Sources SoughtPosted Jul 29, 2026·Responses due Aug 31, 2026

Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion Typ.

DLA Troop Support · DLA TROOP SUPPORT

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
333310
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
007403428
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
4520
Place
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Contact
Quiana Bowser 215-737-6139 (quiana.bowser@dla.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 007403428 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 29, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 15, 2026 to Nov 29, 2026, middle of the range Nov 2, 2026.
Measured from 36 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 333310 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 29, 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

This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is NOT a Request for Proposal or Request for Quote. No Solicitation Number has been assigned at this time. DLA Troop Support is seeking to identify possible sources who can supply the following item: NSN 4520-00-740-3428, Heating Element, Electrical, Immersion Typ. Approved Sources: Chromolax Inc (07131) PN: 155-043628-001 The Electric Heater Co (19857) PN: 17714PC11 The Electric Heater Co (19857) PN: 5G6443ES DLA Troop Support is researching the possibility of a solicitation for the referenced items under a Long Term Contract. Support of these items … (show all)

will be based on DLA Direct Deliveries, where the material is delivered to DLA depots throughout the United States. No quantity or dollar value information is available at this time, as DLA Troop Support is still evaluating the acquisition scenario. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for the purpose of Market Research only and the Government is in no way obligated to purchase any material as a result of this inquiry. The Government will NOT pay for any information submitted by respondents in response to this Sources Sought Notice. If a solicitation or solicitations would result, it/they will be synopsized on the SAM.gov website and it will be the offeror's responsibility to monitor the SAM.gov website for any such notices. Interested contractors that may be able to provide market data, technical details and any other information that may enhance DLA Troop Support�s efforts to procure this item, are asked to contact Quiana Bowser at Quiana.Bowser@dla.mil

Who won similar work

640 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA TROOP SUPPORT), same NAICS 333310.

Single-winner award sizes (640): middle half $41K to $167K, median $78K; range $25K to $7.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CITISCO, LLC61$8.9MSep 29, 2026
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.57$7.1MOct 6, 2026
EDRO CORPORATION56$4.6MOct 15, 2026
GOVERNMENT SALES, LLC44$9.5MOct 13, 2026
CHEF'S DEPOT INC.38$8.8MOct 8, 2026
INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES21$2.1MSep 17, 2026
DOUGLAS FOOD STORES INC15$720KJul 27, 2026
PUEBLO HOTEL SUPPLY CO13$1.6MOct 8, 2026
ALDEVRA LLC12$1.3MOct 7, 2026
SWITLIK PARACHUTE COMPANY, INC.12$1.3MMay 29, 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.