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CL25002001
Response Deadline
Aug 22, 2026, 3:59 AM(EDT)8 days
Eligibility
Contract Type
Sources Sought
DLA Weapons Support is preparing to solicit a long-term contract for the following National Stock Numbers (NSNs).
The currently approved manufacturer and associated part numbers for these items are listed in the Procurement Item Description (PID) Attachment 1 and on Attachment 3, titled, Market Research Spreadsheet. The purpose of this notice is to locate business concerns interested in manufacturing these items. The solicitation will be synopsized separately later.
For these items, either, the data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation… OR
This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application… OR
The annual buy value of this part falls below the screening threshold established by DoD components and field activities. However, this part has been screened for additional known sources, resulting in either confirmation that the initial source exists or that other sources may supply the part. No additional screening was performed to identify the competitive or noncompetitive conditions that would result in assignment of a different AMSC… OR
The rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional source(s) are not owned by the Government and cannot be purchased, developed, or otherwise obtained. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer this part. This code is used in situations where the Government has the data but does not own the rights to the data… OR
The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this part from additional sources. The Government has been unable to economically buy the data or rights to the data, although the part has been undergoing full screening for 12 or more months. Breakout to competition has not been achieved, but current, continuing actions to obtain necessary rights to data or adequate, reprocurement technical data indicate breakout to competition is expected to be achieved. This part may be a candidate for reverse engineering or other techniques to obtain technical data… OR
The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. This code is used when the Government did not initially purchase the data and/or rights… OR
This part is a commercial/nondevelopmental/off-the-shelf item. Commercial item descriptions, commercial vendor catalog or price lists or commercial manuals assigned a technical manual number apply.
The North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS) – 332510 will be used for the solicitation which has a NAICS Business Size of 750 Employees.
Sources interested in submitting a proposal on this solicitation should complete the attached market survey (Attachment 2) and spreadsheet (Attachment 3) and return the completed copies to Marshall Lynn at marshall.lynn@dla.mil by close of business 8/21/2026.
Notice Attachments Include:
1. PIID
2. Market Survey Questionnaire
3. Market Survey NSN Spreadsheet
DEPT OF DEFENSE
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
DLA LAND
DLA LAND COLUMBUS
DLA LAND AND MARITIME
DLA LAND AND MARITIME
STRATEGIC ACQ PROGRAM DIRECTORATE
PO BOX 3990
COLUMBUS, OH, 43218-3990
NAICS
Hardware Manufacturing
PSC
HARDWARE, COMMERCIAL
Set-Aside
No Set aside used