DLA Aviation has issued a solicitation for parachute deployment bags (NSN 1670-00-039-5073). These bags are 36″ x 24″ x 10″ made from plastic polyamide.
They were last sold to the U.S. Military by Butler Parachute for $574 in quantity of 146. Aerial Machine & Tool sold them for $1,096 EA for 340 units just a year prior. One possible explanation is that Butler sold the first article test item for $4,156 while Aerial machine sold them for $1,500. It’s hard to predict the final price based on this data but the contract value should be somewhere between $43,800 and $328,800. DLA has not published annual demand but over the past few years DLA has purchased around 350 units yearly.
Drawings are available for this item. All responses due by September 16, 2025.
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