{"id":2743,"date":"2020-08-11T15:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=2743"},"modified":"2020-08-11T15:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T15:36:57","slug":"dla-wants-more-competition-for-this-equipment-bag-annual-value-298583","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/08\/dla-wants-more-competition-for-this-equipment-bag-annual-value-298583\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA wants more competition for this backpack; annual value $298,583"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Electronic-communications-case-5895-01-436-3367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Electronic-communications-case-5895-01-436-3367.jpg 418w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Electronic-communications-case-5895-01-436-3367-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>DLA Aviation is looking for a company to provide competition for this backpack originally manufactured by Harris, corp.\u00a0 It is standard issue to carry the PRC-150 and PRC-117\u00a0 high frequency radios.\u00a0 The backpack is 12&#8243; x 18&#8243; x 3&#8243;, and is padded to prevent damage to the equipment it holds.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the only supplier is Harris, corporation, selling the bags for $181.47 each in quantities from 7 to 120. DOD has an estimated unit price of $327.78, but the bags can be found online for around $90.<\/p>\n<p>DLA has determined that with more competition, they could see better pricing.\u00a0 As a result, they are inviting contractors to consider making these. There are no technical drawings nor data package, but DLA has samples of the bag on hand that contractors can either purchase or borrow to reverse engineer.<\/p>\n<p>DLA estimates annual purchases of 1,221 units at an estimated total of\u00a0$298,583.\u00a0 There is no closing date for this opportunity, but other companies will try to obtain samples and quantities might be limited.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this item, log into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/\">BidLink<\/a> and search NSN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/5895-01-436-3367\">5895-01-436-3367<\/a> in the &#8220;Search for Anything&#8221; box atop the screen.<\/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 a company to provide competition for this backpack originally manufactured by Harris, corp.\u00a0 It is standard issue to carry the PRC-150 and PRC-117\u00a0 high frequency radios.\u00a0 The backpack is 12&#8243; x 18&#8243; x 3&#8243;, and is padded to prevent damage to the equipment it holds. Currently the only supplier is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2020\/08\/dla-wants-more-competition-for-this-equipment-bag-annual-value-298583\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DLA wants more competition for this backpack; annual value $298,583&#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-2743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743","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=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}