RETROFIT AND UPGRADE OF AN AJAX MOLTEN SALT BATH HEAT-TREATING TANK FURNACE AND QUENCH TANK REPLACEMENT
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation 26-40-1011 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 29, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
The DLA-Aviation is issuing this source sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for the upgrade to the existing Ajax-Hultgren Salt Bath Furnace.The furnace to be upgraded is an Ajax molten salt bath furnace #10, serial# 4217-A and PEMA# 65888007617. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVE… (show all)
RNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNIAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties should submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by October 6th, 2026, NLT 11:59 pm EST. Responses should not exceed ten (10) one-sided 8.5 x 10-inch pages with a font that is no smaller than 10 point as this is not a request for a proposal but only a request for submission of a vendor's capability to fulfil this requirement. All responses must include notice ID in email header. Place of performance is FLEET READINESS CENTER SOUTHWEST (FRCSW) North Island California. DLA Aviation is requesting industry input into the feasibility of the government�s requirements. In your response, please provide: � Description of your company�s capabilities, based on the questions below � Comments on the attached statement of work. Please identify on the attached statement of work if your company can provide the requirement as written or propose an alternative solution. � Please identify your company�s business size in terms of number of employees, and whether domestic or foreign for consideration of solicitation set-aside, and small business subcontracting requirements. � Please identify your company�s manufacturer status: Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturing Source. If non-manufacturing source, please identify the manufacturer. � Please identify whether your company will partner with subcontractors to complete this requirement. � Please provide a basis of estimate to consider the total financial budget of this requirement. Estimates should capture the total procurement requirements, not solely the machine�s requirements. o For simplicity, the estimate should be broken out as follows and just needs a total cost for each area: ? Machine Cost to meet requirements (do not have to line item or provide options packages) ? Training ? Tech Data - Manuals and drawings ? Installation Cost ? Foundation Work ? Cost to remove equipment currently in the install location ? Shipping Draft purchase description is attached. Please comment on the draft purchase description of whether the current characteristics are achievable, or whether the Government should consider an alternative that is commercially available.
Who won similar work
144 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (DLA Aviation), same industry group (NAICS 3339).
Single-winner award sizes (142): middle half $46K to $281K, median $90K; range $25K to $7.1M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES | 9 | $4.0M | Jul 30, 2026 |
| Chase Supply, Inc. | 9 | $2.2M | Jun 8, 2026 |
| TREADWELL CORPORATION (DELAWARE) | 7 | $587K | Apr 20, 2026 |
| SARGENT AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, LLC | 7 | $326K | Jun 9, 2026 |
| JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC. | 6 | $4.1M | Sep 3, 2026 |
| LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC. | 6 | $826K | Jul 1, 2026 |
| KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC | 4 | $1.0M | Aug 7, 2026 |
| PARKER-HANNIFIN CORPORATION · $PH · $21.5B | 3 | $2.5M | May 6, 2026 |
| TRANSDIGM INC | 3 | $733K | Jul 2, 2025 |
| ESSEX INDUSTRIES, INC. | 3 | $212K | Jul 22, 2026 |
Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $PH reported $21.5B revenue (fiscal year ending Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 142 past awards, $90K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Oct 19, 2026C U ENTERPRISES LTD$62K43--FILTER,FLUIDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 13, 2026HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION$61K43--FILTER,FLUIDMateriality: <0.01% of $RTX revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 8, 2026THE ENTWISTLE COMPANY$51K36--REGULATOR AND HOSENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 29, 2026CPS SOLUTIONS LLC$54K36--GENERATOR,OXYGEN-NITROGENNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 10, 2026STATZ CORP$66K66--SCALE,WEIGHINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 3, 2026JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC.$137K16--FILTER ELEMENT,FLUINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 1, 2026ARKWIN INDUSTRIES, INC.$363KRESERVOIR,HYDRAULICMateriality: <0.01% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Aug 31, 2026AGM CONTAINER CONTROLS INC$350K (shared ceiling)14--CONTAINER,RECORDSShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 31, 2026DEVAL LIFE CYCLE SUPPORT LLC$350K (shared ceiling)14--ADAPTER,HOOKShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Aug 20, 2026GIGLI ENTERPRISES, INC.$350K16--FILTER ELEMENT,FLUIDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
Materiality: one award's value as a share of the winner's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings (or its last fiscal year, as noted when you point at it). Low under 1%, Medium 1 to 5%, High 5% or more. Many awards are paid over several years, so this overstates a single year's share.
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Defense Logistics Agency since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense Logistics Agency job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name, including the subsidiaries a company lists in its SEC filings. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.