Disk, Turbine Aircraft

The contract pertains to the sole-source acquisition of six turbine disks, NSN 2840-01-627-7060NZ, for use in aircraft under a firm-fixed-price, fixed-quantity arrangement with RTX Corporation Military Engines as the exclusive supplier. The procurement is justified under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) due to the unavailability of technical data, proprietary design constraints, and the economic infeasibility of reverse engineering or qualifying alternate sources, with multiple AMSC codes such as D, H, K, V, and S reinforcing restrictions tied to data rights, high-reliability requirements, military-sensitive technology, and Class 1 casting standards per MIL-STD-2175. The acquisition is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency Contracting Activity, DLA Weapons Support, located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, with James Headington serving as the Contracting Officer and Christopher Lally as the Competition Advocate, and no Contracting Officer’s Representative or technical representative is identified. Although no pricing details are disclosed in the public documentation, the acquisition triggers mandatory technical certification under FAR 15.403-4 if the value exceeds $15 million, and the contract is marked as Controlled Unclassified Information with federal-only distribution. Inspection and acceptance are expected to occur at Tinker AFB, guided by AMSC codes that mandate controlled sourcing, special inspection facilities, and high-reliability qualification under MQR-PSD-1, while packaging, preservation, and marking requirements are not explicitly defined. The contract does not include any options, despite conflicting references to a potential percentage increase option, and no evaluation factors, payment details, invoicing method, or socioeconomic representations are included, as the procurement operates entirely outside of competitive processes under FAR 6.302-1.