KC-46 Thrust Reverser Plug Set

The 97th Contracting Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is soliciting quotes for 12 LMC18M87 Thrust Reverse Plug Sets, each designed for the PW4000 engine on KC-46 aircraft, under solicitation FA4419-26-Q-0015. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set Aside under NAICS code 336411, exclusively available to registered small businesses, and requires all offerors to maintain active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) with a valid Unique Entity ID (UEI) to be eligible for award. The solicitation is structured as a combined synopsis and request for quote using commercial item procedures under FAR Subpart 12.6, and while funds are not currently available, any awarded contract would be firm-fixed-price with delivery to Altus AFB under FOB destination terms. The evaluation process will follow a lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where technical acceptability is determined by binary assessment—acceptable or unacceptable—based on adherence to specified salient characteristics, primarily the two-piece semi-circle configuration of the plug sets, with price being the sole determining factor among technically acceptable offers. All submissions must be delivered electronically by the deadline of August 14, 2026, at 2100 CST to the designated point of contact, and must include a completed pricing schedule and technical documentation that clearly demonstrates compliance without merely restating requirements. Contractors must comply with a comprehensive set of federal clauses and statutory requirements, including restrictions on procuring goods or services linked to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, prohibitions on certain defense telecommunications equipment as outlined in Section 889 of the NDAA, and mandatory reporting of executive compensation and subcontract awards. Invoicing and payment must be conducted exclusively via the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) system using specified DoDAAC codes for routing, and all deliverables are subject to government inspection and acceptance at the destination. Compliance with representations regarding child labor, trafficking in persons, convict labor, and whistleblower protections is required, and offerors must affirmatively disclose any use of equipment or services linked to covered entities under federal sanctions. No packaging, preservation, or marking specifications are provided beyond the requirement for conforming commercial items, and no detailed delivery timeline or pricing data is available in the solicitation documents, though attachments outline evaluation factors, clauses, instructions, and clarifications