4C Universal Lifting Sling
| Agency | Department of Defense Department of the Navy |
| Contracting office | Navair Warfare Ctr Aircraft Div |
| Place of performance | Lakehurst, NJ |
| Type of notice | Pre-solicitation |
| Set-aside | No Set aside used |
| Response deadline | Oct 5, 2026 |
| Posted | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Solicitation number | N6833526Q1175 |
| NAICS code | 333924, Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing |
Summary from the notice
Pursuant to FAR 15.101(c)- This is a Request for Information only. There is no solicitation package available. This Sources Sought is being posted to satisfy the requirements of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 206.103-170(d). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Lakehurst intends to solicit, negotiate, and make an award on a sole-source basis with VEP Manufacturing Inc., CAGE Code: 5C905, for the procurement of the Universal Lifting Sling, Part Number (P/N) 4106AS0150-2 and NSN: 1730-01-665-8764, and for the upgrade of the Universal Lifting, P/N: 4106AS0150-1 and NSN: 1730-01-665-8764 to the current confiuration. This procurement is in support of the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Program Unite States Navy. The Universal Lifting Sling is a designated Aviation Critical Safety Item. DFARS 209.370-3(a) states that "the head of the contracting activity responsible for procuring an aviation or ship critical safety item may enter into a contract for the procurement, modification, repair, or overhaul of such an item only with a source approved by the head of the design control activity." For these particular items, the technical authority is NAWCAD Lakehurst. VEP Manufacturing Inc., is currently the only approved source for this item. In order to award to any company other than the approved source, an engineering and quality assurance audit would need to be performed on an interested company. For companies interested in becoming…
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