Indefinite Delivery Contract FA811819D0024

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center has awarded an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Thomas Instrument, Incorporated, a small business engineering and manufacturing firm, to provide remanufacturing and overhaul services for a range of aircraft components and mechanical assemblies. Under this $5.3 million single-award IDC, which has a period of performance through October 2024, Thomas Instrument will deliver remanufactured parts such as KC-135 flap gearbox assemblies, mechanical transmissions, and hydraulic drive units to support the Air Force's aircraft sustainment programs. The agency has issued multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders to Thomas Instrument valued at over $1.5 million to date for remanufacturing work to be performed at the contractor's facilities in Texas. This IDC enables the Air Force Sustainment Center to efficiently procure critical repair and overhaul services for key aircraft components across various airframe platforms, including the KC-135 Stratotanker, C-5 Galaxy, F-15, B-52, and UH-60 Black Hawk, through a streamlined contracting vehicle.

Thomas Instrument's expertise in precision machining and complex fabrication of flight-critical aircraft parts makes it well-suited to support the Air Force Sustainment Center's component maintenance and repair efforts. As a small business, Thomas Instrument has been awarded this IDC as a total small business set-aside, demonstrating the agency's commitment to providing contracting opportunities to the small business industrial base. This IDC and associated delivery orders enable the Air Force to efficiently sustain the readiness and availability of its aircraft fleets through the timely repair and overhaul of critical mechanical assemblies, gearboxes, and other precision components.