FAIRING,AIRCRAFT

The contract pertains to the procurement of a single aluminum nose section fairing, part number 309J002-1, for the C-130 aircraft’s 1360-gallon external fuel tank, identified by NSN 1560012496052. The item is designated for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and will be delivered F.O.B. origin at the contractor’s facility, Integral Aerospace, LLC in Santa Ana, CA. All items must comply with stringent military packaging and preservation standards, including MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging, MIL-STD-129R for marking and barcoding, and MIL-STD-130 for item-level Unique Item Identification (UID), with hazardous materials properly labeled per 49 CFR. The contract requires full compliance with warranty, orientation, and special marking directives, including obliterating firearm identification and marking dummy containers. Inspection and acceptance are governed by FAR clauses 52.246-2 and 52.246-11, with the location to be determined by the Government, and delivery documentation must be submitted via Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF). Pricing is structured as a firm-fixed-price contract with option quantities ranging from 1 to over 16 units under FMS demand, though unit and total contract values are not specified. The solicitation, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, utilizes electronic submission through SAM.gov and closes on July 6, 2026. Offerors must affirm representations on small business status, cybersecurity compliance with NIST SP 800-171, prohibition of covered telecommunications equipment, and trafficking-in-persons policies, along with disclosing UEI and CAGE codes. The evaluation methodology is presumed to be Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA), with price as the sole evaluation factor. The contract includes multiple FAR and DFARS clauses addressing delivery, inspection, quality assurance, payments, and supply chain security, with no provision for subcontractor acceleration or cost-type pricing.