Solicitation for the Overhaul/Upgrade of the Mechanical Transmission for the UH-60 Black Hawk

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal seeks overhaul and upgrade services for the UH-60 Black Hawk mechanical transmission (NSN 1615-01-701-8346), with proposals due August 7, 2026. This is a sole-source acquisition limited to Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (CAGE 78286), the only approved source qualified to perform overhaul and upgrade of this Critical Safety Item.

Place of performance is Huntsville, Alabama. The procurement is structured as a five-year Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a minimum obligation of 25 units on first delivery order and estimated quantities totaling 150 units over five years (25 units per year for U.S. orders plus 7, 6, 6, and 6 units respectively for years 2–5 for Foreign Military Sales). The contractor must process three input NSN/part number variants (1615-01-701-8346, 1615-01-686-7198, and 1615-01-542-7514), all outputting to NSN 1615-01-701-8346.

All work must comply with Depot Maintenance Work Requirement DMWR-1-1615-372, AS9110 quality standards, and QE-STD-1 and QE-STD-2 Critical Safety Item requirements. The contractor must develop a frozen maintenance and overhaul plan within 30 days after contract award and conduct a Product Verification Audit within 90 days of receiving reparables, presenting three audit-ready assets for government acceptance. Contractor personnel must complete mandatory Information Assurance/Cyber Awareness training and, if accessing the Army TAV-C Portal, possess either a U.S. Government Common Access Card or Department of Defense-approved ICAM Multi-Factor Authentication Certificate.

Deliverables include comprehensive data submissions: TAMMS-A logistics data via the TAMMS-A/MCDS portal, cost and hour reporting through the Cost Assessment Data Enterprise, government property inventory reports due within 365 days of receipt of initial government-furnished property, and maintenance and repair parts data reports per DI-MGMT-82163. Packaging must comply with MIL-STD-129, ISPM-15, and Military Level of Preservation standards per MIL-STD-2073-1. The NAICS code is 336413, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing; the PSC code is 1615, Helicopter Rotor Blades, Drive Mechanisms and Components.