the response due date to November 15, 2026 from October 31, 2026, which had replaced May 11, 2026; the attached form still shows May 11, 2026.
- Minor: Price-hold period: 120 days or 60 days. One line says offered prices stay firm for 120 days, while the form's default wording says 60 calendar days unless the bidder inserts another period; ask the buyer which applies.
- Minor: Item unique identification and serial number required. Each valve needs a serial number and an IUID mark, which adds marking and registry reporting work to a small order.
- Minor: Past performance is read from the SPRS risk score. No past performance paperwork is needed, but a weak Supplier Risk Score can hurt the offer, and a firm with no record gets a Neutral rating.
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- SPRTA126Q0240.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Supply QTY 4 EA of VALVE,FUEL SYSTEM, national stock number (NSN) 2915-00-626-3123OJ, part number 6814762 (manufacturer lines 06848 6814762 and 63005 6814762). New manufacture only; surplus is not authorized.
- Deliver by the required delivery date in the schedule, September 2, 2026; early delivery is acceptable. Shipping terms are F.O.B. origin (freight on board at the point of shipment), to FMS ship-to code DCO005.
- Mark the valve with a serial number and a unique item identifier (IUID: a machine-readable mark that tracks the item), and report it in Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), the Defense Department's electronic invoice and receiving report system.
- Meet the higher-level quality requirements named in the schedule (ISO 9001, AS9100 or NATO AQAP 2070, or equivalent), with inspection and acceptance at origin and a receiving report.
- Keep supply chain traceability records for ten years after final payment and give them to the contracting officer within three business days of a request.
- Tell the contracting officer right away if the part number is superseded or production is phased out or discontinued.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) supply order, a rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
- Period of performance
- One-time delivery of QTY 4 EA, required on or before September 2, 2026 (early delivery acceptable)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value, performance price tradeoff (PPT): quotes are first checked for technical acceptability, then price and past performance are traded off, with the two about equal in weight
- Offers due
- November 15, 2026, 4:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (pass/fail): no technical quote is required; acceptable if the quote complies with the Section B schedule and its attachments
- Price: quoted unit price multiplied by the firm quantity in Section B
- Past Performance: based mainly on the bidder's Supplier Risk Score in the Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS); no past performance information has to be sent; no record gets a Neutral rating
What to include when you submit
- Include a signed copy of the solicitation and Sections A through K in the quote.
- Price every line in Section B, the schedule; it is the price quote. Formal technical quotes are not required.
- Fill in the inspection and acceptance address (Section E), the F.O.B. origin address (Section F) and the activity address clause (Section G).
- State in the quote that it is valid for at least the number of days in Section A (120 days), counted from the closing date.
- Acknowledge receipt of any amendment when you submit the quote.
- List any exceptions to the terms in a table: solicitation paragraph, the requirement, and your reason.
- Give the name, title and phone number of who can obligate the company and who may negotiate with the Government.
- Give company address, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code, Unique Entity ID, size (large or small), labor surplus area status, and every place the work will be done.
- Send certified or uncertified cost and pricing data if it is required; propose any non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs separately; include a subcontracting plan if applicable.
- Complete the representations and certifications, including the unmanned aircraft and telecommunications representations.
Not in the notice text
- Place of performance is not stated in SAM.gov or the schedule; shipping is F.O.B. origin.
- The solicitation lists three exhibits (AFMC 158 packaging requirements, DD Form 1653 transportation data and an IUID checklist); their text was not in the documents read, so packaging and marking details are unknown.
- SAM.gov states no set-aside; the form's set-aside labels do not show which box, if any, is marked.
- Whether certified or uncertified cost and pricing data will be required is not stated.
- No drawing or specification is attached; the item is identified by national stock number and manufacturer part number only.
- Which manufacturers are approved sources for this critical safety item is not stated.
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: Email to jayson.skalla@us.af.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Oklahoma City, OK, Tinker AFB, OK
- Product/service code
- 2915 · Engine Fuel System Components, Aircraft and Missile Prime Movers
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336412)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 16, 2026 · Amendment 0002 (this version)Due Nov 15, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Oct 31, 2026 (changed)
- Apr 7, 2026 · SolicitationDue May 11, 2026 (changed)
- Mar 3, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Mar 18, 2026
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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