{"id":4072,"date":"2023-10-11T17:21:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=4072"},"modified":"2023-10-11T17:40:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T17:40:00","slug":"dla-competition-machined-part-310420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2023\/10\/dla-competition-machined-part-310420\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA wants more competition on this machined part; $310,420"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4073\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949.jpg\" alt=\"4710-01-507-7949\" width=\"420\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4710-01-507-7949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DLA Aviation has announced that they are looking for additional suppliers to provide this externally threaded shank adapter ,NSN\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/nsn_search\/4710-01-507-7949\">4710-01-507-7949<\/a>, used on the Eagle F-15, F-16, and A-10 aircraft.\u00a0 It is managed out of Robins AFB, GA.<\/p>\n<p>Although the item doesn\u2019t specifically say where its used, it\u2019s probably part of some Control Unit such as an adapter for a solenoid shaft like a push\/pull operation. It\u2019s a simple item with a hole in the larger diameter of the shaft with a thread at the opposite end.\u00a0 The largest diameter is around a \u00bd inch with overall length\u00a0 about 1-1\/2 inches.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one supplier of this item, Hamilton Sunstrand, which last sold these for $415 ea in quantity of 26.\u00a0 DLA estimates that they will purchase 748 of these each year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4074\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4074\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949a.jpg\" alt=\"4710-01-507-7949\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949a.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949a-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4074\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4710-01-507-7949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are no drawings available but DLA is so interested in finding competition that they are making samples for companies to reverse engineer. This is a simple turned part that any machine shop can produce, and could provide a great opportunity for companies looking to get into defense contracting ahead of a possible recession.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4076\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949c.jpg\" alt=\"4710-01-507-7949\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949c.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949c-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4710-01-507-7949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Based an analysis of past procurement history pricing we estimate that the government will spend $310,420 each year on this item.\u00a0 DLA&#8217;s internal estimate is higher at $465,951.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4075\" style=\"width: 447px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949b.jpg\" alt=\"4710-01-507-7949\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949b.jpg 447w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/4710-01-507-7949b-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4710-01-507-7949<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To learn more about this item, log into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">BidLink<\/a> and put 4710-01-507-7949 into the \u201cSearch for Anything\u201d box.\u00a0 BidLink can assist your company in acquiring samples from DLA.<\/p>\n<p>Tired of DIBBS \/ SAM and bid services that don&#8217;t understand defense contracting? \u00a0Try BidLink for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.bidlink.net.<\/a><\/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 NSN details on BidLink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DLA Aviation has announced that they are looking for additional suppliers to provide this externally threaded shank adapter ,NSN\u00a04710-01-507-7949, used on the Eagle F-15, F-16, and A-10 aircraft.\u00a0 It is managed out of Robins AFB, GA. Although the item doesn\u2019t specifically say where its used, it\u2019s probably part of some Control Unit such as an &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2023\/10\/dla-competition-machined-part-310420\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DLA wants more competition on this machined part; $310,420&#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-4072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072","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=4072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4078,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4072\/revisions\/4078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}