Lever assembly, throttle; aircraft, f-16

A solicitation will be issued for End Item: Aircraft, F-16, NSN 2995-01-117-4429, Lever Assembly, Throttle, IQC 1000175216.  Term of the contract: 60 months.  Government First Article Testing (FAT) is required.  The required delivery is 518 days ARO for FAT and 334 days after FAT approval for production units.  Critical Application Item.  NAICS is 333612.  This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, full and open procurement.  FOB Destination, Inspection/Acceptance Origin.  This is a request for proposal for an Indefinite Quantity Contract.  Estimated Annual Quantities for the 5-year base period will be 8 each.

Available specifications, plans, or drawings relating to the procurement described will be furnished by the Government.  Offerors must complete a copy of the solicitation in order to be considered for award.  A copy of the solicitation will be made available via DLA Internet Bid Board System at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/.  From the DIBBS Homepage, select Requests for Proposal (RFP) / Invitation for Bid (IFB) from the menu under the tab Solicitations.  Then search for and choose the RFP you wish to download.  Solicitations are in portable document format (pdf).  To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.  This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com.  A paper copy of this solicitation will not be available to requestors.  The solicitation issue date is on or about September 29, 2023 with a closing date on or about October 30, 2023.  All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered.  Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) applies.  The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance, and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation.