SAM #SPE4A527R0010

DLA Richmond market research for five Minuteman III power cable assemblies

DLA Aviation’s Richmond office is researching sources capable of manufacturing five Minuteman III power cable assemblies. - Government buyer: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), DLA Aviation, Richmond office. - Requested item: Five Minuteman III (LGM-30) power cable assemblies, NSN 6150-00-109-0979, part number 21-55000-4174. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, vendors, or manufacturers are named in the notice. - Potential work and requirements: Sources should be able to provide labor, materials, facilities, and equipment for component procurement or manufacture, inspection, testing, packaging, and shipping. The work may also require supply-chain and logistics planning, forecasting, long-lead-time procurement, and addressing diminishing sources or material shortages. - Opportunity status: This is market research to assess industry capability, not a request for proposals. The eventual competition approach and number of awards have not been determined.

Description

SOURCES SOUGHT

NOM: CABLE ASSEMBLY,POWER WSDC FGZ END ITEM: MISSILE,MINUTEMAN III,LGM-30 PR: 7014489918, NSN: 6150-001090979: IAW P/N: 21-55000-4174  RFP: SPE4A527R0010

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) - Richmond is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for COMPOSITE REPAIR SET. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 336413.  

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. 

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, emails address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

[Note: In accordance with FAR 10.001(b), agencies should not request potential sources to submit more than the minimum information necessary.]

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to 1) provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 10:00 AM EST., October 6, 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Jalon.Lynch@dla.mil

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Jalon Lynch (804)759-9420

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

Purpose and Objectives

Potential sources shall be capable of furnishing all labor, materials, facilities and equipment required to accomplish the new manufacture of the item(s).  Generally, this entails the procurement/manufacture of component parts, inspection, testing, preservation/packaging, and shipping.  Additionally, potential sources may be responsible for supply chain management, logistics planning, forecasting production requirements, long-lead time parts procurement, diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortage issues, and shipping serviceable assets.  The unit prices will be established at the time of a contract award.

The specific requirement for this effort is below:

Nomenclature: CABLE ASSEMBLY,POWER

NSN: 6150-001090979

Part Number: 21-55000-4174

Estimated Requirement: 5 EA

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