Remanufacture of F16 Heat Exchanger

The United States Air Force, through the Air Force Sustainment Center at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is seeking a firm fixed price, five-year requirements contract to remanufacture the F-16 Heat Exchanger, part number 764967-7 and NSN 1660-01-331-0068, to a like-new condition. The effort will encompass complete disassembly, cleaning, inspection, maintenance, in-house core manufacture per Technical Order 15A4-85-3, reassembly, testing, and finishing, with all core manufacturing required to occur exclusively at the contractor’s facility; subcontracting is prohibited. The contract will consist of a three-year base period and a two-year option, with performance taking place at S Coffeyville, Oklahoma. The procurement is set aside exclusively for small businesses under FAR 19.5, classified under NAICS code 336413. Offerors must be U.S.-owned and must clearly state their socioeconomic status in their proposal. All delivered items must meet strict quality standards, be defect-free, and pass final acceptance by the Defense Contract Management Agency at the remanufacturing site prior to packaging and shipment. The contractor is responsible for furnishing all material, special tools, and test equipment, and must adhere to MIL-STD-130 for item marking, including permanent, legible CAGE code and date of remanufacture, as well as implementing and preserving Item Unique Identification (IUID) tags per TO 00-25-260. The contractor must maintain a certified quality system to ensure compliance with technical orders and oversight requirements, including supporting quality audits, inspections, and an Initial Production Evaluation on the first three units of each line item, which must be completed within 60 days of the first delivery order before full production may commence. Documentation for each remanufactured item—including maintenance and test data sheets, parts replacement records, and quality acceptance reports—must be preserved for five years and provided upon request. The contract mandates strict supply chain risk management, parts traceability by serial number, and adherence to NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5.2.0, NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 3, and DFARS 252.204-7012 for cybersecurity and protection of Controlled Unclassified Information. The contractor is required