CASE,OPTICAL INSTRUMENT
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
DLA Aviation is planning to buy "CASE,OPTICAL INSTRUMENT". This is an early notice: it is not taking bids yet. Responses are due Oct 28, 2026. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $143K per award. An award is expected between January 2027 and February 2027.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A727R0097 in this department, oldest first.
- Oct 26, 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.
Who won similar work
98 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (DLA Aviation), same NAICS 333310.
Single-winner award sizes (96): middle half $65K to $289K, median $143K; range $26K to $12.4M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES | 11 | $3.8M | May 7, 2026 |
| CARSON INDUSTRIES, INC. | 6 | $11.8M + 1 shared | Feb 6, 2026 |
| CHANT ENGINEERING CO INC | 5 | $1.2M | Jun 25, 2026 |
| A.G.H. Industries, LLC | 4 | $1.4M | Apr 15, 2026 |
| TREADWELL CORPORATION (DELAWARE) | 4 | $506K | Jan 29, 2026 |
| L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX · $22.9B | 3 | $1.6M + 1 shared | Jan 8, 2025 |
| H C MERCHANDISERS, INC. | 3 | $442K | Sep 14, 2026 |
| BURHANI ENTERPRISES INC | 3 | $151K | Dec 31, 2025 |
| DIRECT LINE, INC | 2 | $600K | Jan 22, 2026 |
| FIREBIRD OPTICS LLC | 2 | $541K | May 28, 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.
- $LHX reported $22.9B revenue (12 months to Jul 3, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 96 past awards, $143K, 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 14, 2026CARSON INDUSTRIES (SC), INC.$712K58--REAR COVER ASSEMBLYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 7, 2026URSOURCE, INC$107K37--TRAP,INSECTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 28, 2026R & M GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC$350K59--HOLDER ASSEMBLY,ELECTRICAL CONTACT BNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026H C MERCHANDISERS, INC.$102K66--CONTROLLER,ENGAGINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 14, 2026KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC$29K66--GAGE,PRESSURE,DIALNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Sep 1, 2026Shaft Current Solutions, Inc.$350K59--HOLDER ASSEMBLY,ELENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 27, 2026AVIATION SPECIALTIES UNLIMITED, INC.$351K58--WEIGHT,COUNTER BALANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 6, 2026K5 DEFENSE LLC$137K66--INDICATOR,ATTITUDENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 2, 2026PRIDE ELECTRONICS INC$53K58--HOUSING SECTION,NIGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jun 25, 2026CHANT ENGINEERING CO INC$337K49--SERVICING UNIT HYDRNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
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
- $234K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
- 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.