F/A-18 E-G, LTC, Flight Control Surfaces

The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command seeks repair and modification of F/A-18E/F and EA-18G flight control surfaces under a Firm-Fixed-Price Requirements contract, with proposals due October 17, 2026. The Government intends to award a single contract with a five-year base period and one unpriced five-year option period. No set-aside applies.

Flight control surfaces covered include ailerons, inboard and outboard leading-edge flaps, horizontal stabilizers, and trailing-edge flaps, identified by National Item Identification Numbers. The contractor must perform teardown and inspection, nondestructive inspection using C-Scan ultrasonic, X-Ray, eddy current, and MAUS methods, repair determination, and restoration to Ready For Issue condition. All repairs must incorporate applicable Technical Directives and comply with released FST Engineering, OEM-approved, and Government-approved repair procedures. The contractor must maintain quality systems meeting ISO 9001 and SAE AS9100.

Components must be inducted with Scheduled Removal Component cards documenting flight hours; units exceeding component flight hour limits (5,900 CFH for most surfaces, 5,400 CFH for R1 trailing-edge flaps) shall not be inducted. Beyond Economical Repair determinations are triggered when repair costs exceed 80 percent of replacement price per the BOA Contract Exhibit A. Over and Above Repairs involving significant abnormal damage require separate pricing proposals and authorization before proceeding. Contractor-submitted engineering dispositions must undergo DCMA Quality Assurance and Engineering review, and all completed components must be preserved, packaged, and shipped per Government specifications.

The NAICS code is 336413, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing. The PSC code is 1560, Airframe Structural Components. Contractor must submit Cost and Software Data Reporting reports per DD Form 2794 at scheduled events on November 30, 2028; November 30, 2030; November 30, 2031; and May 31, 2033. A CSDR Readiness Review is required within 60 days of contract award.