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Sources Sought for NSN 160-01-642-2829
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The Defense Logistics Agency Weapons Support is conducting market research through a Sources Sought Notice to identify companies capable of manufacturing or legitimately sourcing the fluid filter element identified by NSN 1650-01-642-2829. Currently, this item is produced by PTI Technologies Inc. and Purolator Facet Inc. The notice serves solely to gather information and is not a solicitation or an offer, with no funds allocated for response preparation. Interested and qualified companies are invited to submit their responses by June 8, 2026, via email to the designated acquisition specialist, Gladys Brown. Companies seeking consideration as an approved source must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR) package demonstrating their ability to manufacture a product of equal or superior quality to the current approved items. SARs for items without open solicitations should be sent directly to the DLA Weapons Support SAR Program Office in Richmond, VA. This process ensures that prospective contractors are evaluated thoroughly before being qualified to supply this item, under the oversight of DLA Aviation within the Department of Defense. The obligation to prove product equivalency rests with the potential supplier, and any submissions remain voluntary with no guarantee of contract award.
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Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtaining) the following item: NSN 1650-01-642-2829, fluid filter element. This item is currently manufactured by PTI Technologies Inc. (CAGE 05228) under part number 7595726-101 and Purolator Facet Inc. (CAGE 90005) under part number Q204900M. The Weapon System Designator Code is E2A.
This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.
Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by June 8, 2026, 2:00pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Gladys Brown (gladys.brown@dla.mil).
Contracting Office Address: 6090 Strathmore Rd., Richmond, VA 23237
Primary Point of Contact: Gladys Brown, Acquisition Specialist, Phone: 445-737-4113, Email: gladys.brown@dla.mil.
If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program as outlined in the attached JACG SAM HB document. A SAR package contains all of the technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality, or better, than the required item. The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item, which DLA Aviation is procuring.
If there is an open solicitation for an NSN which you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation.
If you are submitting a SAR for an NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the DLA SAR Program Office address below:
DLA Weapons Support SAR Program Office
Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager)
6090 Strathmore Rd.
Richmond, VA 23237