Month: August 2023

DLA Aviation will be issuing a five year contract for supply of humidity indicator plugs used in various military aircraft.  This aluminum alloy plug has a manufacturer’s part number of BL/D9398 and is a commercial off-the-shelf item.

The last company to sell these to the military is AGM Container which sold them for $89.17 each in quantity of 560. DLA estimates that they will purchase 1,839 humidity indicators each year over the contract term.  Based on past procurement history pricing we estimate the value of this contract at $818,355.

All offers are due by August 25, 2023.  This opportunity is set-aside for small business only.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-23-R-XE23 into the “Search for Anything” box. More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

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DLA Aviation has determined that it wants to see more competition for supply of navigational lamps used on the F-16 aircraft.  There has been only one supplier of this item over the last nine years.

The tail lamp assembly, NSN 6220-01-443-2990 is 6.3″ x 1.6″ and operates on 115 volts AC.  It is an NVIS compatible navigational tail light with one incandescent bulb.  It is a Single Contact Bayonet Candelabra.

The lamp assembly was last sold to the military by Control Products Corporation for $8,383 in quantity of 11.  DLA estimates that they will purchase 28 units each year and expects to spend $363,186 annually including contracting costs.  The manufacturer’s part number is 4000056-001.

The government is so interested in finding more suppliers for this item that they are making samples available for companies to reverse engineer.  A technical data package and drawings are also available.

There is no current solicitation for this item, but DLA has indicated that it would like to communicate with companies that could produce it in the future.

To learn more about this item, log into BidLink and put 6220-01-443-2990 into the “Search for Anything” box.  BidLink can assist your company in acquiring samples from DLA.

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DLA Aviation ASC Commodities Division has issued a solicitation for assorted hardware kits. Each kit, NSN 5305-01-628-1647 contains 12,103 assorted screws, nuts and other hardware, both SAE and metric. The manufacturer’s part number is AP100214. The resulting contract will have one base year and four option years for a total of five years where DLA will issue periodic delivery orders.

The approved source for this item is Sanitz Enterprise, Inc., but if other companies can supply it they may submit a Source Approval Request package to be considered as a supplier. Any company can re-sell the original kit from Sanitz.  They were last sold to the military by R&M Government Services for $6,128 each in quantity of 33. Kampi Components has also sold this kit to the military.

The government estimates that they will purchase 205 hardware kits over the five year contract.  We estimate the value of this contract at $1.2 Million.

All offers are due by September 8, 2023.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-23-R-0428 into the “Search for Anything” box. More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

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DLA Aviation has issued a solicitation which will result in a three year contract to supply tachometers for the AF/M32A-60 Turbine Air Start Cart.  This cart is used to  air start aircraft such as the A-10 “Thunderbolt II” and F-16 “Fighting Falcon” turbines.

The electronic tachometer, NSN 6680-00-944-3117 has a 3.2″ diameter and 4.5″ depth.  Technical documentation is available on this item so new companies can compete.

The last company to sell this item to the military was Kelly Manufacturing which sold them for $3,387 each in quantity of 9.  The solicitation includes an annual demand of 32 totaling 96 units over the three year duration.  We estimate the value of this contract at $325,152.

This solicitation is set-aside for small businesses.  All offers are due by August 14, 2023.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-23-R-XG11 into the “Search for Anything” box. More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

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