Federal opportunity · Sources Sought
Sources Sought: F-16 Transparencies
FD20202700027 · Dept of Defense · SAM.gov
! Responses due Feb 16, 2027, 12:00 PM ET · 101 days left
- Responses due
- Feb 16, 2027, 12:00 PM ET
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- NAICS code
- 3364 · Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing
- Set-aside
- None
- Place of performance
- Not listed
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation number
- FD20202700027
- Official notice
- View on SAM.gov →
What the agency is buying
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather a Sources Sought to seek new qualified and responsible manufacturers to produce spare F-16 parts in support of the United States Air Force (USAF). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not construe as a commitment by the Government. Subject: F-16 Transparencies, NSN: 1560-01-462-2040, NSN: 1560-01-462-4551, NSN: 1560-01-497-5078, NSN: 1560-01-497-5956, NSN: 1560-01-497-5959, NSN: 1560-01-497-6599 The USAF is seeking out additional manufacturing sources capable of producing F-16 transparencies and interested in becoming qualified to do so. Currently PPG Aerospace is the sole qualified manufacturing source. The Government owns the specifications.
New sources interested in becoming qualified must meet the requirements in the MQR and EDL that are attached. The EDL and Engineering Instructions are the same for all 6 NSNs. The Government's objective is to expand the qualified industrial manufacturing base by identifying and qualifiing additional sources.
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Anticipated Acquistion Strategy for the Follow-on Contract: The Government anticipates a follow-on Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with an anticipated award timeframe of September 2027. The effort is planned for a 5-year ordering period supporting both USAF and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirements. The Government anticipates a monthly demand of approximately 40 to 50 quantities over the course of this timeframe. The acquistion is anticipated to include on-ramping provisions to allow newly qualified Contractors to be added to the multiple-award vehicle post-award once qualification requirements are satisfied.
Keep in mind, this is subject to change... See the attached attachments attached to this Sources Sought for additional information concerning this Sources Sought. Requests for technical data must be requested through the points of contact below. Requests must include a copy of your JCP printout or DD 2345. If the POC requesting access is not identified on the DD 2345 or the JCP printout, it will be rejected.
The requestor must be identified on the DD 2345 in order to be granted access. All interested foreign parties shall let the Contracting Officers (CO) know that they are a foreign party so that the COs can clear them access to the drawings through the foreign disclosure office (FDO).
From the official notice on SAM.gov.
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