DLA Land & Maritime is preparing to solicit a contract for the NSN listed below. The purpose of this notice is to locate business concerns interested in manufacturing or providing these items in accordance with the requirements listed below. The solicitation will be synopsized separately later. This notice is for market research purposes only and not a request for either a quote or a proposal.

There are no technical drawings/data available for viewing. The NSN is to be sourced from the approved source(s) listed below.

An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity’s procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application.

Should a company wish to be reviewed and qualified as an “Approved Source”, they may submit an application package through the DLA Land and Maritime 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 Land and Maritime is procuring. 

For further information, please reference the DLA Land Maritime 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/Business/Selling/Alternate-Offers/

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Contract Specialist: Jacob McGee     Email: [email protected]

NSN: 6140-016787176

Forecasted Quantity: 3,300 EA

NAICS: 335910

Approved Source(s) –  

 L3HARRIS GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (7QAK7) – P/N: 12500-2500-02

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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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Sources interested in submitting an offer on the solicitation should complete the attached market survey and return to the Contract Specialist listed above by the requested response date.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.