Sources SoughtPosted Sep 25, 2026·Responses due Oct 3, 2026

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DLA Weapons Support · DLA WEAPONS SUPPORT

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336390
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE7L127R0005
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
2540
Place
Not stated
Contact
Amber Weaver (amber.weaver@dla.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE7L127R0005 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 25, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 14, 2026 to Apr 7, 2027, middle of the range Jan 30, 2027.
Measured from 32 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 336390 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 25, 2026).

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

NSN: 2540-014348595 Approved Source(s) � Drawing ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The AMC/AMSC for the NSN is �1/G� If you are interested in making this NSN please fill out the attached market survey and return to the contract specialist listed in the sources sought notice. Please review the NSN listed above and provide any sources that may be able to manufacture these items. The approved sources for this NSN are currently listed above. All information may be submitted directly to the Contract Specialist listed above. Th… (show all)

is information must be provided by the response date indicated above. Should a company wish to be reviewed and qualified as an �Approved Source�, they may submit an application package through the DLA Land and Maritime Alternate Offer/Source Approval Request (SAR) Program. A SAR package contains all technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality or better than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item which DLA Weapons Support Columbus is procuring. For further information, please reference the DLA Weapons Support Columbus web page shown below and click on the highlight: Alternate Offer/Source Approval Program for detailed explanation for the information and format necessary for a SAR and for the SAR approval process. https://www.dla.mil/Land-and-Maritime/Business/Selling/Alternate-Offers Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Who won similar work

81 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA WEAPONS SUPPORT), same NAICS 336390.

Single-winner award sizes (81): middle half $100K to $350K, median $350K; range $26K to $1.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RUTA SUPPLIES INC4$1.3MOct 13, 2026
FREIGHTLINER OF SAVANNAH, INC.4$1.1MOct 16, 2026
LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC.3$1.1MOct 19, 2026
JLG INDUSTRIES, INC.3$1.1MOct 8, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC3$750KOct 13, 2026
CAVANAUGH GOVERNMENT GROUP, LLC3$728KOct 8, 2026
DIRECT LINE, INC2$2.0MOct 16, 2026
MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL METAL FABRICATION, INC.2$700KSep 28, 2026
VEHICLE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM INC2$700KOct 15, 2026
JANELS INDUSTRIES INC2$613KOct 15, 2026

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

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
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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
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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.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.