{"id":3845,"date":"2022-08-02T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2022-08-02T14:42:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:42:43","slug":"dla_ground_support_equip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2022\/08\/dla_ground_support_equip\/","title":{"rendered":"5 year DLA contract for ammunition boxes and ground support equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3846\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammunition_boxes.jpg\" alt=\"USS Ashland Ammo Transfer\" width=\"900\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammunition_boxes.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammunition_boxes-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Ammunition_boxes-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cpl. Will D. Hoover safeguards an ammunition load aboard a Landing Craft, Air Cushioned vessel from USS Ashland to shore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DLA Land and Maritime has issued a\u00a0 pre-solicitation for\u00a0long-term supply of ground support equipment including metal ammunition boxes.<\/p>\n<p>We expect the Strategic Material Sourcing Group at the Defense Supply Center Columbus to post the details along with drawing packages for a potential 5-year Long Term Contract (LTC).<\/p>\n<p>This presolicitation relates to the manufacture of two different types of Ground Support Equipment (GSE)\/Aircraft Landing Equipment and Metal Ammunition Boxes.<\/p>\n<p>DLA intends to purchase three different NSNs\u00a0 and it appears from some quick research in BidLink that there is little competition.\u00a0 Complete data packages are available.<\/p>\n<p>The three items on this potential Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) are as follows:<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<colgroup width=\"190\"><\/colgroup>\n<colgroup width=\"250\"><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\">National Stock Number<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Description<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/1005-01-567-3012\">1005-01-567-3012<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Ammunition Magazine Boxes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/1710-00-831-6821\">1710-00-831-6821<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Aircraft Arresting System Connector Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/5340-01-486-7056\">5340-01-486-7056<\/a><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Trailer Universal Rail Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Armaments Center at Picatinny is responsible for the Ammunition Boxes, and the Connector\u00a0 Assembly appears to be a part of the Aircraft Arresting System managed by the Air Force.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3847\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_system.jpg\" alt=\"Aircraft Arresting System\" width=\"900\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_system.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_system-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_system-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aircraft Arresting System<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This mobile aircraft arresting system, or MAAS is a deployable mobile barrier used for aircraft equipped with a tail hook used to slow down and stop the airplane, similar to the way planes land on aircraft carriers.<\/p>\n<p>The connector NSN 1710-00-831-6821 lists Safran Engineered Arresting Systems CAGE 21439 as an OEM.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2022 Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) announced that planned to acquire the assets of Safran Aerosystems Arresting Company.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3848\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_catching.jpg\" alt=\"Aircraft arresting system catching an aircraft\" width=\"900\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_catching.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_catching-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Aircraft_arresting_catching-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aircraft arresting system catching an aircraft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition\u00a0 it appears that there are several other potentially large dollar open solicitation opportunities listed under CAGE 21439.<\/p>\n<p>This Presolicitation is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside.\u00a0 All responses are due by September 9, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE7LX-22-R-0098 into the \u201cSearch for Anything\u201d box. More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink\u2019s intelligent solicitation search.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2563\" 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" 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\" alt=\"See NSN details on BidLink\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See solicitation details on BidLink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DLA Land and Maritime has issued a\u00a0 pre-solicitation for\u00a0long-term supply of ground support equipment including metal ammunition boxes. We expect the Strategic Material Sourcing Group at the Defense Supply Center Columbus to post the details along with drawing packages for a potential 5-year Long Term Contract (LTC). This presolicitation relates to the manufacture of two &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2022\/08\/dla_ground_support_equip\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;5 year DLA contract for ammunition boxes and ground support equipment&#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-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","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=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3850,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}