SAM #N68335-26-R-1056

Industry RFI: Hydraulic Fluid Particle Counter for FMS H-60 and H-1 Aircraft Programs

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ, is seeking industry input for a potential procurement: - Government Buyer: - Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, NAWCAD Lakehurst, NJ - Product Requested: - Hydraulic Fluid Particle Counter - Part Number: 4348AS1000-1 - NSN: 6635-01-725-8375 - Quantity: Not specified (information request only) - Purpose: Verifies hydraulic fluid cleanliness in aircraft and support equipment by detecting and classifying particulate contamination - Supported Programs: - Foreign Military Sales (FMS) H-60 programs for Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, South Korea - H-1 program for Nigeria - Notable Requirements: - Device must meet Navy contamination control standards for hydraulic systems - Industry is asked to provide product information, capabilities, and feedback - Compressed procurement schedule anticipated if a solicitation is released - OEMs: - No specific OEMs named; only part number and NSN provided - Vendors: - No vendors named; open to industry responses

Description

The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst, NJ is requesting information pertaining to the procurement of the Hydraulic Fluid Particle Counter, Part Number 4348AS1000-1, NSN 6635-01-725-8375, as it is required to support Foreign Military Sales (FMS) H-60 programs: Saudi Arabia FMS Case SR-P-GBX, Australia FMS Case AT-P-GXO, Australia FMS Case AT-P-SCO, India FMS Case IN-P-GBD, South Korea FMS Case KS-P-GST and the following Foreign Military Sales (FMS) H-1 Program: FMS Nigeria Case NI-P-SAO. The Hydraulic Fluid Particle Counter is used to verify hydraulic fluid cleanliness in aircraft and support equipment by detecting and classifying particulate contamination to ensure compliance with established contamination control standards.

This is a Request for Information (RFI) notice is to solicit comments, questions and feedback from industry to meet the general requirements described above.

All interested businesses are encouraged to respond and should provide information that includes previous efforts and related data to juancarlos.r.belmonte.civ@us.navy.mil, no later than the response deadline specified below. All information should reference this RFI number on the subject response line as well as on all enclosed documents. Reponses must include the company name, address, CAGE Code, points of contact name and email/phone, and company business size. Respondents may provide Rough Orders of Magnitude on any currently available product or company capabilities that will meet the Navy’s requirements. Any comments provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation.

This is a Request for Information only. There is no solicitation package available. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute as a solicitation. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible vendors capable of meeting the general requirements described above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this request for information. In accordance with FAR 15.101(c), responses to this notice are not offerors and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. All data received in response to this RFI, marked or designated as corporate or proprietary, will be fully protected from release outside the Government. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. Failure to respond to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future associated Request for Proposal that may be issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the SAM website: www.sam.gov. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor this site for release of any follow-on information. It is anticipated that any procurement that may result from this RFI will have a significantly compressed schedule for contract completion.

All responses should be received no later than 4:00 PM EST, 07 April 2026. Responses should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Formation (PDF) to the following e-mail address: juancarlos.r.belmonte.civ@us.navy.mil. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted.

Contracting Office Address: Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Procurement Department, Code BL52000, Bldg. 120, Hwy 547, Joint Base MDL, NJ 08733.

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