Pre-Solicitation Synopsis for the Overhaul of the Main Rotor Blade for the UH-60 Black Hawk

The contractor shall furnish all services, facilities, labor, parts, materials, equipment, tools, and data (other than Government Furnished Property), necessary to accomplish the Overhaul of the following assets:

NOMENCLATURE:            Main Rotor Blade

INPUT NSNs:                    P/Ns:

1615-01-106-1903             70150-09100-043

OUTPUT NSN:                  P/N:

1615-01-106-1903             70150-09100-043

ESTIMATED QUANTITY RANGE:  Minimum 60 each – Maximum 216 each

(Maximum includes a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Quantity of 36 each)

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 336413 and the size standard is 1,250 employees.  Interested parties who have the capability to perform the above effort should respond to this notice and identify your business size and socio-economic status as applicable.  All submissions must include full company name, Point of Contacts (POCs) to include, name, position, office and mobile telephone numbers and email address.

DMWR 1-1615-281, revision date 2/28/2023 has been identified for this effort; however, the Main Rotor Blade is an aviation Critical Safety Item (CSI) as defined by DFARS 209.270-2. As such, the overhaul can only be performed by a source approved by the Systems Readiness Directorate (SRD). Currently, the only known approved sources for the Main Rotor Blade are Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Large Business), International Aviation Composites Limited (Small Business), Aviation Blade Services, Inc (Small Business), Overhaul Support Services, LLC (Large Business), Advance Composite Structures Florida, LLC (Large Business), and Israel Aerospace Industries – Bedek, Accessories Mata (Large Business).

Contractors are encouraged to seek Source Approval Requests (SAR) in order to become an approved source by submitting documentation or questions to the following address: usarmy.redstone.ccdc- avmc.mbx.ed-sar@army.mil.

This procurement will follow the procedures of FAR Part 15. No telephone requests for the solicitation will be accepted. Requests for the solicitation shall be by email only. Email requests should be sent to andrew.e.cameron.civ@army.mil. proposals shall be emailed. No fax or hard copy responses will be accepted. This requirement is currently unfunded. Award will be withheld pending receipt of sufficient funds. The closing date annotated is an estimated date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above.