BEARING, BALL, AIRFRAME

The contract solicits 33 externally self-aligning, extra light duty ball bearings for airframe applications, identified by NSN 3110-01-134-7591 and part number MS27648-37G, in accordance with SAE AS27648E and AS7949C standards. Deliveries are required within 170 days of award, with FOB origin delivery to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, and inspection and acceptance also to occur at origin. The item is classified as a commercial item and is subject to strict qualification requirements, mandating that only components from manufacturers and assemblers listed on the PRI Qualified Manufacturer List (QML) or Qualified Products List (QPL), accessible via EAUDITNET.COM, may be used. Approved sources include Schatz Bearing Corp. and RBC Aircraft Products, both with designated CAGE codes. The bearings must be manufactured in the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada, with at least 50% of the total cost of all bearing components—rolling elements, retainer, inner race, or outer race—sourced from these regions. A contractor declaration regarding the domestic/foreign origin of materials is mandatory and must be submitted upon request; failure to provide this may disqualify the quote. The contract also incorporates DLA Master List technical and quality requirements identified by R and I numbers, as well as DLA packaging requirements (RP001), MIL-STD-2073-1E, and MIL-DTL-197M, with specific preservation methods, packaging codes, and marking instructions detailed per these standards. All packaging must adhere to MIL-STD-129 and palletization requirements under RP001. The bearings are designated as a critical application item, requiring the manufacturer’s inspection system to comply with SAE AS9003 or ISO 9001 tailored to AS9003. The contractor must comply with DFARS 252.225-7016 on domestic sourcing restrictions, DFARS 252.223-7008 prohibiting hexavalent chromium, and other clauses including prohibition on trafficking in persons, export controls, and cybersecurity compliance under NIST SP 800-171. All invoices and receiving reports must be submitted electronically via Wide Area Workflow, and supplier representations must be maintained and validated in the System for Award