Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 17, 2026·Responses due Oct 1, 2026

Blade Burn Pod Set [WSDC: 40A] End Item: Helicopter, UH-60A,UH-60L,UH-60V PR: 7011707012; NSN: 4920-016473874 IAW P/N: 12-1012-01

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334419
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE4A626R0278
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
4920
Place
Richmond, VA, USA
Contact
Melinda Clayton (Melinda.Clayton@dla.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A626R0278 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 3, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 17, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 19, 2026 to Mar 2, 2027, middle of the range Jan 4, 2027.
Measured from 91 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 334419 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 3, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This solicitation will contain one NSN for Blade Burn Pod Set [WSDC: 40A] End Item: Helicopter, UH-60A, UH-60L, UH-60V. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be solicited for award of a firm fixed price contract. The original equipment manufacturer(s) is ULTRAX AEROSPACE, INC, CAGE 07PR7, P/N 12-1012-01. The NSN and quantity are as follows: NSN: 4920-016473874, quantity 25 each. The delivery schedule is 136 days after receipt of order (ARO). Inspection/Acceptance: Destination; FOB: Origin. This item is coded AMC/AMSC �3D�. The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price,… (show all)

past performance, and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The solicitation issue date is on or about September 1, 2026, in accordance with (IAW) 10 U. S. C. 2304 (c) (1), other than full and open competition applies. Conditions for evaluation and acceptance of offers for part-numbered items cited in the PID: This agency has no data available for evaluating the acceptability of alternate products offered. In addition, to the data required in Procurement Note: L04/M06, the offeror must furnish drawings and other data covering the design, materials, etc., of the exact product cited in the PID, sufficient to establish that the offeror�s product is equal to the product cited in the PID. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with the approved source. Interested people may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested people may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. A copy of the solicitation will be available via the DLA Internet Bid Board Systems (DIBBS) website at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP on the issue date cited in this solicitation. From the DIBBS Homepage, select �Requests for Proposal (RFP) / Invitation for Bid (IFB)� from the menu under the tab �Solicitations.� Then search for and choose the RFP you wish to download. Solicitations are in portable document format (PDF). To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com. A paper copy of the solicitation will not be available to requestors. The solicitation anticipated close date will be October 1, 2026. The buyer for this requirement is Melinda Clayton and can be reached by telephone: (445) 737-3440. E-mail: Melinda.Clayton@dla.mil .

Who won similar work

1982 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same NAICS 334419.

Single-winner award sizes (1982): middle half $44K to $350K, median $116K; range $2K to $10.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
PHILLIP CABLE MANUFACTURING, INC.154$28.5MOct 13, 2026
REV-CAP COMPANY, INC.114$26.2MOct 5, 2026
DCX-CHOL ENTERPRISES, INC.49$23.1MAug 17, 2026
TRANSAERO, INC.48$23.4MOct 8, 2026
PAR DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, LLC43$10.3MOct 9, 2026
JANELS INDUSTRIES INC42$6.7MSep 23, 2026
KAPLUN TOOL & DIE, INC.39$8.6MOct 13, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC39$7.2MSep 22, 2026
RICHARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY34$13.8MOct 14, 2026
STATZ CORP31$3.2MOct 6, 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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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.