The Department of Defense posts thousands of requests every day for items they need. Many of those requests basically say “we are looking for new manufacturers to make an item we already buy but only have one or to manufacturers to choose from. We took a quick look at one item DOD buys a lot of in the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) sector “Aircraft Hydraulic Tripod Jacks”.
Two US manufacturers of Hydraulic Tripod Jacks selling to the Department of Defense are Hydraulics International, Inc. CAGE code 56529 and Columbus Jack Corporation 00994 who was acquired by Tronair Inc. in 2017. These two companies and their dealers basically own the DOD Aviation Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) segment when it comes to selling Aircraft Jacks.
One of the NSNs for Hydraulic Tripod Jacks 1730-00-201-4849 we looked at costs around $10,000.00 each. This specific NSN which DLA Troop Support, Construction and Equipment division buys is used in maintenance and repair operations with the following aircraft:
Airplanes, Jets
C-2A
F-14 Tomcat
F/A-18
F/A-18 Hornet
EA-18G (Growler)
EA-6B Prowler
AV-8B Harrier
Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye
C-130F Hercules
KC-130 Hercules
P-3 Orion
V-22A Osprey
E2/C2
TA-4J
Helicopters
AH-1W Attack
MH-53E
H-46 Sea Knight
H-60 Seahawk
HH-60H Search and Rescue
HH-60J USCG Search and Rescue
SH-60F Carrier Based ASW
SH-60B LAMPS Mark III
UH-1N Utility/Search and Recovery
Click on this article to see a solicitation for a long term contract for Aircraft Hydraulic Jacks.
We found many more government contracting opportunities listed in BidLink while we were researching past government contract awards relating to Aviation Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) that also had little or no competition. This was a brief look using BidLink data at companies selling aircraft jacks, Take a look for yourself for further detail.
BidLink.Net is an online tool for finding government solicitations as well as past government contract data. BidLink has been gathering government contract and solicitation data for the past twenty years.
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