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Spares for AH-64 Apache of NOUN: Insulation, Thermal, PN:7-511141641-059, NSN:1560-01-679-4035

Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W6QK ACC-RSA
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
W58RGZ-26-B-0034
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
Product service code
1560
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-08-21
Response deadline
Sep 4, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Huntsville, AL
Contracting contact
ben.a.henson.civ@army.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

The Contractor shall furnish the following spare part for Insulation, Thermal. Nomenclature: Insulation, Thermal NSN: 1560-01-679-4035 PN: 7-511141641-059 Estimated Quantity (QTY): 177 Each Minimum; 1,415 Each Maximum This is not a critical safety item (CSI). Delivery Schedule: The anticipated delivery schedule is 30 days from date of award. Delivery Location: "Ship to" addresses will be cited on each delivery order. All deliveries will be within the continental United States. The Government does NOT own the technical data package (TDP) for this requirement. The proprietary rights to use, develop, or reproduce the technical data required to purchase this part from additional source(s) are not owned by the Government and cannot be acquired, developed, or otherwise obtained. Reverse engineering is not technically or economically feasible. Consequently, this acquisition will be restricted to the known approved sources for the Insulation, Thermal: The Boeing Company (CAGE 8V613), 5000 E McDowell Rd, Mesa, AZ 85215 and Thermal Structures, Inc. (CAGE 54787), 2362 Railroad St, Corona, CA 92878 This acquisition is anticipated to be awarded in accordance with (IAW) Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Part 14, Sealed Bidding. The resulting contract is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract) with a 60 month period of performance with five priced ordering periods. Offerors are advised: THE GOVERNMENT FULLY INTENDS TO EVALUATE BIDS AND AWARD THE CONTRACT WITHOUT DISCUSSIONS WITH OFFERORS. Therefore, initial bids should be submitted containing offerors' most favorable terms. This is a presolicitiaton notification, NOT a solicitation. No proposals or bids shall be submitted as a result of this notice. The closing date annotated is an estimate date and may be adjusted dependent upon the date of release of the solicitation; however, the solicitation will not close prior to the closing date stated above. The solicitation will be offered in electronic format only. No hard copies will be provided. The solicitation will be available on the System for Award Management website, https://www.sam.gov/. This will be the only method of distribution; therefore, it is the OFFERORS' RESPONSIBILITY to check the website for postings. Prospective Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) system at http://www.sam.gov/ in order to participate in this procurement. This is NOT an invitation for Bids.

Contact

Point of contact
Ben Henson
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
ben.a.henson.civ@army.mil
Secondary
kevin.k.corrica.civ@army.mil
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