Amended Solicitation for Sunshade Hardware

The Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command is procuring sunshade hardware for installation at Langley Air Force Base's East Ramp flightline. The solicitation seeks five specific hardware components: curtain tracks, steel wheel curtain hooks, adjustable track end stops, threaded rod track splice connectors, and beam flange clamps, all designed to support netting on metal sunshades covering the north- and south-facing sides. All hardware components must be compatible and designed to work together, with emphasis on durability and resilience in the high-humidity coastal environment to minimize foreign object damage risks. The contract will be awarded using a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where technically acceptable quotes will be evaluated primarily on price to determine the best value selection. Vendors must submit itemized quotes on company letterhead with supporting specification sheets by 16:30 EST on June 20, 2025, with no late submissions accepted.

This opportunity is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS code 313210 (Broadwoven Fabric Mills) with a size standard of 1,000 employees. No incumbent contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. The procurement involves significant quantities of hardware components: 325-650 curtain tracks (with discrepancies between documents showing both 5-foot and 10-foot lengths), 2,640 steel wheel curtain hooks, 132 adjustable track end stops, 440 threaded rod track splice connectors, and 54 beam flange clamps or bags of clamps. The contract will be a firm-fixed-price purchase order with performance taking place at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia 23665. Vendors not already registered under NAICS 313210 in the System for Award Management must provide certification of their small business status eligibility under the applicable size standard.