{"id":2679,"date":"2020-07-22T13:25:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T13:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2020-07-23T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T09:47:12","slug":"dla-wants-more-competition-on-this-duct-assembly-annual-demand-276852","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/07\/dla-wants-more-competition-on-this-duct-assembly-annual-demand-276852\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA wants more competition on this duct assembly; annual demand $276,852"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2680\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2680\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1560-00-278-3654-duct-assy.jpg\" alt=\"1560-00-278-3654 duct assy\" width=\"417\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1560-00-278-3654-duct-assy.jpg 417w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1560-00-278-3654-duct-assy-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1560-00-278-3654 duct assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Defense Logistics Agency would like to see more competition on this engine air intake duct.\u00a0 The agency makes this request when there are few suppliers for an item that should be competitively bid.\u00a0 The only other supplier of this Northrop Grumman part (123P11520-1) is Senior Operations, Inc in Burbank, CA.\u00a0 As a result, they are making a sample available for companies to borrow or purchase so it can be reverse engineered.<\/p>\n<p>The part last sold for $14,274 in quantity of 21 from Northrop Grumman.\u00a0 DLA calculates estimated annual purchases of $276,852, although their forecast data indicates one unit per month through September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>This aluminum duct is used in the E2C \/ C2A aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>DLA believes that they can obtain better pricing if there were more competition for this part.\u00a0 Interested vendors can inquire with DLA about obtaining a sample and becoming an approved source.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this part, search 1560-00-278-3654 in BidLink.<\/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>The Defense Logistics Agency would like to see more competition on this engine air intake duct.\u00a0 The agency makes this request when there are few suppliers for an item that should be competitively bid.\u00a0 The only other supplier of this Northrop Grumman part (123P11520-1) is Senior Operations, Inc in Burbank, CA.\u00a0 As a result, they &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/07\/dla-wants-more-competition-on-this-duct-assembly-annual-demand-276852\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DLA wants more competition on this duct assembly; annual demand $276,852&#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-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679","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=2679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2691,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2679\/revisions\/2691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}