Pre-solicitationPosted Sep 21, 2026·Responses due Oct 6, 2026

1630012903442, WHEEL,LANDING GEAR , WSC 05A, HELICOPTER, CHINOOK, CH-47

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE4A726R0809
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
1630
Place
New Cumberland, PA, USA
Contact
Michael Kershaw (michael.kershaw@dla.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A726R0809 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Sep 14, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Sep 21, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 8, 2026 to Mar 26, 2027, middle of the range Jan 21, 2027.
Measured from 457 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 336413 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Sep 14, 2026).

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

WHEEL,LANDING GEAR / 05A, HELICOPTER, CHINOOK, CH-47 NSN: 1630-01-290-3442, PR: 7017742680 , ITEM: WHEEL,LANDING GEAR PART NUMBERED ITEM THIS PART IS MANUFACTURED BY THE FOLLOWING MANUFACTURERS UNDER PART NUMBER 9543362-2: MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS (CAGE 0B9R9) NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANY (CAGE 6L817) LEONARDO SPA HELICOPTERS DIVISION (CAGE A0126) THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS AN UNRESTICTED PROCUREMENT (OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION). A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DAT… (show all)

E CITED IN THE 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 WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT OCTOBER 6TH, 2026. THIS DLA DIRECT PROCUREMENT IS FOR A FIRM FIXED PRICE TYPE CONTRACT FOR A QUANTITY OF 94 EACH.

Who won similar work

1995 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same NAICS 336413.

Single-winner award sizes (1995): middle half $42K to $350K, median $90K; range $25K to $37.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC.62$31.7MOct 5, 2026
AERO COMPONENTS, LLC60$13.1MOct 6, 2026
HONEYCOMB COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC.50$42.9MOct 14, 2026
LCF SYSTEMS, INC.49$20.7MSep 29, 2026
D-J ENGINEERING INC48$28.3MOct 5, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC42$17.3MOct 14, 2026
S3 AERODEFENSE LLC40$11.6MOct 14, 2026
INFINITY FABRICATION, INC.37$12.5MOct 8, 2026
G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC.35$36.7MOct 5, 2026
ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC32$15.2MOct 7, 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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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.