Valve, cooling, aircr

This Special Notice from the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation seeks to procure 9 units of valve, cooling, air for aircraft. The part requires engineering source approval to be maintained by the original design activity in order to preserve the quality of the unique design. The approved sources for this part retain data rights and manufacturing knowledge that are not readily available to the government and are critical to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternative source must qualify according to the design activity's procedures as approved by the cognizant government engineering authority, with qualification procedures also requiring government approval. Drawings for the part are not available.

The objective of this Special Notice is to acquire this part directly from its original, approved sources so as to maintain the design quality controls established by those sources. Potential contractors must work with the design activity and cognizant government engineering office to complete extensive qualification procedures before being eligible to fulfill this requirement. Only sources currently approved for this unique part design possess the data rights and manufacturing expertise needed to meet the government's quality standards for this critical aviation component.