Brake Engineering Biddings - Procurement Opportunities

This is a request for quotation for electric brake assembly. The RFQ is not a set-aside for small businesses. The due date for quotations is April 17, 2025. The delivery is FOB destination. The Air Force Directorate of Contracting is the agency. The document includes detailed requirements, clauses, and procedures for the quotation process, including quality assurance, inspection, delivery milestones, and payment terms. Additional documents and representations may be required. The contractor must hold its offered prices firm for 90 days.

This is a request for information (RFI) or a potential procurement notice for **** vehicular brake, steering, axle, wheel, and track components. The notice identifies the current approved source (Ronar Industries Inc. ) and the associated NSN. It also details the need for potential alternate sources to be reviewed and qualified through the DLA Land and Maritime Alternate Offer Source Approval Request (SAR) program. The deadline for responses is not specified.

This solicitation is for **** aircraft wheel and brake systems. Offerors must be government-approved sources of supply and submit a copy of their authorized distributor letter to the buyer point of contact via email at the time of proposal submittal. The item can only be procured from suppliers who provide FAA certified parts with an FAA authorized release certificate (FAA Form ****). The solicitation is issued under SEPA authority and synopsis is waived due to urgency. Additional clauses and requirements are referenced, including DFARS clauses and DLA clauses.

Justification for procuring supplies from a limited number of responsible sources. The acquisition is for spare parts that are form, fit, and functionally interchangeable with those currently used. The sources are the only ones known to have the capability of furnishing the required supplies and are currently approved by the design control activity. The solicitation will be synopsized on or about 1 March 2025 for a period of 1 day, posted to the DLA internet bid board system for a minimum of 10 days, and sources sought posted to SAM. gov from 20 February 2025 to 27 February 2025. A review of procurement history and a general internet search for potential manufacturing sources other than those listed yielded no other sources. The solicitation contains a DLA procurement note describing the process for submitting an alternate offer and requesting evaluation of an alternate product's technical acceptability for future procurements of the same item. Vendors interested in becoming an approved source should contact the DLA land maritime source approval monitor. A copy of the previous justification from contract **** is attached. The anticipated cost to the government will be fair and reasonable.