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Presolicitation, first published as sources sought

FILTER ELEMENT, FLUID / QPL NSN 1650-00-484-6918 / B-52 AIRCRAFT

SPE4A727R0088

Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Aviation. Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing.

Offers due

December 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST

41 days from now. Posted October 28, 2026, first published October 23, 2026.

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

An Unrestricted solicitation will be issued to establish an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for NSN 1650-00-484-6918, a FILTER ELEMENT, FLUID. The award will be for a 5-year base period. The Estimated Annual Quantity (EAQ) is 1520 EACH. Production units will be FOB: Destination; Inspection /Acceptance: Origin. Item is critical and deemed an Air Force Critical Safety Item. Surge applies (MWR = 8 each).

The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one or a limited number of sources under the authority of FAR 6.302. This is a QPL item IAW BASIC SPEC NR MIL-PRF-83860D NOT 2, REVISION NR D   DTD 09/18/2025, PPN: P/N M83860/4-3. Approved QPL sources are PTI Technologies (CAGE 05228) and Pall Aeropower (CAGE 18350). DLA Weapons Support - Richmond does NOT possess complete technical data on this part.

There are no other approved sources at this time. Any other interested contractor would have to submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package for approval to be added as a source by the assigned ESA.  

Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

This solicitation may include Procurement Note L09, Reverse Auction.  Since a reverse auction may be conducted, offerors are encouraged to access the Procurex system and review the reverse auction help tutorials at https//dla.procurexinc.com to learn more about how to participate in an auction.

In order to receive an award, regardless of dollar value, contractors must be registered in the System For Award Management (sam.gov). The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The estimated solicitation issue date is 11/13/2026.

A copy of the solicitation will be available via DIBBS at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ on the issue date cited in the RFP. Choose the RFP you wish to download. RFPs 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 this solicitation will not be available to requesters.

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. October 23, 2026

    Sources sought

    Due October 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice e24b5238ef4343b4898c497f5ca1ae4b

    1 revisions on SAM
    • October 23, 2026: publish, sources sought
  2. October 28, 2026

    Presolicitation, originally sources sought

    Due December 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice 93d03d233e364bedb40b97358fa9f0da

    2 revisions on SAM
    • October 28, 2026: publish, presolicitation
    • October 23, 2026: publish, sources sought

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