TUBE ASSEMBLY, METAL

This is a Sources Sought Notice only. No solicitation is being issued at this time. The amount of informationavailable for publication at this time is limited. This notice is also issued for the purpose of market research inaccordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10. Please review the below NSN 4710-01-551-2896and provide us with any sources that are able to manufacture theitem. Please also provide the location of the manufacturer (City and State OR country if applicable). Please alsoprovide POCs for these manufacturers if available. All of this information can be submitted to the contacts referenced above. We thank you in advance for your assistance. APPROVED SOURCES OF SUPPLY: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 77445 P/N 4081849-01 E. A. PATTEN CO., THE DBA 05819 P/N 4081849-01 ITEM DESCRIPTION: TUBE ASSEMBLY,METAL NOTE: THIS IS A RESTRICTED SOURCE ITEM AND REQUIRES ENGINEERING SOURCE APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNMENT DESIGN CONTROL ACTIVITY. IF AQLS ARE LISTED IN THE SPECIFICATION(S) OR DRAWING(S) THEY MAY BE USED TO ESTABLISH THE AUTHORIZED SAMPLE SIZE,HOWEVER,THE ACCEPTANCE NUMBER FOR THIS CONTRACT IS ZERO;I.E.,THIS CONTRACT REQUIRES A SAMPLING PLAN THAT ACCEPTS ON ZERO DEFECTS AND REJECTS ON ONE OR MORE DEFECT(S). 1. THIS IS AN AIR FORCE DESIGNATED CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM (CSI). CSI IS A SUBSET OF CRITICAL APPLICATION ITEM (CAI) DEFINITION: PARTS WHO'S FAILURE POTENTIAL CAN CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE, SERIOUS INJURY, LOSS OF AN AIRCRAFT AND/OR SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AN AIRCRAFT/ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT 2. THE FOLLOWING CSI CLAUSES ARE A PART OF THIS SOLICITATION: 52.211-9005 52.211-9006 52.211-9007 3. GOVERNMENT OR COMMERCIAL SURPLUS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. FAR 52.211-9009, NON-ACCEPTABILITY OF GOVERNMENT SURPLUS INCLUDED IN SOLICITATION. 4. CERTIFICATE OF CONFORMANCE (COC) IS NOT AND WILL NOT BE AUTHORIZED. 5. TRACEABILITY TO APPROVED CSI SOURCE AND AUTHORIZED OEM DISTRIBUTOR DESIGNATION IS REQUIRED ON ALL CSI PURCHASES. ALL DEALERS MUST PROVIDE TRACEABILITY DIRECTLY BACK TO APPROVED OEM ON ALL CSI PURCHASES. 6. SOURCES THAT ARE NOT APPROVED FOR THIS NSN ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A FULL SOURCE APPROVAL REQUEST (SAR) TO DSCC BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS SOLICITATION. THE DATA PACKAGE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SOURCE APPROVAL AUTHORITY AND THEY WILL DETERMINE IF THE SOURCE IS ACCEPTABLE.$200 LOCAL EVALUATION COST AND $1500 ESA EVALUATION COST ADDED TO ALTERNATE OFFERS BEFORE SUBMISSION OF DATA PACKAGE IS CONSIDERED. DUE TO CRITICALITY AND TIME REQUIRED FOR ESA EVALUATION OF ALTERNATE OFFERS, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE OFFERS FOR CURRENT AWARD, BUT THOSE MEETING EVALUATION CRITERIA WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE PROCUREMENTS IF APPROVED BY ESA AFTER SAR EVALUATION. 7. SOURCE INSPECTION REQUIRED ALL REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS OR DEVIATIONS MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE DSC CONTRACTING OFFICERFOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. 8. ALL ITEMS OF SUPPLY SHALL BE MARKED IAW MIL-STD-129. IN ADDITION, EACH UNIT PACK WILL BE MARKED WITH LOT AND SERIAL NUMBER (IF AVAILABLE), CONTRACTOR'S CAGE CODE, ACTUAL MANUFACTURER'S CAGE CODE AND PART NUMBER. 9. CLASS 3 THREADS APPLY TO THIS NSN. 10. DLAD 52.246-9003, MEASURING AND TEST EQUIPMENT, APPLIES. "CONTRACTOR/MANUFACTURER IS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A CALIBRATION SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994, AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD FOR CALIBRATION - CALIBRATION LABORATORIES AND MEASURING AND TEST EQUIPMENT-GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, OR ISO 10012-1, QUALITY ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEASURING. EQUIPMENT- PART 1, METROLOGICAL CONFIRMATION SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EQUIPMENT." 