Pre-Award Qualification Notice for 20MM Gun Housings

This notice identifies a pre-award qualification opportunity established in accordance with FAR 9.2.

These parts require engineering source approval by the control activity to assure the integrity of the part. An alternative source must qualify according to the design control activity's procedures as approved by the applicable Government engineering activity, WR-ALC, 409 SCMS/GUEA.

Section A: Item Identification
1. Stock Number (NSN): 1005-01-008-62837 1005-00-785-26037 1005-00-895-3722 & 1005-01-505-2184
2. Part Number (PIN): 12007363, 7790712, 11010476 & 200221072-10
3. Noun: Housing, Machine Gun
4. Application: 20MM Gun M61, 20MM Gun M61A1, & 20MM Gun M61A12 - F-15, F16, and F22 Rear Housing

1. Prequalificatio Notice: The contractor shall notify the points of contact identified in the notice
that the pre-qualification requirement is being established or notify the point of contact identified in
the notice of solicitation issuance that is subject to a pre-qualification requirement of their intent to
qualify as a source.
2. Facilities: The contractor must certify to the Government that he has (or has access to) the
required facilities, tools and specialized equipment to manufacture, inspect, test, and package the
item. The contractor shall provide a summary of the company's capabilities, including a detailed
factory layout, a list of the machinery, fixtures, tooling, and test and inspection equipment, any

1. Prequalificatio11 Notice. The contractor shall notify the points of contact identified in the notice
that the pre-qualification requirement is being established or notify the point of contact identified in
the notice of solicitation issuance that is subject to a pre-qualification requirement of their intent to
qualify as a source.
2. Facilities. The contractor must certify to the Government that he has (or has access to) the
required facilities, tools and specialized equipment to manufacture, inspect, test, and package the
item. The contractor shall provide a summary of the company's capabilities, including a detailed
factory layout, a list of the machinery, fixtures, tooling, and test and inspection equipment, any
specialized equipment and the personnel skill level that will be performing the effort. The contractor
shall make his facilities, equipment, tooling, and personnel available for evaluation and inspection by
the Government.

3.  Manufacture.  The contractor must manufacture this item to conform to all the requirements of 
revision T of Drawing 12007363, or revision of Drawing 7790712, or revision -  of Drawing 
11010476, or revision D of Drawing 200221072-10 which depends on the NSN procured.  The contractor 
must provide, at his own expense, data showing the results of quality, performance, and 
environmental evaluations conducted by the contractor to show compliance with the requirements
(tolerance, tooling, finishing, forging, casting and etc.) of the drawings and specifications for 
the same item or a similar item(s). Contractors are cautioned that if any qualified die tooling was 
used to produce all previously produced 12007363 or 7790712, or 1 /010476, or 200221072-10 castings, that 
the die tooling is the property of the OEM and cannot be made available for the contractor's use by 
the Government.  Potential suppliers must  possess a Type JO Federal Firearm License (FFL).
Potential bidder shall provide a detailed quality plan implementing ISO 9001 (or equivalent); this 
requirement may be satisfied by evidence of an independent ISO 9001 certification or 
current/previous DCMA-administered contract that required ISO 9001 (or equivalent) compliance. At 
any time, the Government retains the right to inspect the contractor's facilities; and 
manufacturing, quality, test and environmental processes and documentation.

4.  First Article Test (FAT) Requirements.  If the contractor is awarded a contract, the 
contractor will be required to provide two post-contract award first article exhibits to evaluate 
the manufacturing capability of the contractor .  Both articles must comply with all of the 
requirements of the end item drawing (12007363 rev T), or drawing (7790712 rev-), ordrawing 
(11010476 rev-), or drawing (200221072-10 rev D) which depends on the NSN procured.  Complete FAT 
at government's expense may include form, fit, function and test firing. The First Article may be 
required even if a Source Qualification Wavier is granted  IAW Section C5 below.

5.  Waiver:  Sources who meet any of the following Source Qualification Waiver Criteria (QWC) may 
apply for a waiver of all or part of the qualification requirements:

QWCJ:  The potential source submits written certification that the articles have been supplied to 
the Government or original equipment manufacturer and shall provide the following:
1.         Contract Number

2.          Procuring Agency

3.         Contract Value

4.         Number of assets shipped

5.         Copies of DD Form 250, Material Inspection and Receiving Report, Purchase Order, or Invoice

QWC1:  The potential source is qualified on the right-hand article and requests to be qualified on 
the left-hand article. If the right-and left-hand articles are mirror images of each other, then 
approval can generally be given.

QWC3:  A source qualified to provide an assembly is usually qualified to provide subassemblies, 
major components, and items of that assembly.

QWC4:  A source qualified to provide earlier dash numbers of a basic PIN may be qualified to 
provide other dash numbers of that same basic PIN, provided there is no increase in complexity, 
criticality, or other relevant requirements.
 

QWC5: A source qualified to legally provide a similar or like item can be qualified to provide the
required item, if the source can produce proof that he has the tooling available to produce a
qualified casting and the source can prove that he has the ability to carry out the machining and
specialized heat treatment processes. However, for approval, the engineering authority must
verify that there is no increase in complexity, criticality, or other requirements over that of the
similar item. As a minimum, the source shall provide a complete set of drawings for the similar
item and written proof, such as purchase orders, shipping documents, etc., to show that the similar
item was provided to the original equipment manufacturer or DoD.

QWC6: A source previously qualified to provide an item, but which has been purchased, sold,
merged, absorbed, reformed, split, etc., may qualify if it can be established that the qualification is
currently with the requester and that the requester has the same or equivalent facilities, tooling,
equipment, personnel, and utilizes the original forging, castings, etc., in the manufacturing
process.

See Attached PreQual for additional details. 

Government Drawings and Technical Data Package must be requested to the point of contacts listed below.