Sources Sought for NSN 1560-01-707-7980

Tender summary

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtaining) the following item: NSN 1560-01-707-7980, aircraft fuel cell. This item is currently manufactured by American fuel Cell and Coated Fabrics (CAGE 05476) under part number 62650-12 and Bell Textron Inc. (CAGE 97499) under part number 449-366-001-104. The Weapon System Designator Code is C4N. This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary. Since this item is source controlled, DLA is not authorized to add new sources. Only the manufacturing source specified on the source control drawing is authorized to approve new sources. Interested parties who want to become an approve source are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by November 3, 2025, 2:00pm eastern standard time . The buyer will provide information for the cognizant design authority authorized to approve sources. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Gladys Brown (gladys.brown@dla.mil). Solicitation Number: SPE4A726R0121-Sources_Sought Type: Sources Sought Base Type: Sources Sought NAICS: 336413 Classification Code: 1560 Response Deadline: 2025-11-03T14:00:00-05:00 Office Address: RICHMOND, VA POC: Gladys Brown, gladys.brown@dla.mil, 4457374113

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• Located in United States.
• Source notice 7c97f89077554d00ba8541be2adf6434 on SAM.gov.
• Notice published 28 Oct 2025; Tenqual indexed it 30 Oct 2025.
• Deadline listed as 3 Nov 2025.
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