Request For Information

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

For Manufacturing/Procurement of Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly

Noun NSN Part Number
Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly 1650-01-187-9395HL 205-076-056-107

CAUTION:

The Government is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the data, expertise, capabilities, and experience to meet qualification requirements to manufacture/procure the Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly, which is applicable to the TH-1H Helicopter.

The Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly has an Acquisition Method Code (AMC)/ Acquisition Method Suffix Code (AMSC) code of 1/C.AMC 1: Suitable for competitive acquisition for the second or subsequent time. AMSC C: This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application. See Attachment 1 (Source Qualification Statement). If one source is approved, AMCs 3, 4, or 5 are valid. If at least two sources are approved or if data is adequate for an alternate source to qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, AMCs 1 or 2 are valid.

The technical data required to manufacture the Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly is not owned by the Government. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. The Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) for the TH-1H Linear Actuating Cylinder Assembly is Woodward HRT, Inc. (CAGE: 81873). The OEM for the TH-1H Helicopter is Bell Textron, Inc. (CAGE: 97499)

The Government has determined that this assembly is a commercial item as defined in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) 2.101. Commercial item descriptions, commercial vendor catalog or price lists or commercial manuals assigned a technical manual number apply.