OA-1K Travel/Mobility Pods

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the W7NV Uspfo Activity Okang 137 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is soliciting commercial solutions for the provision of three External Carriage Mobility Pods designed to attach to the pylons of the OA-1K aircraft, supporting the 137th Special Operations Wing and the 17th Special Operations Squadron. These pods must comply with strict mechanical and operational specifications, including compatibility with BRU-71/A ejector release units featuring a 14-inch lug spacing, and physical constraints of no more than 130 inches in length, 22.5 inches in width, and 28.8 inches in depth, while maintaining a minimum usable volume of 9.0 cubic feet and a cargo capacity to empty weight ratio of at least 1.9. The pods must not interfere with the aircraft’s flight control surfaces or landing gear, and must be designed with accessible doors for storage. All deliverables are subject to rigorous technical documentation requirements, including a complete Technical Data Package for U.S. Government airworthiness certification, encompassing structural, aerodynamic, and mass moment analyses, along with detailed maintenance instructions and qualification test data. Proposals must be submitted via email by the deadline of July 21, 2026, and require offerors to be actively registered in the System for Award Management with a valid Unique Entity Identifier and CAGE code. The solicitation mandates full compliance with numerous Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, including prohibitions on inverted domestic corporations, pass-through charge limitations, security exclusions, subcontracting transparency, employment reporting for veterans, and anti-trafficking requirements. Packaging and marking must adhere to MIL-STD-130 for unique item identification and MIL-STD-129 for shipment labeling, with all markings required to be machine readable and verifiable using automatic identification technology compliant with Appendix A of MIL-STD-130. The award will follow a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process, where only the lowest priced proposal that passes technical acceptability and price realism reviews will be selected. Delivery of all three pods is due within 60 days of contract award, with maintenance support extending through twelve months. All shipments are FOB destination, with the contractor bearing transportation costs, and payments must be processed electronically through Wide Area WorkFlow using specified DoDAAC codes. No pass-through vendors or third-party representatives are permitted, and unauthorized legends on technical data will result