F-16 Fuel cell

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center is issuing a pre-solicitation notice for a firm fixed-price contract to procure F-16 fuel cells. The solicitation number is FA821224R0003. The contract will include line items for USAF production assets, Foreign Military Sales production assets, first article items, and first article test data. The solicitation will be a full and open competition with a qualification requirement, and no foreign participation is permitted. Interested contractors must submit a source qualification request package to the provided email address, and the solicitation documents will be available on the SAM.gov website. The anticipated award date is June 2024.

The pre-solicitation notice does not include any set-aside designations. The relevant NAICS code is likely 336413 - Other Aircraft Part and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing, and the PSC code is likely 1560 - Aircraft Components and Accessories. The presolicitation does not name any potential incumbents or provide specific award value information, but it does indicate the Air Force is seeking to procure replacement fuel cells to support its F-16 fleet.