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NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) Philadelphia intends to pursue a single, 100% small business set aside competitive contract award for the repair of 292 items for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon ai... NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (NAVSUP WSS) Philadelphia intends to pursue a single, 100% small business set aside competitive contract award for the repair of 292 items for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The P-8A is a maritime patrol aircraft derived from the Boeing 737-800 commercial airliner. Although the P-8A carries out a strictly military role for the U.S. Navy, some items on the aircraft are unmodified 737-800 items. These are referred to as “commercial common” items (i.e. common to the P-8A and 737). They would be referred to in Federal Acquisition Regulation as “COTS” or “commercial off the shelf” but hereinafter will be referred to simply as commercial common. All items on this contract will be unmodified commercial common items. The 292 items to be repaired are found on Attachment A to this notice and are used by the U.S. Navy. Note: The range of items on Attachment A is subject to change prior to the solicitation release. The anticipated contract is expected to be for a 5-year period. The awardee must be familiar with repair of the items on the Attachment A of this notice. The awardee will be required to act as the Government’s single point of contact for repair, or subcontract for repair, for all the items on Attachment A, using Federal Aviation Administration (14 CFR Part 145) repair stations. Issuance of FAA Form 8130-3 or EASA Form 1 Authorized Release Certificate/Airworthiness Approval Tags shall be mandatory for each repair. The repair of these P-8A commercial common items poses some unique challenges: The P-8A flies a military flight envelope, unlike the 737. In addition, the P-8A does not have an FAA Type Certificate; the Navy engineering community retains engineering cognizance. These P-8A commercial common items, including all sub-components, parts, and piece parts thereof, must not be co-mingled at any time with airline or other commercial or private 737 commercial common items. Instead, per FAA and Department of Navy mandate, such P-8A commercial common items and their sub-components, parts, and piece parts must stay isolated in a “closed-loop” to ensure none is placed on an airline or other commercial or private 737 aircraft. Spare parts (i.e., components, subcomponents, piece parts, etc.) inserted into/onto the items during the repair, etc. of such items must be manufactured by, or procured from, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), or procured from a supplier with a Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) based on a licensing contract from the OEM, provided such spare parts are new and properly certificated serviceable. All non-OEM or non-OEM licensed PMA sub-components, parts, and piece parts, etc. will not be accepted without NAVSUP approval. Approval to use non-OEM certified PMA part must be requested each time the contractor wants to utilize a non-OEM certified PMA part. Any repairs requiring Designated Engineering Representative (DER)/FAA-approved deviations or alterations to a Component Maintenance Manual (CMM) will not be accepted. U.S. Navy Equipment history and maintenance records will be updated during the contract by the awardee for Navy life limited items. A list of the life limited items will be provided as part of the future solicitation. NAVSUP WSS requires electronic inventory reporting to ensure 100% accountability of all Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) (for example, items to be repaired, etc.) Repaired items returned to the Government require military packaging and packing in accordance with MIL-STD-2073-1E, and marking in accordance with MIL-STD-129R. The awardee will be required to comply with contract clauses from the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)/Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)/Navy Marine Corps Acquisition Regulation Supplement (NMCARS), specifically those of FAR Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items, DFARS Part 212 “Acquisition of Commercial Items” and NMCARS 5212 “Acquisition of Commercial Items.” These include, but are not limited to: DFARS 252.246-7008 Sources of Electronic Parts DFARS 252.204-7009 Limitations on the Use or Disclosure of Third Party Contractor Reported Cyber Incident Information. NAVSUP WSS is seeking contractors who wish to be considered for this effort. All responsible sources may identify their interest and provide capability statements in response to this notice to the POC – Michael.j.dickens5.civ@us.navy.mil on or before 27 October 2023. This Sources Sought Notice is not a request for proposals and no contract proposal or offer submitted by any party will be reviewed.