Sole Source JA PCF Over SAT Redacted.pdf

This document contains a justification for a sole source award for storage, maintenance, and rotation of polyacrylonitrile carbon fiber inventory. The Defense Logistics Agency Strategic Materials awarded a firm fixed price contract to an unknown vendor on March 27, 2023 for an unknown amount. The contract, number SP8000-23-C-0008, is to manage the National Defense Stockpile inventory of six types of polyacrylonitrile carbon fibers that are critical for advanced composites and produced solely by Toray Industries, Inc. in Japan. The carbon fiber types included in the inventory are T800H, T1000G, M46J, and the ultra-high modulus fibers M55J, M60J-6K, and M60J-3K.