LINEAR ACTUATOR PISTON ROD / 04F, B-52 STRATOFORTRESS AIRCRAFT

REVISED DESCRIPTION This amendment is hereby issued to change the set aside type from a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) set-aside to a 100% Small Business set aside. The solicitation closing date has been extended to December 4, 2024.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION NSN:

1650-00-341-9387, IQC PR:

1000189721, ITEM: LINEAR ACTUATOR PISTON ROD PARTS SHALL BE MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BASIC DRAWING 81205 5-36060, REVISION D, DTD 09/10/56, PART PIECE NUMBER 5-36060-3. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS A WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (WOSB) SET-ASIDE AND ONLY OFFERS FROM WOSBS WILL BE CONSIDERED. THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS. THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 52 EACH. FIRST ARTICLE TESTING IS REQUIRED.

DELIVERY OF THE FIRST ARTICLE UNITS WILL BE 120 DAYS ADO. GOVERNMENT TESTING, EVALUATION, AND NOTIFICATION WILL BE 150 DAYS. DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCTION UNITS WILL BE 120 DAYS AFTER FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL. FOB IS AT DESTINATION.

FIRST ARTICLE TERMS: INSPECTION AT ORIGIN, ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION.

PRODUCTION UNIT TERMS: INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE AT ORIGIN. THIS ITEM CITED REQUIRES DATA WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO CONTRACTORS CERTIFIED BY DOD TO ACCESS UNCLASSIFIED DATA PER DOD 5220.22M. CERTIFICATION IS OBTAINED BY SUBMITTING DD FORM 2345, MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT, TO THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS INFORMATION SERVICES. THIS SOLICITATION INCLUDES PROCUREMENT NOTE L09, REVERSE AUCTION.

SINCE A REVERSE AUCTION MAY BE CONDUCTED, OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS THE PROCUREX SYSTEM TO SELF-REGISTER AND REVIEW THE AVAILABLE TRAINING TOOLS AT: DLA.PROCUREXINC.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AUCTION. OFFERORS WHO DO NOT SELF-REGISTER WILL BE LOADED AT THE TIME OF AUCTION BY DLA. ALL QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE REVERSE AUCTION PROGRAM MANAGER AT DLAAVNREVAUC@DLA.MIL.

A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT “REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)” FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB “SOLICITATIONS.” THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF). TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER.

THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 13, 2024.