NSN 1680-016266707, PAD, CUSHIONING
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A726R0194 in this department, oldest first.
- Nov 12, 2025 · this noticeSources Sought
- Mar 16, 2026Award NoticeKAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC · $2.5MOpen
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
DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) AVIATION IS ISSUING THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AS MEANS OF CONDUCTING MARKET RESEARCH TO DETERMINE IF OTHER COMPANIES ARE CAPABLE OF MANUFACTURING (OR LEGITIMATELY OBTAINING) THE FOLLOWING ITEM: NSN 1680-016266707, PAD, CUSHIONING. THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED BY: EPSILON SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS INC 1SWQ1 P/N 106044 THE WEAPONS SYSTEM CODE IS PAD CUSHIONING | DUN | CONSOL PSE THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR AN OFFER. THIS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AS A SOLICITATION AND SHAL… (show all)
L NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT 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 TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. IF YOUR COMPANY DESIRES TO BE REVIEWED AND QUALIFIED AS AN �APPROVED SOURCE� FOR THIS ITEM, CONTACT THE DLA AVIATION SMALL BUSINESS OFFICE BY SENDING A SAR DROP OFF REQUEST TO EMAIL: DLAAVNSMALLBUS@DLA.MIL IN THE SUBJECT OF THE EMAIL INDICATE �REQUEST SAR DROP-OFF,� A POINT OF CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS, NSN, AND A CAGE CODE IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL. IN ADDITION, INTERESTED PARTIES WHO WANT TO BECOME AN APPROVE SOURCE CAN ALSO NOTIFY THE BUYER FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES AT RYAN.LOEFFELHOLZ@DLA.MIL. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 17, 2025, AT 3:00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME.
Recent Agency Awards (Loose Match)
1972 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (DLA Aviation), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (1523): middle half $37K to $178K, median $65K; range $3K to $265.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC | 45 | $4.7M + 6 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC. | 36 | $7.7M + 3 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| ATF Aerospace, LLC | 35 | $100K + 32 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC | 28 | $13.1M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| PIONEER INDUSTRIES, LLC · $HEI · $5.2B | 27 | $3.2M + 1 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| TRANSAERO, INC. | 25 | $10.6M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Mechatronics, Inc | 24 | $1.8M | Oct 20, 2026 |
| S & B, INC. | 21 | $617K + 11 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Don Industrial Group LLC | 20 | $837K + 7 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| FBC ENTERPRISES LLC | 19 | $1.6M + 1 shared | Oct 19, 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $HEI reported $5.2B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1523 past awards, $65K, 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 20, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$87K53--SHIMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026BOEING DISTRIBUTION, INC.$65K49--HARNESS THERMOCOUPLMateriality: <0.01% of $BA revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 20, 2026INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES$43K53--MACHINE BOLT SETNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC.$27K49--HOSE,AIRCRAFT,MATERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$60K16--SLEEVE,DIRECTIONALNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS INC$45K62--LENS,LIGHTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$119K29--EXHAUST SYSTEM,ENGIMateriality: <0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 20, 2026TRANSAERO, INC.$927K16--ABSORBER ASSY,VIBRANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$247K16--TUBE ASSEMBLY,DRIVENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 20, 2026FEDERAL INDUSTRIES, INC.$731K16--FEEL MECHANISM,RUDDER CONTROLNo 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.