Month: December 2025

DLA Troop Support has issued a solicitation which will result in a five year contract for supply of Crew Restraint Tether Assembies.

NSN	Name	Price	Quantity	Total
8465-01-674-8474	Webbing	$789.00	12500	$9,862,500
8465-01-674-8481	Webbing	$600.00	5000	$3,000,000
8465-01-675-2517	Webbing	$789.00	625	$493,125
8465-01-675-2523	Webbing	$600.00	250	$150,000
8465-01-674-8485	Loop cover	$23.00	250	$5,750
8465-01-674-8487	Snap link	$23.00	1250	$28,750
8465-01-674-8561	Handle cover	$23.00	4500	$103,500
Total				$13,643,625

Even though these NSNs were assigned in 2018 there is no procurement history for any of them.  The prices above are based on the DOD mlc price.  The one company listed in the MCRD is Survival Innovations.

Technical data is available on these items and a long lead time of 260 days to deliver from date of order.  There is also over a month to respond to the RFP.

All offers due by January 19, 2026.

To learn more, log into BidLink and put SPE1C1-26-R-0006 into Search for Anything at the top.

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For 2026 the micro-purchase threshold was raised from $10,000 to $15,000 to keep up with inflation. For people new to defense contracting micro-purchases side-step many of the FAR regulations.

– The Government-wide commercial purchase card shall be the preferred method to purchase and to pay for micro-purchases

– Micro-purchases may be awarded without soliciting competitive quotations if the contracting officer or individual considers the price to be reasonable.

– The administrative cost of verifying the reasonableness of the price for purchases may more than offset potential savings from detecting instances of overpricing.

– Micro-purchases do not require provisions or clauses, except as provided at 13.202 and 32.1110.

– End user agreements for licenses, software, and subscription services might not be enforceable.

With an increased focus on Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) items at DOD, it is likely we will see more transactions that are below the micro-purchase threshold.  If your products can be purchased via credit card this is where building relationships with potential end users will bear more fruit than scraping through DIBBS.

Another threshold that is worth mentioning is justifications for other than full and open competition (FAR 6.304).  Now any transaction under $900,000 can be certified sole-source by the contracting officer without requiring higher approval or a formal J&A.

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