Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE4A719D0066

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Honeycomb Company of America, Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer located in Sarasota, Florida. The contract, with a potential value up to $1,077,605.10, facilitates the streamlined ordering of specialized aviation parts and structures for military aircraft platforms such as the B-52 bomber and KC-135 tanker. This includes the delivery of critical application items like skin panel assemblies, structural panels, edge assemblies, and other proprietary components. Honeycomb Company has held several such indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts with DLA Aviation, with potential values up to $2 million over 5-year periods, to rapidly provide these types of specialized parts to support military aircraft fleets. The contract utilizes small business set-asides to procure these parts, with delivery timelines ranging from 140 to over 300 days depending on the complexity of the items. Two sample delivery orders issued under the IDIQ contract, valued at $32,370.84 and $57,548.16 respectively, were for the supply of a structural panel, a critical application item, for military aircraft.

The original solicitation was issued by DLA Aviation as a 100% small business set-aside, full and open competition procurement for an indefinite quantity of 36 structural panels for the C/KC-135 aircraft. The solicitation included options to extend the term of the contract by 48 months, with a delivery schedule of 225 days after receipt of an order (AFAA). The contract required government first article testing, export control, and configuration control, and utilized special data rights clauses from Boeing.