FORGED STEPPED SHAFTS, K500 ALLOY, In Accordance With QQ-N286H, FORM 7

What the government is buying

Department of the Navy (NAVSUP Flt Log Ctr Puget Sound) has posted a combined synopsis/solicitation notice on SAM.gov for FORGED STEPPED SHAFTS, K500 ALLOY, In Accordance With QQ-N286H, FORM 7 under solicitation number N0040627R0005. Responses are due November 18, 2026, 1:00 PM PST. The notice lists a set-aside of Total Small Business.

From the notice: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with part 12. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Offers are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number N0040627R0005 is issued by Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound (FLCPS) as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for FORGED STEPPED SHAFT (Qty:2), K500 ALLOY, HOT FINISHED AND AGED HARDENED in accordance with QQ-N-286H, FORM 7, and must adhere to the Non-Manufacturer Rule (RFO 52.219-33). Additionally, a Certificate of Chemical and Physical Properties is required, as well as a Slow Strain Rate Tensile Test Result. This acquisition is set-aside for small business concerns. The solicitation incorporates provisions ...

This page summarizes the public notice only. The complete solicitation, amendments, and attachments are posted on SAM.gov, and offerors should price from the full package.

How Wexmar would machine this

Based on the notice title and classification, Wexmar would plan this work around CNC turning on Mazak and Doosan lathes with live tooling, so diameters, bores, threads, cross holes, and flats are finished in one or two setups. Every lot is inspected against the drawing on Brown & Sharpe CMMs.

Equipment on the floor

• Turning: 10 Mazak and Doosan CNC lathes with live tooling
• Horizontal milling: 6 Mazak horizontal machining centers, 3- and 4-axis, with pallet changers
• Swiss: 4 Maier Swiss-type lathes, bar capacity to 32 mm
• Grinding: centerless and surface grinding
• Inspection: 2 Brown & Sharpe coordinate measuring machines

Materials

Material is set by the drawing. Wexmar machines carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels including precipitation-hardening grades, Inconel, Monel, Hastelloy, aluminum, brass, bronze, titanium, and engineering plastics, and buys bar and plate with mill certifications. Where DFARS 252.225-7009 applies, specialty metals are sourced from qualifying melt sources and the certifications travel with the parts.

Finishing and heat treatment

The notice text mentions heat treatment. Wexmar manages plating, anodizing, heat treatment, and similar processes through qualified outside processors, with the processor certifications and test reports included in the lot paperwork.

Documentation and registration

• First article inspection reports and CMM dimensional reports
• Material certifications traceable to heat lot, and certificates of conformance
• DFARS 252.225-7009 specialty metals sourcing
• ISO 9001-aligned quality system
• SAM.gov active, CAGE 16AD7, small business, woman-owned small business (WOSB)

Working with a prime or distributor

If your company is responding to N0040627R0005, Wexmar can price the machined content against the drawing revision and quantities in the notice, quote first article and production lots as separate lines when the notice separates them, and ship to you or directly to the government destination.

Send us the files

We can build this. Send us the files. Primes, integrators, and buyers: send the drawing package and quantity and Wexmar will quote it as your subcontractor or direct supplier. Upload a PDF or STEP for an instant estimate, email ron@backwell.com, or call (315) 400-2654.

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