This is a firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Materiel Command, a defense agency, to Sunbelt Design & Development, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas. The $43,720.00 contract is for the delivery of one C-17 Peculiar Support Equipment (PSE) Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Clamp Meter.
The APU Clamp Meter is a specialized device used to measure the current to the APU inlet door actuator on the C-17 aircraft. This is necessary to ensure the actuator is properly rigged, as an improperly rigged actuator could lead to an APU implosion event. The contract includes the production of one first article/production item, a first article test plan, a marking plan, and a first article test report.
The contract was set aside for small businesses and is associated with a $485 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract that Sunbelt holds with the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center for KC-46 tanker support equipment. This demonstrates Sunbelt's capabilities to provide flexible, long-term manufacturing and support services to critical defense programs.