Shaft, landing gear, extension retraction

The unrestricted, Other than Full and Open, solicitation will be issued under PR number 1000045894 to establish an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for NSN 1620-00-627-9888; Shaft Landing Gear,  "Approved Source, "CEF Industries (CAGE 00268) P/N 8372M2 and 2I's Inc. (1ZKD0) P/N 8372M2 .  DLA Aviation Richmond does not currently have an approved technical data package available for this NSN.  A Contractor First Article Testing (FAT) is required on this item.  Configuration Control Export Control.  Required delivery is 229 days plus 90 days for FAT. 

Pricing will be evaluated on the Maximum Contract Value (Max), which is 24 each.       

There will be a one-year base with four one-year options, for a total of five years. FOB Destination and Inspection/Acceptance Origin for DLA Direct.

Solicitation scheduled release date is tentatively 19 April 2016. Electronic (DIBBS) proposals/quotes are unacceptable.  An Excel spreadsheet for pricing will be provided with the solicitation.  Proposals are to be submitted to the Bid Custodian.  A copy of the solicitation will be available via the BSM Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) Homepage (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil).  Select "Request for Proposal (RFP)" under the Solicitations heading.  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.