11. 52.246-11 Higher Level Contract Quality Requirement (Manufacturers) FAR CLAUSE 52.246-11 APPLIES. A QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF ISO 9001:2008; A PROGRAM COMPARABLE TO ISO 9001:2008 (EXAMPLE SAE AS 9100), THE FOLLOWING TAILORED VERSION OF ISO 9001:2008;OR A PROGRAM COMPARABLE TO THE TAILORED VERSION OF ISO 9001:2008 (EXAMPLE SAE AS 9003) IS REQUIRED. MIL-I-45208 AND MIL-Q-9858 ARE OBSOLETE AND NO LONGER CONSIDERED SUITABLE WHEN HIGHER LEVEL QUALITY IS REQUIRED. IN THE TAILORED VERSION OF THE ISO 9001:2008, ANY REFERENCES WHICH CITE THE ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ARE INTERPRETED AS EXCLUSIONS TO THIS DOCUMENT. DLA TAILORED HIGHER LEVEL QUALITY CLAUSE FROM ISO 9001:2008 4.1 General requirements, [excluding reference to 1.2 and excluding NOTE 3 c)] 4.2.1 General, [excluding subparagraph a)] 4.2.2 Quality manual, [excluding subparagraph a)] 4.2.3 Control of documents 4.2.4 Control of records 5.1 Management commitment 5.3 Quality policy 6.2.2 Competence, training and awareness 6.4 Work environment 7.1 Planning of product realization, [excluding NOTE 2] 7.2.1 Determination of requirements related to the product 7.2.2 Review of requirements related to the product 7.2.3 Customer communication 7.3.7 Control of design and development changes 7.4.1 Purchasing process 7.4.3 Verification of purchased product 7.5.1 Control of production and service provision 7.5.3 Identification and traceability 7.5.4 Customer property 7.5.5 Preservation of product 7.6 Control of monitoring and measuring equipment 8.1 General, [excluding subparagraph b) and subparagraph c)] 8.2.2 Internal audit 8.2.4 Monitoring and measurement of product 8.3 Control of nonconforming product 8.5.2 Corrective action 8.5.3 Preventive action 12. WHEN FIRST ARTICLE IS REQUIRED IN THE CONTRACT, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MARK THE OUTER SHIPPING CONTAINER IN 2 INCH BOLD, RED LETTERS "FIRST ARTICLE". THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO PROVIDE THE TESTING FACILITY WRITTEN NOTIFICATION OF WHEN THE FIRST ARTICLES EXHIBITS WILL BE SHIPPED TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE SHIP DATE. 13. THIS ITEM HAS TECHNICAL DATA SOME OR ALL OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO EXPORT-CONTROL REGULATIONS. DISTRIBUTION OF THE TECHNICAL DATA AND ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD ARE LIMITED TO THOSE SUPPLIERS QUALIFIED THROUGH JCP CERTIFICATION, OR TO THOSE LICENSED BY EITHER THEDEPARTMENTS OF STATE OR COMMERCE; OR TO FOREIGN SUPPLIERS PURSUANT TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. TO APPLY FOR JCP CERTIFICATION, COMPLETE DD FORM 2345, "MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT," FORM IS AVAILABLE AT THE WORLD WIDE WEB ADDRESS HTTP://WWW.DLIS.DLA.MIL/JCP OR BY WRITING TO: DLA LOGISTICS INFORMATION SERVICE FEDERAL CENTER 74 WASHINGTON AVE., NORTH BATTLE CREEK, MI 49037-3084 TO MANUFACTURE THIS ITEM, NON-JCP CERTIFIED SUPPLIERS MUST SUBMIT A CURRENT MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT, DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT OR OFF-SHORE PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE DIRECTORATE OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS WITH THE OFFER, UNLESS AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ITAR SECTION, 125.4 "EXEMPTIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY," AND/OR EAR PART 740 ARE APPLICABLE. NON-JCP CERTIFIED SUPPLIERS SEEKING EXPORT CONTROLLED TECHNICAL DATA ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THE CONTRACTING OFFICER WITH AN APPLICABLE AGREEMENT OR IDENTIFY WHICH ITAR/EAR EXEMPTION APPLIES TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE EXPORT CONTROLLED TECHNICAL DATA. NOTE: JCP CERTIFIED CONTRACTORS WHO RECEIVE TECHNICAL DATA PURSUANT TO THEIR DD FORM 2345 CERTIFICATION MAY NOT FURTHER DISSEMINATE SUCH DATA UNLESS FURTHER DISSEMINATION OF THE TECHNICAL DATA IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY DODD 5230.25."