Sources SoughtPosted Sep 17, 2026·Responses due Sep 25, 2023

C-130 Sanding Booth

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
Not stated
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
27-30-1600
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Not stated
Place
Cherry Point, NC, USA
Contact
Jeffrey Graves (avnipemarketresearch@dla.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 27-30-1600 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 17, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 6, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 4, 2026 to Apr 3, 2027, middle of the range Jan 17, 2027.
Measured from 2453 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 17, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • 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 DLA-Aviation 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 this requirement for a C-130 Sanding Booth equipped with a fire suppression system, ventilation system, dust collection system, vacuum media removal system, return air system, conditioned make up air system, and connected air shower booth. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE/PROPOSAL. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNME… (show all)

NT. 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 TECHNIAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Submission Instructions: Interested parties should submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by September 24,2026, NLT 11:59 pm EST. Responses should not exceed ten (10) one-sided 8.5 x 10-inch pages with a font that is no smaller than 10 point as this is not a request for a proposal but only a request for submission of a vendor's capability to fulfil this requirement. All responses must include notice ID in email header. Place of performance is FLEET READINESS CENTER East (FRCE) Cerry Point,North Carolina. DLA Aviation is requesting industry input into the feasibility of the government�s requirements. In your response, please provide: Description of your company�s capabilities, based on the questions below Comments on the attached statement of work. Please identify on the attached statement of work if your company can provide the requirement as written or propose an alternative solution. Please identify your company�s business size in terms of number of employees, and whether domestic or foreign for consideration of solicitation set-aside, and small business subcontracting requirements. Please identify your company�s manufacturer status: Manufacturer/Non-Manufacturing Source. If non-manufacturing source, please identify the manufacturer. Please identify whether your company will partner with subcontractors to complete this requirement. Please provide a basis of estimate to consider the total financial budget of this requirement. Estimates should capture the total procurement requirements, not solely the machine�s requirements. For simplicity, the estimate should be broken out as follows and just needs a total cost for each area: Machine Cost to meet requirements (do not have to line item or provide options packages) Training Tech Data - Manuals and drawings Installation Cost Foundation Work Cost to remove equipment currently in the install location Shipping Draft purchase description is attached. Please comment on the draft purchase description of whether the current characteristics are achievable, or whether the Government should consider an alternative that is commercially available.

Who won similar work

1972 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (DLA Aviation), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

Single-winner award sizes (1972): middle half $43K to $350K, median $106K; range $3K to $265.3M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC45$9.4MOct 20, 2026
JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC.37$11.2MOct 19, 2026
ATF Aerospace, LLC35$13.8MOct 20, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC28$13.1MOct 19, 2026
PIONEER INDUSTRIES, LLC · $HEI · $5.2B27$3.6MOct 19, 2026
TRANSAERO, INC.25$9.7MOct 19, 2026
Mechatronics, Inc25$1.9MOct 19, 2026
S & B, INC.20$4.4MOct 16, 2026
Don Industrial Group LLC20$3.3MOct 20, 2026
FBC ENTERPRISES LLC20$2.0MOct 19, 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.

Investor context
  • $HEI reported $5.2B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 1972 past awards, $106K, 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.

Latest awards
  • Oct 20, 2026SOUTHERN CROSS AVIATION, LLC$26K53--RING,RETAININGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026MIDWAY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC.$350K53--SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON HEADNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026Don Industrial Group LLC$142K53--STUD,TURNLOCK FASTENERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026EHB SUPPLY$250K31--BEARING,SLEEVENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026ALPHA AMERICA, LLC$45K53--BOL T,SHEARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026MAVEN ENGINEERING CORPORATION$602K66--CONTROL,TEMPERATURE,INDICATINGNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$87K53--SHIMNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026INDUS PRECISION MFG., INC$34K53--SCREW ASSEMBLYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics, LLC$91K61--CABLE ASSEMBLY,SPECNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
  • Oct 20, 2026ATF Aerospace, LLC$350K53--SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON HNo 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
  • 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.

  • 1 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.