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US Government plans on buying 20 Harley Davidson motorcycles for Egypt

The Army Contracting Command, Warren Michigan division currently has an open solicitation for 20 Harley Davidson motorcycles in support of the Egyptian Government. This is a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) requirement. The supplier is to provide the Harley Davidson motorcycles along with all the associated riding gear, Harley Davidson parts, and complete sets of tools – Basically a dream setup for any bike owner’s home garage and 20 of their friends.

This complete set of items includes things like spare engines, Harley Davidson leather riding jackets, boots, gloves, helmets, goggles, and the ultimate tool set by snap on tools. This solicitation is a small business set-aside which has been open for over a year as the requirements have changed several times, it’s now due to close again on June 27th 2018.  When it’s finally awarded they will be delivered to the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in Cairo Egypt.

Details of the Requirement:

  • Solicitation number: W56HZV-17-R-0091
  • Current close date: June 27, 2018 (This solicitation has open and closed before a few times)

Motorcycles

  • Model: Harley Davidson FLHTP Electra Glide police motorcycle
  • Quantity: 4 single seat and 16 dual seat motorcycles
  • Support Equipment – Repair and wear items
  • 6 Spare engines, normal repair and maintenance parts and extras such windshields and handlebars.

Tools by Snap-on such as:

  • 6 Red tool chests, 5 drawer type – part number kra2055, NSN 5140-01-434-5792
  • 6 Torque wrenches part number qd2fr75, NSN 5120-01-355-1734
  • 6 Combination wrench sets part number oexm710b, NSN 5120-01-428-8366
  • And many others – see attachments in bid details

Riding Gear:

  • 100 Harley Davidson heavy duty leather riding jackets
  • 100 riding boots and gloves
  • 200 police helmets and driver goggles

After a quick review of BidLink NSN data and Government contracts we found over 1000 NSNs associated to Harley Davidson cage code 27296. Many of these NSNs date back to the 1960’s.  Direct Government or military sales of Harley Davidson products to the military was low.  On the other hand the sales of Snapon tools sales are out of control as the military buys a lot of them.  The CAGE code for Snap-on tools (AKA IDSC Holdings) is 55719. Click here to do your own research.

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Army seeks bids for ice coolers used for deep-sea catches and big events

Today after our daily review of current open solicitations we found an Army requirement posted for several huge ice coolers a very timely request as today is the first day of summer. The size of the cooler is over 82 gallons weighing in at 89 pounds when empty.  This Army requirement is coming out of Fort Benning, GA.  One listed requirement says the cooler is for “deep-sea catches” – Army fishing missions?

The solicitation requests the Yeti Tundra 350 cooler, however the buyer is accepting brand name or equal as long as the alternate item provided meets the salient characteristics of the Yeti cooler.

Using the BidLink database for research we were able to find a few National Stock Numbers (NSN’s) for some of Yeti’s coolers with procurement history, however there were no NSNs associated to this almost 6 foot wide ice chest. Yeti’s CAGE code is 5REC4. One of yeti’s smaller coolers, the 45 quart model has an NSN assigned which is 4110-01-579-0984, it sold in November of 2017 at a price of 297.49 each the ordered quantity was 12, there were many other orders that year.

This solicitation which is a Small business set-aside closes on June 26, 2018, it’s also a reverse auction solicitation which will be processed through FedBid.

Summary

  • Solicitation number: BENNING30THAGAM0011
  • Outside dimensions: 24 ¾” x 23 ¼” × 63 ½”
  • Inside dimensions: 16 ¾’’ × 17 ¾” × 54 5/8”
  • Empty weight: 89 pounds
  • Description: 19,000 cubic inches of capacity and enough space to hold 82.4 gallons, it’s built to handle big events and deep-sea catches.
  • Quantity requested: 14 each
  • Contracting Office: 5305 3rd Infantry Division Rd, Fort Benning, GA 31905

Distributors or manufacturers’ of ice chests / coolers have a bid opportunity somewhere in the thousands of dollars range for this solicitation selling to the Army, Happy fishing.

