Aros Government Bids & RFPs

The objective is to achieve and maintain at least 95% on-time delivery (OTD) for DLA managed consumable parts, and 90% OTD for USAF managed parts. delays due to die refurbishment will not be considered cause for otd metric relief.

Progress payments will be limited to the costs of long lead items such as raw material, bearings, and forgings. Small businesses can invoice up to 90% via clause ****.

To become an approved source for a source or specification control NSN, the prime contractor or a suitable subcontractor must satisfy the specific qualification requirements and be approved by the government engineering authority. The engineering plan is to be created by offeror and is submitted with rfp.

Performance measures, incentives and disincentives will differ based on air force dlr orders and dla consumable orders. if the government doesnt meet the 30 days, then it will be a day per day government caused delay on the metric.

Please provide any comments as soon as possible prior to the response date of 4 June 2026.

The bid notice aims to achieve and maintain at least 95% on-time delivery (OTD) for DLA-managed consumable parts, and 90% OTD for USAF-managed parts. Delays due to die refurbishment will not be considered cause for OTD metric relief. The government will be held accountable to meet timelines for MRB actions, with relief given if they exceed 30 days.

The bid notice indicates that progress payments will be limited to the costs of forged items and other long-lead items such as raw material and bearings. It also mentions the intent to include FAR ****, which allows a 90% progress payment rate for small businesses.

To become an approved source for a source or specification control NSN, the prime contractor or a suitable subcontractor must satisfy the source control drawing specific qualification requirements and be approved by the government engineering authority. All drawings needed to bid will be provided. If all data is not available for source/spec control drawings, the prime may need to utilize CLIN **** (forging maintenance) for reverse engineering, which would require adjustments to production lead times.

Performance measures, incentives, and disincentives will differ based on Air Force DLR orders and DLA consumable orders. The bid notice mentions that delays due to die refurbishment will not be considered cause for OTD metric relief.