Nose Plug and Support Cup

What the government is buying

Department of the Army (W6QK Acc-Ri) has posted a sources sought notice on SAM.gov for Nose Plug and Support Cup under solicitation number W519TC-25-R-NPSC. Responses are due October 16, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT.

From the notice: *The purpose of this amendment 2 to Sources Sought is to notify contractors of the following below: PIEE Solicitation Module Notification The Government intends to utilize the Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) Solicitation Module for the posting, dissemination, and receipt of proposals for any subsequent solicitation resulting from this market research. To ensure your organization is prepared to access solicitation documents and submit responses, interested offerors are encouraged to review the PIEE Solicitation Module registration instructions provided as an attachment to this posting. Offerors are advised to complete the registration process prior to any potential solicitation release to avoid delays. Please see the links to self-guided help for registration and ...

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; 3- and 4-axis horizontal milling on Mazak HMCs with pallet changers, which lets several faces be machined in one clamping and holds feature-to-feature position. 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 W519TC-25-R-NPSC, 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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