C-5 Carbon Heat Sink Exchange

This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought Synopsis and Request for Industry Comments (RFIC). DLA Aviation, 417th Landing Gear Squadron, and Enterprise Hill Commodity Council (EHCC) is conducting an RFIC for market research purposes to gather information regarding a potential Heat Sink Long Term Exchange contract to include the consumable parts support and remanufacture for the C-5 Carbon Heat Stacks. The National Stock Number Item being considered for inclusion on the potential contract is listed below:

1630-01-592-5894 (C-5M Heat Sink Assembly) This list may be modified prior to solicitation. Initial Market Research indicates that Collins Aerospace is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and that the Government does not have complete, unrestricted data packages available. Please see attached for more information.

Disclaimer: THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFIC OR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. The information will be used for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Quotation (RFQ), or Request for Proposal (RFP), or as obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your responses to this RFIC will be treated as information only.

No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise because of contractor submission of responses to this request or Government use of such information. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or part, any contractor input resulting from this request. The information resulting from this RFIC may be included in one or more acquisition strategies and subsequent RFP's, which may be released via the SAM.gov portal.