Reverse Engineering Technical Data Packages for Development of Alternate Sources of Supply for DLA Nuclear Enterprise Support Office (NESO) NSN: 5305-01-661-8323

The proposed study will involve engineering evaluations, manufacturing and quality planning reviews and documentation preparation for the development of a Source Approval Request package from a Government-supplied TDP or a reverse engineering exercise to present to the Engineering Support Activity at DLA in the expectations of winning awards to begin Low Rate Production on the subject NSN component or assembly. The goal is to improve product availability and promote competition for National Stock Numbers (NSNs) to support DLA mission efforts to support the Warfighter. The goal of this research is to allow Small Business proposers to learn how to achieve successful completion of SAR (source approval request) submittal through a Phase I effort and the begin production on the researched NSN. The proposer would ideally continue on and be responsive to future DLA solicitations as well as participate in the development of additional SARs for technically related NSNs. Through this partnership mechanism with the small business industrial base, DLA will augment existing sources of supply to enhance life-cycle performance, product availability, competitive pricing and ensure logistics support to its customers.