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This is a Sources Sought notice for market research purposes to identify capable sources for the maintenance, repair, and rebuilding of aircraft components and accessories, specifically for the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G program. The requirement involves a dual-coast, three-site, simultaneous, entirely mobile facility for stripping, applying corrosion treatment, and reapplying radar-absorbing material (RAM) on aircraft pylons. A mobile facility is defined as an enclosed structure capable of complete set up and tear down in seven business days. Interested parties must provide evidence of experience performing mobile-based coating and corrosion treatment on military installations, specifically on active airfields. The contractor will be responsible for providing skilled labor, logistics, material, and tooling. The anticipated ordering period is five years, with a maximum of seventy-five aircraft pylons to be processed per month. The contractor will also ensure 100% compliance with environmental controls for hazardous materials and waste. Interested parties are requested to submit a capability statement of no more than five pages, including company name, address, CAGE code, primary point of contact, business size under NAICS code ****, a detailed summary of experience with mobile facilities, coating, Dow technical documentation, experience on controlled military airfields, and the ability to obtain security clearances. Responses must be submitted electronically by June 10, 2026. No proposals are being accepted at this time, and the government will not pay for any costs incurred in responding to this notice.
The bid notice requests responses by 10 June 2026.
The bid notice states that interested parties must provide evidence of experience performing mobile based coating and corrosion treatment on military installations, specifically on active airfields, for consideration. The contractor will make available the necessary skilled labor to be qualified by government personnel in the application of RAM LO on the associated components. The submission should include company name, address, cage code, and primary point of contact business size under the specified **** North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, a detailed summary of company's experience with mobile facility set up and tear down, strip, treat, and application of MIL-SPEC coatings, Department of War (Dow) technical documentation, familiarity working on controlled military airfields CONUS and/or OCONUS, and the ability to obtain security clearances for qualified technicians.