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DLA Land and Maritime has issued a solicitation for arm assemblies used on the M113A3 Armored Personnel Carrier. The resulting contract has three base years and two option years for a total of five.

There are three national stock numbers in the solicitation:

The first two NSNs were supplied by Maven Engineering, the last one was supplied by Statz Corporation. Based on past procurement history pricing we estimate the value of this contract at $1.5 Million over five years.

This contract is set-aside for small business only. Companies have 205 days to ship goods after each delivery order.  All offers are due by Jul 28, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE7LX-22-R-0080 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Land and Maritime has issued a solicitation for the supply of DC fan motors used on the outdoor condensing coil for Air Conditioner/ Environmental Control Unit (ECU) NAVAIR A/E32C-45, part number 1559AS400-1.  The fan motor has an NSN of 6105-01-592-2582. The resulting contract will be an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC).  It will have three base years and two option years for a maximum duration of five.

It was last sold to the military by Kampi Components for $2,476 in quantity of 86. There is no set quantity in this contract, but the government estimates that they will purchase 627 of these motors each year. Based on past procurement history pricing, we estimate the value of this contract at $7.7 Million.  The contract has a maximum value of $9.3 Million over five years.

In fact, DLA posted a solicitation the other day for the Refrigerant Recovery System used to service this ECU ( https://www.bidlink.net/news/2022/06/dla-plans-issue-5-year-contract-refrigerant-recovery-system/)

All offers are due by July 6, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE7MX-22-R-0105 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Troop Support has issued a solicitation for 380 Abandon Ship Life Preservers.  This vest has a  National Stock Number of 4220-01-487-2932.

This is a perfect opportunity for manufacturers of Personal Flotation Device (PFDs) as it is Fully Competitive in accordance with military specification A-A-59772. It has been produced by companies such as Coleman Stearns and Mustang Survival sold and by Atlantic Diving Supply. It was last sold to the military for $174.96 in quantity of 327.

All offers are due by July 5, 2022. Delivery date March 10, 2023.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE8E5-22-Q-0529 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Aviation has issued a pre-solicitation for Refrigerant Recovery Systems.  Pre-solicitations are issued in advance of solicitations so the government can assess the potential for competition.  This also gives potential competitors more time to submit Source Approval Requests and capability statements to become an approved source.  BidLink clients have been asking to see more pre-solicitations because they provide a better chance for them to compete on sole-source and sole source items. The solicitation soon to be issued will result in a five year contract.

Currently, the only approved source is Bosch Automotive Services Solutions CAGE 45225 with the only approved part number 17800C.  Then brand name for the system is Robinair, NSN 4250-01-411-7240.  It was last sold to the military by Allied Defense for $6,960 each in quantity of 27.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-22-R-X723 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Land and Maritime has issued a solicitation for NIMH dry storage batteries NSN 6140-01-490-4317.  This battery has 12 / 24 volt nominal output with a capacity of 4.9 amp-hours at 2 amps discharge.  Operating temperature range is -20c to +50c.  Technical data is available for this item so new companies can compete.  The battery complies with mil-spec MIL-PRF-32052/1. The battery must not contain cadnium.

Bren-Tronics received the most recent contract for these batteries taking the business away from Mathews Associates. They were last sold to the military for $258.48 each in quantity of 2,578.  A first article test item was delivered for $16,516.

The current solicitation is for 8,596 batteries plus a first article test item.  The solicitation also includes a single battery for unit testing. Based on past procurement history pricing we estimate the value of this contract at $2.2 Million.

All offers are due by July 20, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE7L1-22-R-0024 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Aviation is looking for more companies to supply this terminal board used on the F-15 aircraft. There is no current solicitation for this item, but DLA is informing contractors that they would like to see more competition to supply this part.

From 2015 to 2020 there has been only one supplier of this item, selling it for $415 each in quantity of 150.  In 2021 another company sold it to the military for $1,024 each in quantity of 202.  When DLA determines that the price of an item is too high they periodically announce that they would like to see more companies compete.

The government purchases 336 of these terminal boards each year at a total annual cost of $201,808.

DLA is so interested in finding additional suppliers that they are making samples available to reverse engineer.

To learn more about this item, log into BidLink and put 5940-01-298-8562 into the “Search for Anything” box.  BidLink can assist your company in acquiring samples from DLA.

We’ve had a request for more pre-solcitations.  Since becoming an approved source takes a while, we’re going to cover more pre-solicitations, which are announcements of the government’s intent to solicit an item.  These can provide more lead time to determine if a company can supply the product.

This one is for an F-16 Horizontal Tail Support Beam, NSN 1560-01-485-2362.  This 6″ thick beam is 11″ x 47″ and supports the right side of the F-16 tail.  It was last sold to the military by Aero-Glen International for $2,040 each. The government intends to solicit 112 beams at an estimated contract value of $228,480.

The solicitation will likely be a small business set-aside.  Potential manufacturers are encouraged to respond to this sources sought solicitation by June 22, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A722R0267-1560 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.

DLA Aviation will be issuing a long-term contract for the supply of power cables. This cable, NSN 6150-01-529-8806 is 50 feet long with male and female connectors.  The 4AWG copper core stranded cable has a maximum voltage of 600 volts.  It is used in the power distribution system NSN 6110-01-272-6952. The manufacturer’s part number is PE4/5P-50-510. The contract will have two base years and three option years for a maximum of five.

It was last sold to the military by Lex Products for $740 each in quantity of 50.  Other suppliers include Kampi Components, Atlantic Diving Supply, and ECI Defense.  There is no set quantity in the solicitation, but DLA estimates that they will purchase 350 cables over five years. Based on past procurement history pricing we estimate the value of this contract at $259,000.

All offers are due by June 15, 2022.

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink and put SPE4A6-22-R-XA14 into the “Search for Anything” box.  More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink’s intelligent solicitation search.