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NSN 1560-017081071, FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT, WSDC: 51N, AH-1Z HELICOPTER NSN: 1560-01-708-1071, IQC PR: 1000206462, ITEM: FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT THIS PART IS MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN FUEL CELL AND COATED FABRI... NSN 1560-017081071, FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT, WSDC: 51N, AH-1Z HELICOPTER NSN: 1560-01-708-1071, IQC PR: 1000206462, ITEM: FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT THIS PART IS MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN FUEL CELL AND COATED FABRICS (CAGE 05476) UNDER PART NUMBER 62650-11 BELL TEXTRON INC (CAGE 97499) UNDER PART NUMBER 449-366-001-103 THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS AN UNRESTICTED PROCUREMENT (OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION). THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS. THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 16 EACH. DELIVERY WILL BE 575 DAYS AFTER DATE OF ORDER. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT ORIGIN. FOB IS AT DESTINATION. THIS ITEM CITED REQUIRES DATA WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO CONTRACTORS CERTIFIED BY DOD TO ACCESS UNCLASSIFIED DATA PER DOD 5220.22M. CERTIFICATION IS OBTAINED BY SUBMITTING DD FORM 2345, MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT, TO THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS INFORMATION SERVICES. THIS SOLICITATION INCLUDES PROCUREMENT NOTE L09, REVERSE AUCTION. SINCE A REVERSE AUCTION MAY BE CONDUCTED, OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS THE PROCUREX SYSTEM TO SELF-REGISTER AND REVIEW THE AVAILABLE TRAINING TOOLS AT: DLA.PROCUREXINC.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AUCTION. OFFERORS WHO DO NOT SELF-REGISTER WILL BE LOADED AT THE TIME OF AUCTION BY DLA. ALL QUESTIONS CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE REVERSE AUCTION PROGRAM MANAGER AT DLAAVNREVAUC@DLA.MIL. A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT “REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)” FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB “SOLICITATIONS.” THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF). TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER. THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2025.

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Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obt... Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtaining) the following item: NSN 1560-017081071, FUEL CELL AIRCRAFT. This item is currently manufactured by AMERICAN FUEL CELL AND COATED FABRICS (CAGE 05476) UNDER PART NUMBER 62650-11 AND BELL TEXTRON INC (CAGE 97499) UNDER PART NUMBER 449-366-001-103. The Weapon System Designator Code is 51N. This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as 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 strictly voluntary. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by JULY 2, 2025, 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Tatjana Klemmer at tatjana.vaughan@dla.mil. Contracting Office Address: 6090 Strathmore Rd., Richmond, VA 23237 If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program as outlined in the attached JACG SAM HB 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 required item. The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item, which DLA Aviation is procuring.