Sources Sought for NSN 2945-01-616-2456

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Solicitation number
SPE4A725R0283-Sources_Sought
Agency
Responses due
Set-aside
No set-aside

Opportunity facts

Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation is conducting market research to identify potential manufacturers or suppliers for National Stock Number (NSN) 2945-01-616-2456, a fluid filter element. The agency is seeking to determine the market's capability to produce or legitimately obtain this specific item, with current manufacturers including Purolator Facet Inc., The Boeing Company, and Pall Aeropower Corporation. Interested parties must submit a response to the Sources Sought Notice by December 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, with all submissions sent via email to Gladys Brown at gladys.brown@dla.mil. Companies wishing to be considered as an "Approved Source" must submit a comprehensive Source Approval Request (SAR) package through the SAR Program. The evaluation will focus on the contractor's ability to demonstrate that their product meets or exceeds the quality of the currently approved items, with the burden of proof resting on the potential supplier.

This pre-solicitation notice does not include a specific set-aside designation and does not represent a formal solicitation or commitment to award a contract. The current known manufacturers have specific part numbers: Purolator Facet Inc. (part number 1764002), The Boeing Company (part number 7-511325341-001), and Pall Aeropower Corporation (part number ACC570F53). The Weapon System Designator Code for this item is E2A, indicating its specific application in military aviation. No award value or budget range is specified in the notice, and no information is provided about the anticipated quantity of filter elements to be procured. Potential suppliers must submit their technical data and manufacturing capabilities through the SAR package to the DLA Aviation SAR Program Office located at 6090 Strathmore Rd., Richmond, VA 23237, demonstrating their competence in manufacturing the specified fluid filter element.

Notice text

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtaining) the following item: NSN 2945-01-616-2456, fluid filter element.  This item is currently manufactured by the following sources.

Purolator Facet Inc. (CAGE 90005), part number 1764002

The Boeing Company (CAGE 8V613), part number 7-511325341-001

Pall Aeropower Corporation (CAGE 18350), part number ACC570F53

The Weapon System Designator Code is E2A. 

This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only.  This is not a request for an offer.  This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government.  Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement.  No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement.  Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by December 30, 2024, 2:00pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Gladys Brown (gladys.brown@dla.mil). 

Contracting Office Address: 6090 Strathmore Rd., Richmond, VA 23237

Primary Point of Contact: Gladys Brown, Acquisition Specialist, Phone: 804-279-1561, Email: gladys.brown@dla.mil. 

If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program as outlined in the attached JACG SAM HB document.  A SAR package contains all of the technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality, or better, than the required item.  The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item, which DLA Aviation is procuring.

If there is an open solicitation for an NSN which you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation.

If you are submitting a SAR for an NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the DLA SAR Program Office address below:

DLA Aviation SAR Program Office

Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager)

6090 Strathmore Rd.

Richmond, VA 23237

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Notice history

Notice Type Posted
SPE4A725R0283-Justification Latest Limited / Sole Source Justification
Fluid filter element / E2A, AH-64E apache helicopter Latest pre-solicitation Pre-Solicitation
This notice Original Pre-Solicitation

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