SAM #FA8539-7025-01-738-4504AY

Air Force Seeks Repair Services for B-52 Data Interface Unit/Data Transfer Receptacle (DTR)

The U.S. Air Force is seeking qualified sources for the repair and support of the B-52 Data Interface Unit/Data Transfer Receptacle (DTR). - Government Buyer: - U.S. Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Sustainment Center (FA8539 AFSC PZABA) - Program Manager: Tyler Martens - OEMs: - Kihomac, Inc. (current manufacturer of the DTR) - Symetrics Industries (legacy repair provider) - Products/Services Requested: - Repair of INTERFACE UNIT, DATA (B-52 DTR), NSN 7025-01-738-4504AY, Part Number P210015K0001-1 - Hardware repairs, obsolete parts resolution, and engineering support for deficiency reports and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) - Ensuring repairs maintain original form, fit, function, and interface requirements - Notable Requirements: - The government currently lacks sufficient technical data and rights to enable open competition, but is pursuing actions to obtain them - Potential for reverse engineering or other technical data acquisition methods - Both large and small businesses, including joint ventures, are encouraged to respond - Contractors must demonstrate expertise in hardware repair, obsolete parts management, and engineering support for avionics systems

Description

B-52 Data Interface Unit/Data Transfer Receptacle (DTR)

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources with the expertise, capabilities, experience, and technical repair data necessary to meet qualification requirements to repair the B-52 Data Interface Unit/Data Transfer Receptacle (DTR). The National Stock Number (NSN) and Part Number (PN) are as follows:

LRU: NSN 7025-01-738-4504AY, P/N P210015K0001-1, INTERFACE UNIT, DATA

This RFI is for the repair of the new Form, Fit, Function, and Interface (F3I) DTR currently produced by Kihomac, Inc. The legacy B-52 DTR is repaired by Symetrics Industries (CAGE 22830) under contracts FA8539-20-D-0013 and FA8539-25-D-0004. The RMC/RMSC code for the B-52 DTR is R4/Q. R4 represents “Repair, for the first time, directly from the actual manufacturer” while “Q” states that the Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to contract repair of this part from additional sources. The Government has been unable to economically buy the data or rights to the data. Breakout to competition has not been achieved, but current, continuing actions to obtain necessary rights to data or adequate, repair technical data indicate breakout to competition is expected to be achieved. This part may be a candidate for reverse engineering or other techniques to obtain technical data.

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