Initiator, Cartridge Actuated

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Hill Air Force Base is conducting market research to identify potential small business sources for manufacturing 94 Cartridge Actuated Initiators for the F-15 aircraft. The synopsis specifically seeks responses from small businesses, including 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. Interested parties must provide documentation of relevant experience in engineering, manufacturing, inspection, and testing of similar items from the past three years, along with a comprehensive company profile detailing employee count, office location, CAGE Code, DUNS Number, and small business designation. The market research response deadline is set for 5:00 PM MST on April 7, 2025, with no reimbursement provided for response costs. Potential offerors can direct questions to Roger Mott at 801-558-3802 or roger.mott@us.af.mil.

Currently, Chemring Energetic Devices Inc and Pacific Scientific Energetics Materials Company are noted as having existing capability and drawings for the initiator devices, though the US Government does not own or have manufacturing data rights. The procurement falls under NAICS Category 325920 for Explosives Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 750 employees. While this is a pre-solicitation notice and not an official solicitation, it represents a strategic market research effort to determine the most appropriate acquisition approach and explore potential competitive or small business set-aside opportunities. The synopsis indicates the government is seeking to understand the market's capacity to produce these specialized F-15 initiator devices, with a focus on identifying qualified small business manufacturers who can meet the technical and production requirements for the 94-unit order.