Seat, aircraft

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Solicitation number
W58RGZ25R0047
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Place of performance
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898, United States

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal is seeking to procure Aircraft Seats for the UH-60 Blackhawk weapon system through a two-year, Firm-Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The procurement will be for a minimum of 168 and maximum of 268 seats with a specific National Stock Number and Part Number. The solicitation will follow FAR Part 15 procedures, and all potential offerors must demonstrate the ability to procure proprietary technical data from either Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation or Martin-Baker America, Inc. Proposals must be submitted via email to erica.n.burnette.civ@army.mil by March 1, 2025, with no telephone or fax requests accepted. The contract requires a production lead time of 240 Days After Contract Award and a monthly delivery requirement of 14 seats. Currently, the requirement is unfunded, and the award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds.

The procurement is not set aside for any specific business category and will be pursued as a potential sole-source contract with Martin-Baker America, Inc., after Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation indicated they would not bid on the requirement. The seat is classified as a noncommercial item in the Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing NAICS category (336413). Delivery will be FOB Destination, and the seat is not considered an aviation Critical Safety Item. The contract specifies a monthly delivery rate of 14 units, with a total potential quantity range between 168-268 units over the two-year contract period. First Article Testing is not required, and the Place of Contract Performance is currently to be determined. Potential contractors must provide a capabilities statement demonstrating authorization to use the proprietary technical data necessary to manufacture the aircraft seats.

Notice text

The Government proposes to acquire, on a Two (2) year, Firm-Fixed-Price,
Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract, a minimum quantity of 168 each and a maximum 
quantity of 268 each of the Seat, Aircraft, NSN: 1680-01-560-8741, P/N 70500-52851-101, applicable 
to the BE UH-60 Blackhawk weapon system.


First Article Test (FAT) is not required.


Production Lead Time is 240 Days After Contract Award (DACA).

The required delivery of the Searchlight is 14 per month.


These items are noncommercial; FAR Part 12 will not be utilized.

Required delivery shall be FOB Destination.


The Seat, Aircraft is not an aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) as defined by DFARS 209.270-2.


Currently, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (hereafter SAC), 6900 Main Street, Stratford, CT 
06614-1378 (CAGE Code 78286) and Martin-Baker America, Inc., (hereafter Martin-Baker), 169 Jari 
Dr., Johnstown, PA 15904 (CAGE Code 1Q842) are identified as the contractors who own or have access 
to the technical data necessary to produce this item.


The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this 
item from additional sources.


The Government received notice from SAC that it will not bid on this requirement; therefore, the 
Government intends to solicit this as a sole source requirement to Martin-Baker. If any contractor 
has access to this proprietary data, please provide a capabilities statement to the Contract 
Specialist or Contracting Officer detailing the authorization from either SAC or Martin-Baker to 
utilize the proprietary data necessary for this requirement. All offerors must have the ability to procure the requisite
proprietary data from aforementioned sources in order to be eligible for award.

This procurement will follow the procedures of FAR Part 15. No telephone requests for the 
solicitation will be accepted. Requests for the solicitation shall be by email only. Email requests 
should be sent to erica.n.burnette.civ@army.mil. Proposals shall be emailed for the initial 
proposal. No fax or hard copy responses shall be accepted for the initial proposal. This 
requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds. The 
closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release 
of the solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.

PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMACE: To be determined

SET ASIDE STATUS: None
 

Notice history

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Seat, aircraft Latest solicitation Solicitation
This notice Original Pre-Solicitation

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