SLIP RING, ROTOR, SPE

The contract SPE4A526R0148 is a sole-source, firm-fixed-price acquisition for 45 units of a slip ring rotor component, part number 70550-28901-104, with NSN 1650-013147849, procured from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation through an existing Basic Ordering Agreement. The acquisition is justified under 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1) due to the unavailability of technical data from the original equipment manufacturer, making reverse engineering cost-prohibitive and eliminating the possibility of full and open competition. The place of performance is Richmond, Virginia, with the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation under the Department of Defense as the procuring agency, and Gabrielle Smith serving as the primary point of contact. No competitive evaluation factors, inspection criteria, or quality standards are specified; conformance is based solely on physical and functional equivalence to the OEM part. The CAGE code 78286 is associated with Sikorsky, and the contract value, while not explicitly stated, exceeds the $15 million threshold requiring a technical certification on file. The contract includes no options, does not impose security clearance requirements, and contains no clauses or provisions related to organizational conflict of interest or key personnel. Packaging, marking, payment details, invoicing methods, and accounting codes are not provided within the documentation, and while the contract was issued on June 30, 2026, the signing date of March 113, 2026, is invalid and likely contains a data entry error. The procurement was conducted without a request for information, relying entirely on sole-source justification tied to technical exclusivity.