Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A623DC061

This federal contract IDV award to Schaeffler Aerospace USA Corporation, a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, aims to provide the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation with a range of annular ball bearings, ball bearings, and other critical bearing components essential to sustaining the Department of Defense's global aviation fleets and assets. Schaeffler Aerospace holds four single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with DLA Aviation valued at approximately $1.7 million collectively, with expiration dates ranging from 2023 to 2028. Under these IDVs, the company has been awarded multiple firm fixed-price delivery orders for the supply of bearing parts described under various National Stock Numbers. The contracted bearing items will be delivered to DLA Aviation's facilities, primarily in Danbury, Connecticut and St. George, Vermont, with no set-aside designations applied. This sourcing approach enables the streamlined procurement of mission-critical bearing components across fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, engines, ground vehicles, and naval vessels operated by all U.S. armed service branches.

The underlying solicitation that resulted in these IDIQ awards aimed to identify approved sources capable of providing annular and other bearing products to DLA Aviation in support of its global supply chain responsibilities. Though Schaeffler Aerospace was directly awarded the contracts, the company also serves as a subcontractor for bearing equipment and assemblies to major defense contractors like GE Aviation and Honeywell International, further contributing to the Department of Defense's maintenance and sustainment of its aviation fleets and related ground assets.