F-35 Landing Gear Support

REQUEST FOR INDUSTRY COMMENTS (RFIC), MARKET RESEARCH FOR POTENTIAL F-35 LANDING GEAR SUPPORT STRATEGIES

This RFIC is being performed to conduct market research to identify potential sources and gathering industry insights regarding future sustainment strategies for the F-35 Landing Gear System. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not obligate the government to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

This RFI seeks information related to the potential provision of sustainment support for the F-35 Landing Gear System, including, but not limited to, provisioning, cataloging, consumable part support, and repair/remanufacture of repairable items, in support of global F-35 fleet requirements. Applicable repairable items are identified in Table A (attached). This list is preliminary and subject to change.

Please see Attachments below for RFIC questions and attachments.

Interested parties should submit written responses to the questions in Section 6 to the Contracting Officer, Kyle Swaner, at kyle.swaner@us.af.mil by 16:00 MDT on June 10, 2025. Clearly mark any proprietary information. Proprietary information will be used solely for market research and will not be shared with other vendors or used in developing specifications without the owner's consent.

Disclaimer:

THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS RFIC OR TO OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. The information will be used for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Quotation (RFQ), or Request for Proposal (RFP), or as obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your responses to this RFIC will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise because of contractor submission of responses to this request or Government use of such information. The information resulting from this RFIC may be included in one or more acquisition strategies and subsequent RFP's, which may be released via the SAM.gov portal.