NSN 5306-01-165-3304 / 05F, AIRCRAFT, STRATOLIFTER C/KC-135
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A6-26-R-0192 in this department, oldest first.
- Apr 17, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Jul 22, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
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
The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation - Richmond is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtain) this item. The current approved sole source of supply and part number is listed below. BOLT, CLOSE TOLERANCE NSN 5306-01-165-3304 THE BOEING COMPANY, CAGE 82918, P/N 65C18242-606 THE BOEING COMPANY, CAGE 81205, P/N 65C18242-606 SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CAGE 56878, P/N 65C18242-606 SPACE-LOK, INC., CAGE 16258, P/N SLB930-606 This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only.… (show all)
This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall 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. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 22, 2026 DLA Weapons Support Richmond Primary Point of Contact: April Wynn Acquisition Specialist 445-737-4868 If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program. A SAR package contains all of the technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality, or better, than the required item. The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item, which DLA Aviation is procuring. If there is an open solicitation for a LSN/NSN which you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation. If you are submitting a SAR for a LSN/NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the DLA SAR Program Office address below: DLA Weapons Support Richmond Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager) 6090 Strathmore Road Richmond, VA 23237
Who won similar work
1994 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same NAICS 332722.
Single-winner award sizes (1295): middle half $33K to $120K, median $50K; range $3K to $2.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATF Aerospace, LLC | 218 | $31.1M + 146 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Don Industrial Group LLC | 134 | $24.7M + 33 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| ADEPT FASTENERS INC | 78 | $10.1M + 15 shared | Oct 15, 2026 |
| DEFENSE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. | 61 | $6.2M + 19 shared | Oct 16, 2026 |
| S & B, INC. | 47 | $3.3M + 13 shared | Oct 14, 2026 |
| DC PRECISION LLC | 47 | $2.7M + 3 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| STATZ CORP | 39 | $3.0M + 3 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| APOLLO AEROSPACE COMPONENTS LLC | 32 | $4.5M + 7 shared | Oct 6, 2026 |
| AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC | 30 | $2.0M + 5 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| BLACK SEA LLC | 29 | $350K + 28 shared | Oct 6, 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.
- Oct 19, 2026STATZ CORP$48K53--BOLT,RIBBED SHOULDERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026PERCIPIENT MANUFACTURING, LLC$350K (shared ceiling)53--NUT,PLAIN,EXTENDED WASHER,HEXAGONShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026Don Industrial Group LLC$47K53--BOLT,SHEARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026FBC ENTERPRISES LLC$102K53--BOLT,SHEARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026FBC ENTERPRISES LLC$94K53--NUT,SELF-LOCKING,BANo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026Wulff Defense Solutions LLC$41K53--RIVET,BLINDNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026DC PRECISION LLC$130K53--THUMBSCREWNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026PIONEER INDUSTRIES, LLC$42K53--NUT,PLAIN,OCTAGONMateriality: <0.01% of $HEI revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 19, 2026AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC$28K53--WASHER,FLATNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026SUPLIAEREOS USA LLC$350K (shared ceiling)53--RIVET,BLINDShared multiple-award ceiling, not one company's win (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.
- 0 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.