Half Million Dollar solicitation for Thrust Bearings (DLA)

A new HH-60W combat rescue helicopter taxies in to its new home Nov. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

DLA Aviation has issued a solicitation for Elastomeric Thrust Bearings used on the HH-60 aircraft.  This bearing, NSN 3110-01-158-9607 has a Sikorsky Aircraft part number of SB7002-048.  Technical data is available on this item so new companies can compete.

This bearing was last sold to the military by Lord Corporation for $1,488.51 each in quantity of 101 units.  Lord Corporation has been the only supplier since 2016.

The current solicitation has a quantity of 523 including two first-article test items. DLA estimates demand of this item at 1,087 each year.  Based on past procurement history pricing we estimate the value of this contract at around $500,000.

All offers are due by April 2, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-22-Q-0926 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

See NSN details on BidLink
See solicitation details on BidLink