Request for information

This pre-solicitation notice seeks responses from 8(a) small businesses for the Third Party Equipment Purchasing Acquisition Program follow-on contract to provide sourcing, acquisition, and delivery of expendable, recoverable, and reparable National Stock Number items. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base requires supply chain management, electronic order management, quality assurance, and on-time delivery evaluated based on metrics including on-time delivery rates, small business utilization targets, quality rates, and responsiveness to pricing actions. Responses are due by May 20, 2019.

The follow-on contract is an 8(a) small business set-aside under NAICS code 336413 for other aircraft part and auxiliary equipment manufacturing with potential period of performance of ten years and total estimated value of $547 million. The agency plans to award four contracts and seeks information to support future procurement of approximately 2,800 national stock numbers of commercial and noncommercial common support equipment, including aircraft fixtures, tools, maintenance equipment, and testing devices from 8(a) firms by the May 17, 2019 response deadline.