NSN: 5306-010961249; BOLT, CLOSE TOLERANC; Part Number: SS5011-16-80A

DLA AVIATION is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for NSN: 5306-010961249; BOLT, CLOSE TOLERANC. This item is a 1/B NSN and currently manufactured by SPS Technologies, LLC (DBA Air Industries), CAGE 06725; Space-Lok, CAGE 16258; SPS Technologies, CAGE 56878; MS Aerospace, Inc., CAGE 0UCY9, under PN: SS5011-16-80A. This NSN is a Critical Safety Item and requires a Government First Article Test and Government Production Lot Test.  Origin Inspection is required.  Export Control certification is required. Technical Orders and Qualification Requirements are not available. Potential sources shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment required to accomplish the new manufacture of the item. Generally, this entails the procurement/manufacture of component parts, inspection, testing, preservation/packaging, and shipping.

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The anticipated annual quantity is 1088/each.  Unit prices will be established at the time of contract award.  The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 332722.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, website address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by November 22, 2023.  All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to SUSAN.MINTER@DLA.MIL.