BATTERY,THERMAL

DLA Weapons Support is preparing to solicit a contract for the NSN listed below. The purpose of this notice is to locate business concerns interested in providing these items in accordance with the requirements listed below. The solicitation will be synopsized separately later. This notice is for market research purposes only and not a request for quotes or proposals. There is a market survey attached to this post collection of market research from interested parties to complete and return relating to the item below.

NSN: 6135-01-618-8314

NOMEN: BATTERY, THERMAL

NAICS: 335910

QUANTITY: 164 EA

Approved Source(s) –  

 TELEDYNE RISI, INC. (0EUB8) – P/N: 10002250-501

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The AMC/AMSC for the NSN listed above is “3 D”

AMC 3 Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer.

AMSC "D"   The data needed to acquire these parts competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation. Based on all available information provided to the Contracting Officer, no other source can provide this item. 

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Please review the NSN listed above and provide any sources that are interested to manufacture these items with the SAR details below. The approved sources for this NSN are currently listed above. All information may be submitted directly to the Contract Specialist listed above. This information must be provided by the response date indicated above on the post notice.

Should a company wish to be reviewed and qualified as an “Approved Source”, they may submit an application package through the DLA Land and Maritime Alternate Offer/Source Approval Request (SAR) Program.  A SAR package contains all technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality or better than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM).  The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item which DLA Land and Maritime is procuring. 

For further information, please reference the DLA Land Maritime web page shown below and click on the highlight: Alternate Offer/Source Approval Program for detailed explanation for the information and format necessary for a SAR and for the SAR approval process.

https://www.dla.mil/Land-and-Maritime/Business/Selling/Alternate-Offers/

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Contract Specialist: John McCarthy     Email: john.mccarthy@dla.mil