Radar antenna

Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted

This opportunity was awarded. See its 2 award notices in the notice history.

Solicitation number
SPRPA125REC15
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

NAICS code
Not on record
Points of contact

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation is seeking to procure 6 radar antennas under NSN 7R-5985-016295370-P8, a critical application item that requires specialized manufacturing and certification standards. Suppliers must provide FAA-certified parts with FAA Form 8130-3 Airworthy Approval Tags, and only newly manufactured spares will be acceptable as refurbished or remanufactured materials are prohibited. The procurement requires government source approval prior to contract award due to the flight-critical nature of the item, with only previously approved sources being solicited under sole source authority per FAR 6.302-1. Potential offerors who are not currently approved sources must submit comprehensive technical data and qualification information according to NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support brochures, though the government may proceed with award to existing approved sources if new source evaluations cannot be completed in time to meet fleet support requirements. The opportunity was posted on April 30, 2025, with responses due by November 7, 2025, and interested parties have 45 days from publication to submit capability statements or proposals for consideration.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and operates under full and open competition principles, though practical limitations exist due to the specialized nature and approval requirements of the radar antenna systems. The solicitation includes both standard military procurement requirements and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) components under CLIN 0001AC, with specific exemptions from certain DFARS requirements for non-CLSSA FMS assets that will be delivered directly to foreign customers rather than entering the DoD supply chain. The contract requires FOB origin delivery terms, and distributors of approved sources must provide authorized distributor letters on source letterhead at the time of proposal submission. While no specific contract values are disclosed, the procurement involves critical safety items subject to DFARS clause 252.209-7010 and requires compliance with contractor business systems standards where applicable. The government retains discretion to determine whether to conduct competitive procurement based on responses received during the notice period.

Notice text

NSN 7R-5985-016295370-P8, REF NR 4987532-3, QTY 6 EA, DELIVERY FOB ORIGIN. Can only be procured only from suppliers who provide FAA-Certified parts which possess a FAA Authorized Release Certificate, FAA Form 8130-3 Airworthy Approval Tag. This is a Critical Application Item (CAI). For Critical Safety Items (CSI), DFARS clause 252.209-7010, Identification of Critical Safety Items, is incorporated by reference. For items for which Government inspection and acceptance will be conducted at the source, DLAD clause 52.?-9004, Product Verification Testing, is incorporated by reference. DLAD clauses can be viewed at http://www.dla.mil/Acquisition/Pages/DLAD.aspx. As applicable, DFARS clause 252.242-7005, Contractor Business Systems, is incorporated by reference. Drawings are not available for this Request For Proposal. Offerors are advised that offers received from sources which are not government-approved sources of supply will be deemed technically unacceptable, and therefore ineligible for award. Any distributors of approved sources MUST submit a copy of their authorized distributor letter, on the source letterhead, to the buyer point of contact indicated on the solicitation via email, at time of proposal submittal. All potential offers shall provide newly manufactured spares only. Refurbished, remanufactured, or repaired material will not be acceptable. Offers for such are ineligible for award. The following paragraphs are applicable to ONLY the FMS portion of this procurement, CLIN 0001AC: NAVSUP WSS Code N2 has determined that the requirements at DFARS 211.274 which mandates the use of DFARS clause 252.211-7003 "Item Unique Identification and Valuation" in all solicitations and contracts, be deleted from all non-CLSSA FMS spares requirements processed by NAVSUP WSS and DLA-Aviation. The affected parts are wholly owned by FMS customer countries, are not covered by a Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Arrangement (CLSSA), these same assets will be delivered to the customer country for their sole use. The IUID definition at DFARS 211.274-1 says IUID "is a system of marking, valuing and tracking items delivered to DoD." These spares are non-CLSSA FMS assets and will never be delivered to DoD. The assets are delivered to a domestic U.S. freight forwarder who is under contract by the FMS customer to ship the assets to the country of record. The FMS customer countries retain ownership of their parts throughout the asset's lifecycle. These parts will never be owned by the U.S. Government, and will never be entered into the DoD supply chain. Based on this, there is no need for these non-CLSSA FMS country assets to be specially marked for tracking by DoD. This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing/repair knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition/repair of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights,manufacturing/repair knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. The subject item requires Government source approval prior to contract award, as the item is flight critical and/or the technical data available has not been determined adequate to support acquisition via full and open competition. Only the source(s) previously approved by the Government for this item have been solicited. The time required for approval of a new source is normally such that an award cannot be delayed pending approval of a new source. If you are not an approved source you must submit, together with your proposal, the information detailed in one of the NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) Source Approval Information Brochures listed below. Spares: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-Weapon-Systems-Sup port/Business-Opps/ Repair: https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP -Weapon-Systems-Support/Business-Opps/ technical data required to be submitted based on your company's experience in production of the same or similar item, or if this is an item you have never made. If your request for source approval is currently being evaluated at NAVSUP WSS submit with your offer a copy of the cover letter which forwarded your request for source approval. Offers received which fail to provide all data required by the Source Approval Brochure or document previous submission of all data required by the Source Approval Brochure will not be considered for award under this solicitation. Please note, if evaluation of a source approval request submitted hereunder cannot be processed in time and/or approval requirements preclude the ability to obtain subject items in time to meet Government requirements, award of the subject requirement may continue based on Fleet support needs. The NAVSUP WSS Commercial Item Identification Brochure is now available at: "https://www.navsup.navy.mil/NAVSUP-Enterprise/NAVSUP-Weapon-Systems-Support/Bus iness-Opps/" The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. All responsible sources may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals, quotationsor capability statements. This notice of intent is not a request forcompetitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 45 days (30days if award is issued under an existing Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) afterdate of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Notice history

Notice Type Posted
Radar antenna Latest Limited / Sole Source Justification
Radar antenna Award Notice
Radar antenna Award Notice
Radar antenna Latest solicitation Solicitation
This notice Original Pre-Solicitation

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