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DLA market research for aviation transparency parts manufacturing and support

DLA Aviation is conducting market research for manufacturing and support of aviation transparency parts managed by DLA. - Government buyer: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), through DLA Aviation and the DLA Aviation Richmond office. - Scope: Market research for 84 DLA-managed aviation transparency National Item Identification Numbers (NIINs), including aircraft windows, windshields, canopy transparencies, and related assemblies. - Named manufacturers/OEMs: PPG Industries, Inc. (including its Huntsville operating organization), Sierracin Corporation (Sylmar operating organization), and Texstars LLC (Grand Prairie operating organization). - Products and quantities: The attachment identifies the part numbers below; no order quantities are provided. The broader requirement covers 84 NIINs. - Potential support requirements: Manufacturing, component procurement, inspection, testing, preservation, packaging, shipping, production surge capability, quality compliance, delivery scheduling, supply-chain and logistics management, forecasting, long-lead-time procurement, and mitigation of diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages. - Notable procurement context: This is a sources-sought notice for market research, not a product order or solicitation. DLA is assessing industry capacity for a potential long-term requirement; no period of performance or contract value is specified.

Description

 The Defense Logistics Agency is issuing this sources sought as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement encompasses eighty-four (84) DLA-managed aviation transparency National Item Identification Numbers (NIINs). This population is distributed across PPG’s three primary operating organizations: PPG Industries, Inc. in Huntsville, AL (CAGE 53117); Sierracin in Sylmar, CA (CAGE 12035); and Texstars LLC in Grand Prairie, TX (CAGE 12849). 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. The potential awardee will maintain responsibility for production surge capability, quality compliance, and delivery schedule execution across all three subsidiary production facilities. 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 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, email 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.

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 November 02, 2026 5:00 pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Trang Pham (Trang.Pham@dla.mil).

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