Air Force Sustainment Center
The Air Force Sustainment Center runs the three air logistics complexes that overhaul Air Force aircraft and engines, and it buys the spares and services that keep those lines moving.
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What they buy
The center is headquartered at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at Tinker works on bombers, tankers, and engines. The Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill Air Force Base in Utah works on fighters, landing gear, and munitions. The Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia works on transports, special mission aircraft, and avionics.
Depot repair drives demand for structural parts, engine components, landing gear parts, bearings, seals, fasteners, harnesses, and circuit cards, plus outside plating, heat treating, and non-destructive testing.
How they buy
Spares that are unique to the Air Force are bought by the supply chain management wing and groups under the center, and their solicitations post on SAM.gov. Common consumables are bought by DLA Aviation, which keeps industrial support detachments at each complex.
Small buys tend to be requests for quotation awarded as purchase orders. Items with steady demand go on long-term contracts. Notices often name approved sources, cite first article testing, and require a quality system. Set-asides are common where the Air Force owns the drawing.
How a small shop gets in
Register in SAM.gov and on DIBBS, since both the center and DLA buy for the same aircraft. Set alerts for the contracting offices at Tinker, Hill, and Robins and for your NAICS codes.
Where an item lists approved sources, prepare a source approval request. The package shows your quality system, your process controls, and similar parts you have made, and it goes to the engineering authority for that weapon system. Start on items with open data while you wait. Each complex has a small business office that can explain which commodities are short on sources.
Aging fleets need new sources
Older aircraft often have parts whose original maker no longer exists. Those NSNs are where a source approval request is most welcome, and award history shows which ones keep getting bought.
Related guides
- DLA AviationWhere common aviation consumables are bought.
- DLA DIBBSHow to find and quote DIBBS solicitations.
- Recompete strategyFind long-term contracts that are coming up again.
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