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Valve, Reed
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The contract involves the acquisition of a Valve, Reed with National Stock Number 4310-014912065 under an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) managed by DLA Land and Maritime through its Weapons Support office in Columbus, Ohio. The acquisition strategy is governed by AMC “3” and AMSC “D,” indicating that the item must be acquired directly from the manufacturer and that sufficient technical data to support competitive solicitation is unavailable, economically unobtainable, or cannot be adequately described in specifications, thereby limiting competition to approved sources. Currently, only two approved manufacturers are recognized: Siemens Energy, Inc. (CAGE 0AT62) and Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical (CAGE 830Q4), both supplying the identical part number ML12428850G1. The procurement is classified as a commercial item under FAR Part 12, requiring potential suppliers to demonstrate through a Source Approval Request (SAR) that their product is equal to or better than the approved OEM item, including submission of technical drawings, commercial sales history, unredacted invoices, catalogs, and manufacturing capability evidence. The solicitation, identified as CM26124005, is a sources-sought market research notice with a response deadline of May 20, 2026, aimed at identifying additional qualified manufacturers. Proposals must be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Brandon Preece, with no formal evaluation factors, pricing details, or contract value specified at this stage. The contract structure envisions a three-year base period with up to four one-year option periods, subject to future delivery orders, and requires adherence to DLA’s SAR program for source qualification. Place of performance is Columbus, Ohio, and deliveries will be made under the IDC framework, though FOB terms, packaging, preservation, and marking requirements are not explicitly detailed in the available documentation. No specific payment office, accounting data, COR/COTR, or invoice processing system is identified, and no formal contract clauses or inspections standards are provided beyond the overarching requirement for commercial item equivalence as defined by the SAR program.
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Contract Specialist: Brandon Preece Email: brandon.preece@dla.mil
NSN : 4310-014912065
Approved Source(s) –
0AT62 Siemens Energy, Inc. P/N ML12428850G1
830Q4 Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical P/N ML12428850G1
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The AMC/AMSC for the NSN listed above is “3/D”
AMC "3” Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer.
AMSC "D" The data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. AMCS 3, 4, or 5 are valid.
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Please review the NSN listed above and provide any sources that may be able to manufacture these items. The approved sources for this NSN are currently listed above. All information may be submitted directly to the Contract Specialist listed above. This information must be provided by the response date indicated above.
Should a company wish to be reviewed and qualified as an “Approved Source”, they may submit an application package through the DLA Weapons Support Alternate Offer/Source Approval Request (SAR) Program. A SAR package contains all technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality or better than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item which DLA Weapons Support - Columbus is procuring.
For further information, please reference the DLA Weapons Support web page shown below and click on the highlight: Alternate Offer/Source Approval Program for detailed explanation for the information and format necessary for a SAR and for the SAR approval process.
https://www.dla.mil/Land-and-Maritime/Offers/Technical-Support/Value-Management/
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
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