{"id":2665,"date":"2020-07-14T16:05:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2020-07-14T16:05:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T16:05:47","slug":"dla-requesting-competition-on-rod-end-bearings-currently-sole-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/07\/dla-requesting-competition-on-rod-end-bearings-currently-sole-source\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA requesting competition on rod end bearings; currently sole source"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2666\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSN3120-01-417-0136-bearing-rbbop.jpg\" alt=\"3120-01-417-0136 rod end bearing\" width=\"414\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSN3120-01-417-0136-bearing-rbbop.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NSN3120-01-417-0136-bearing-rbbop-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3120-01-417-0136 rod end bearing &#8211; DLA wants more sources<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DLA Aviation is looking for more competition on some parts they they feel are overpriced due to a lack of competition.\u00a0 This tie rod end is used on the UH-60 Helicopter.\u00a0 In order to make it easier for companies to compete, DLA keeps samples on hand for contractors to borrow or buy.\u00a0 In addition to technical drawings, a company can request a sample of the part to reverse engineer.<\/p>\n<p>The only supplier on this $1,562 bearing is Lord Corporation in Cary, NC.\u00a0 \u00a0DLA estimates annual demand at 1,465 units totaling $2,511,303 in annual business. Contractors are encouraged to consider making this part for the U.S. Military.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this part, log into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">BidLink<\/a> and put NSN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/3120-01-417-0136\">3120-01-417-0136<\/a> in the &#8220;Search for Anything&#8221; box.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2563\" style=\"width: 728px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BidLink_DoD-contracts_banner.jpg\" alt=\"See solicitation details on BidLink\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BidLink_DoD-contracts_banner.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/BidLink_DoD-contracts_banner-300x37.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See solicitation details on BidLink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DLA Aviation is looking for more competition on some parts they they feel are overpriced due to a lack of competition.\u00a0 This tie rod end is used on the UH-60 Helicopter.\u00a0 In order to make it easier for companies to compete, DLA keeps samples on hand for contractors to borrow or buy.\u00a0 In addition to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/07\/dla-requesting-competition-on-rod-end-bearings-currently-sole-source\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DLA requesting competition on rod end bearings; currently sole source&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}