Solicitation Number: SPE4A5-20-R-0222 Notice Type: Sources Sought The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation- Richmond is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtain) the items listed in the attached workbook. The current approved sole source of supply and part number is included in the Excel workbook. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by July 30, 2020. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice MUST update the Excel workbook attached and send to the primary point of contact email address below. Please provide the POCs, and location of manufacturer (City & State or Country if applicable). Primary Point of Contact: Name: Calesha Turner-Aaron Email:
[email protected] 804-279-5145 Contracting Office Address: 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway Richmond, Virginia 23297-5000 United States THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFOMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLTY VOLUNTARY. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for any of the items in the Sources Sought Workbook, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program as outlined in the attached SAR document. A SAR package contains all of the technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality, or better, than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The responsibility is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item that DLA Aviation is procuring. If there is an open solicitation for a NSN that you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation. If you are submitting a SAR for a NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the Competition Advocate SAR Program Office address below: SAR Program DLA Aviation Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager) 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway Richmond, VA 23297-5100