{"id":2404,"date":"2019-10-02T18:40:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:01:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T19:01:04","slug":"dod-wiring-harnesses-f-16-electrical-components-hill-afb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2019\/10\/dod-wiring-harnesses-f-16-electrical-components-hill-afb\/","title":{"rendered":"F-16 Wiring Harnesses $150,000.00, DOD Electrical Components, Hill AFB"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Electrical<\/a>
Electrical Wiring Harness (Photo credit Jeff Walston)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Department of Defense (DOD) buys a lot of Electrical components for a variety of equipment, vehicles and aircraft.\u00a0 There are many types of electrical components DOD buys, today we will briefly review one type, Wiring Harnesses.<\/p>\n

If your company wants to start selling to the Defense Department and has some manufacturing capabilities, wiring harnesses are one of the items you should consider.\u00a0 Over the past 20 years at BidLink our customers have asked questions like \u201cHow can I start selling to the Department of Defense?\u201d One of the answers is \u201cStart by going after simple items your company can manufacture\u201d.<\/p>\n

A wiring harness is a fairly simple item, basically consisting of a set of single conductor electrical wires bundled together (tied together with things like lacing string or cable ties) with wire terminations such as connectors or terminals at the ends.\u00a0 The entire assembly is known as a \u201cwiring harness\u201d and is not the same as a cable assembly, so when searching for government solicitations use the word wiring harness.<\/p>\n

Building wiring harnesses is one of the many items almost any company can produce.\u00a0 You typically only need a few hand tools such as a wire crimping tool, wire cutter and strippers and possibly a soldering iron.\u00a0 If you can read a drawing, buy a few parts such as wire, connectors and cable ties, you can probably manufacture a wiring harness.<\/p>\n

Government contracts for wiring harnesses are plentiful as the DOD posts solicitations for them every day.\u00a0 One of the open solicitations I found in BidLink<\/a> is for 50 wiring harnesses used on the single seat F-16 Fighting Falcon (F-16C) Block 50 initially produced in the 1990\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Single seat F-16C Fighting Falcon production block 50 (Photo credit Robert Barnett)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The NSN for this open government solicitation is 6150-01-460-5246.\u00a0 The estimated contract value for this solicitation is over $150,000.00.\u00a0 The solicitation number is SPE4A6-19-T-79A1 and is a small business set-aside with drawings available for any company wishing to manufacture this item.<\/p>\n

DLA Aviation ASC Commodities Division is the procuring agency.\u00a0 The Aviation Supply Chain (ASC) Commodities Division is located in Richmond Virginia.\u00a0 The Contractors quote will include a price for 50 units plus the cost of producing one First Article to be sent in for government testing at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.<\/p>\n

The Department of Defense awards 1000\u2019s of contracts to companies every day for items like this, Is your company ready to start selling to DOD?<\/p>\n

You can find this solicitation and 1000s\u2019 of others in BidLink, simply put this NSN or solicitation in Bid Search<\/a> to see the details.\u00a0 BidLink is an on-line tool to quickly find government contract opportunities, review past contract awards, procurement history and a market research tool.\u00a0 Sign up now for a free trial at www.bidlink.net<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of Defense (DOD) buys a lot of Electrical components for a variety of equipment, vehicles and aircraft.\u00a0 There are many types of electrical components DOD buys, today we will briefly review one type, Wiring Harnesses. If your company wants to start selling to the Defense Department and has some manufacturing capabilities, wiring harnesses … <\/p>\n

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