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DLA’s buying parts for M2A2 Aiming Circles, needs SDVOSB machine shops

Today DLA’s contracting office SPE4A6 – Aviation supply chain commodities division posted a requirement for an item used on the M2A2 Aiming Circles. The requested item is a metal spacer plate, aluminum alloy about 3 inches in diameter with two concentric bolt circles.  It’s a simple part any machine shop could manufacture.  DLA says they have a complete set of drawings for the item.  Machine shops searching for government contracts of metal parts should look at this one.

This spacer plate NSN 5365-01-082-7978 is part of the end item, “M2A2 Aiming Circle” NSN 6675-01-067-0687. An Aiming Circle is a portable optical telescopic device used by the Army and Marines to measure elevation and azimuth angles for field artillery and mortar target acquisition, somewhat similar to a transit used in surveying operations.

In supporting/sustainment of end items the Defense Department (DoD) either buys parts direct from the manufacturer or from other sources. This specific end item NSN 6675-01-067-0687 has a couple of repair/support parts DoD buys from sources other than the manufacturer, this is the case with the Spacer, Plate listed in this open solicitation. It’s one way new companies can start selling to DoD by going after these business opportunities.

According to BidLink procurement history after performing an NSN lookup  5365-01-082-7978 official name “Spacer, Plate” the last government contract SPE4A4-18-V7811 was awarded to Seiler Instrument Cage code 11934. The price was $30.00 each quantity of 33 pieces. Today’s open solicitation SPE4A6-18-T-12M1 is for a quantity of 218, however it’s classified as a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside which means Seiler Instrument can’t bid on it since their business is not classified as SDVOSB.

Seiler Instrument is a manufacturer specializing in optical instrument and lens manufacturing. Providing the Defense Department (DoD) products such as optical fire control sighting and ranging equipment.  Click on their Cage code 11934 in Vendor data section to see what items they produce and how much they are selling.  Their company has about 150 employees located in Saint Louis Missouri.

Summary

  • Solicitation SPE4A6-18-T-12M1 closes on June 18, 2018
  • Item requested NSN 5365-01-082-7978
  • Quantity 218
  • To see the actual drawings log into the DIBBs Site

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DoD Sustainment of T-64 engine requires fuel control shafts – Manufacturers needed

CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter – U.S. Marine Corps by Cpl. James R. Smith/Released

Recently DoD released a Request for Proposal (RFP) in support of the T-64 engine. It’s for the manufacturer of NSN 3040-00-786-3246, a fuel control shaft used on the General Electric T-64 turboshaft engine.  The solicitation SPE7L3-18-R-0050 is for a quantity up to 956 fuel control shafts.

This item is part of the T-64 jet engine fuel control unit. Navy and Marine Corps use T-64 engines in the CH-53 Helicopter.  As of May 2018 according to NAVAIR PMA-261 data there are 142 CH-53E Super Stallion currently in inventories.  NAVAIR PMA-261 is based out of Patuxent River, MD.

According to DLA, drawings are available and First Article Testing (FAT) for new manufacturers will be required. Current listed manufacturers are Preci-Manufacturing (Cage code 66841), Hamilton Sundstrand (Cage code 73030) and Ontic Engineering (Cage code 45934).  The current listed DoD unit price for NSN 3040-00-786-3246 official name “Shaft, Fuel Control” is $1,450.32 each.

The most recent government contract was awarded to STATZ Corporation. STATZ is listed as a non-manufacturer with 5 employees, cage code 3WGD1.  The defense contract SPE7L3-17-C-0068 awarded to STATZ in September 2017 was for quantity of 360.  Procurement history of NSN 3040-00-786-3246 shows $982.00 each with a First Article Testing (FAT) report costing $2,750.00 for a total contract value of $356,270.00.  The solicitation posted which resulted in this award was SPE7L3-17-T-A043.  Competition for this contract was low to medium with 7 offers received by the Government.

Summary

  • Potential contract award value – close to 1 Million dollars
  • Previous contract was awarded to a Non-Manufacturer
  • Solicitation SPE7L3-18-R-0050 closes on June 8, 2018
  • Contracting office is SPE7L3 – DLA Land and Maritime – Land supplier operations – Vehicle support office
  • Technical documents/drawings are available

Overall this would be a good opportunity for manufacturers and machine shops interested in selling to the government.

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