5977-00-464-8496; Z9N; AIRCRAFT, FA-18, A-D, E/F, G (GROWLER) SPE4A626R0188
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AI-generated · Apr 01, 2026Market research to identify vendors with the capability to supply an electrode for FA-18 aircraft, including the A-D, E/F, and G (Growler) variants. No solicitation is issued at this time. If your organization is qualified, provide your company name and contact details, size/ownership, and a tailored capability statement showing your ability to supply the electrode and any related support. If subcontracting or teaming is anticipated, outline the administrative and management structure for those arrangements.
Responses will inform procurement planning, including whether the work will be set aside for small businesses or competed full and open, with the possibility of multiple awards. The evaluative focus will be on your capacity to perform within scope, secure required resources, and implement a project management plan that ensures tight schedules, cost containment, performance tracking, key personnel, and risk mitigation, under a performance-based contract. Submissions are via email to the designated point of contact by the stated deadline; no telephone inquiries or feedback will be provided.
The DLA Aviation Richmond is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement: NSN: 5977-00-464-8496 Nomenclature: ELECTRODE Solicitation: SPE4A6-26-R-0188 The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 335991. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 6, 2026 at 11:59pm Eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to patsy.bedford@dla.mil. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Patsy.Bedford@dla.mil .
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