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55 MXS Toolroom Lathe

Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force · FA4600 55 CONS PKP
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
FA460026Q0081
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
333517
Product service code
3416
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2026-08-19
Response deadline
Sep 2, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Offutt AFB, NE
Contracting contact
andrew.avila.5@us.af.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

This is a solicitation for commercial products in accordance with the format in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested, and a separate solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number FA460026Q0081 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for 1x toolroom lathe that meets or exceeds the specifications in the attached statement of need and the installaion services associated with it. This acquisition is set aside for a small business concern under NAICS 333517, Machine Tool Manufacturing. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses by reference. The full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. All prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Lack of a SAM registration will make an offeror ineligible for award. Please refer to the attachments of this RFQ for further details and specifications. Quotes are due on 2 September 2026 at 12:00pm CDT. Questions regarding this solicitation are due 26 August 2026 at 12:00pm CDT to andrew.avila.5@us.af.mil. Answers will be posted here as a seperate word document once all questions have been answered.

Contact

Point of contact
Andrew Avila
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
andrew.avila.5@us.af.mil
Secondary
joshua.connelly.3@us.af.mil
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