Piston assembly, f/a-18 hornet

A solicitation will be issued for End Item: F/A-18 Hornet, NSN 1620-01-163-5407, Piston Assembly, IQC 1000143672.  Contractor First Article Testing (FAT) is required.  The required delivery is 180 days ARO for FAT report and 309 days after FAT approval for production units.  Contractor Production Lot Testing is required.  Critical Application Item.  Navy Critical Safety Item.  NAICS is 488190.  This is an unrestricted procurement.  Other than full and open competition, potential sources:  Nassau Tool Works, Inc., CAGE 2M490, The Boeing Company, CAGE 76301, and HDI Landing Gear USA, Inc., CAGE 5ZSC8.  FOB Destination, Inspection/Acceptance Origin.  This is a request for proposal for an Indefinite Quantity Contract.  Estimated Annual Quantities for a base period of five years with zero (0) options will be 12 each.  Surge requirements do not apply.

This solicitation includes Note L09, Reverse Auction.

The solicitation document contains information that has been designated as “Militarily Critical Technical Data.”  Only businesses that have been certified by the Department of Defense, United States/Canada Joint Certification Office, and have a valid requirement may have a copy of the solicitation document.  All requests for copies of the solicitation document must include a certified copy of DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement.  To obtain certification, contact: U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office, DLA Logistics Information Service, Federal Center, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, MI 49037-3084 or call (877) 352-2255.

Specifications, plans, or drawings relating to the procurement described are not available and cannot be furnished by the Government.  Export Control drawing applies.  Request for written proposal, please submit offers to fax # (804) 279-4165.  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://dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ issue date cited in the RFP.  From the DIBBS Homepage, select Search RFPs.  Then choose the RFP you wish to download.  RFPs 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 May 25, 2022 with a closing date on or about June 24, 2022.  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.