SPE4A726R0215 - 1560 - windshield panel, AI
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- Solicitation number
- SPE4A726R0215
- Agency
-
Aviation
Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- PSC
- 1560 Airframe Structural Components
- Place of performance
- Richmond, Virginia 23237, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation is conducting market research to identify potential suppliers for the manufacture of windshield panels (NSN 1560-014853955) used in aircraft applications. This pre-solicitation notice seeks sources capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment required for new manufacture of the component, including procurement of parts, inspection, testing, preservation, packaging, and shipping. Potential contractors must demonstrate capacity for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, managing long-lead time parts procurement, addressing diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages, and shipping serviceable assets. The Defense Logistics Agency will use responses to this market research to determine the procurement methodology; however, this notice does not constitute a formal solicitation, and submission of information is voluntary with no financial obligation to the government. Interested parties must respond by November 24, 2025, providing organizational information and tailored capability statements addressing the stated requirements.
This procurement carries no small business or other set-aside designations. Current or potential suppliers include Llamas Plastics Inc., PPG Industries Inc., Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Sierracin Corporation, and GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc., with specific part numbers identified for each supplier. The estimated annual requirement is 91 units, with unit prices to be established at contract award. The applicable NAICS code is 336413 (Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing), and the product service code classification is 1560 (Airframe Structural Components). Specific award value or budget information has not been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice.
Notice text
The Defense Logistics Agency is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for NSN: 1560-014853955, WINDSHIELD PANEL,AI. This item is currently identified as part number
LLAMAS PLASTICS INC 8P093 P/N 21C1869-6
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. 53117 P/N 65206-01009-106
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION 78286 P/N 65206-01009-106
SIERRACIN CORPORATION 12035 P/N E-1203
GKN AEROSPACE TRANSPARENCY SYSTEMS INC. 86175 P/N P00200-1. Potential sources shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities and equipment required to accomplish the new manufacture of the item(s). Generally, this entails the procurement/manufacture of component parts, inspection, testing, preservation/packaging, and shipping. Additionally, potential sources may be responsible for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, long-lead time parts procurement, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues, and shipping serviceable assets. The estimated annual quantity is 91 each. The unit prices will be established at the time of a contract award. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336413.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.
BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS
REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND
OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by November 24, 2025 3:00 pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to ReKisha Burton (rekisha.burton@dla.mil).
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| SPE4A726R0215 - 1560 - windshield panel, AI | Pre-Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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