Electron Tube
DLA Land and Maritime · DLA LAND AND MARITIME
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE7M525R0008 in this department, oldest first.
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
SOLICITATION SPE7M525R0008 / PR 7010317075 NSN 5960-01-028-6191 This is not a request for either a quote or proposal. This announcement is considered market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. NO SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED AT THIS TIME. DLA Land and Maritime 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 the following requirement: ITEM: Electron Tube NSN: 5960-01-028-6191 is to be procured in accordance with approved sources; Rockwell Collins (95105) P/N 256-0180-010 Photonis Defense … (show all)
(0BMR4) P/N 4661 A Firm Fixed contract is anticipated for a quantity of 90 each to be shipped to a DLA stocking location. Once the solicitation is issued, sources who are interested in becoming an approved source will be required to submit appropriate data per the requirements outlined in Procurement Note L04 (Offers for Part Number Items) and M06 (Evaluation of Offers for Part Numbered Items). DLA Land and Maritime does NOT have any/adequate technical data or rights to the data needed to procure this item and any alternate offeror must provide a complete data package including data for the approved and alternate part for evaluation. The Purpose of this synopsis is to locate sources interested in becoming approved sources and for any additional approved sources. FOB Origin: First Destination Transportation applies Inspection / Acceptance is Destination, Interested parties should send a letter of interest to the contracting officer, Amy Plymale-Hillis via email at amy.plymale-hillis@dla.mil by Feb 4, 2025. The response should include CAGE code; product line; quality certifications; company size; customer base and appropriate POC information. The company will then be place on the bidders list so that notification can be sent when the solicitation is available. This RFI is for market research purposes only. Any information submitted is at the company's own expense. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of capability statements in connection with the market survey. Any information provided is voluntary.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA LAND AND MARITIME), same product/service code (PSC) 5960 and NAICS 334419.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $3.4M to $4.8M, median $4.4M; range $1.7M to $4.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microwave Power Products Palo Alto CA 94304 USA | 2 | $9.6M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Microwave Power Products, Inc. · $TDG · $10.0B | 2 | $5.7M | Apr 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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- $TDG reported $10.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $4.4M, 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.
- Apr 22, 2026Microwave Power Products, Inc.$1.7MElectron TubeMateriality: 0.02% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 1, 2025Microwave Power Products, Inc.$4.0MElectron TubeMateriality: 0.04% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 30, 2025Microwave Power Products Palo Alto CA 94304 USA$4.7MElectron TubeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 7, 2024MICROWAVE POWER PRODUCTS Palo Alto CA 94304 USA$4.9MELECTRON TUBENo 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 2 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 1 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.