Electron Tube
DLA Land and Maritime · DLA LAND AND MARITIME
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE7M525R0010 in this department, oldest first.
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
This is not a request for either a quote or proposal. This announcement is considered market research in accordance with FAR Part 10. No solicitation is being issued at this time. DLA Land & Maritime is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting Market Research to identify parties having an interest in, and the resources to support the following requirements: ITEM: Electron Tube NSN: 5960-00-985-8983 This is a Qualified Parts List (QPL) item. Once the solicitation is issued, product supplied to the specification shall be manufactured by an accredited manufacturer (for components and … (show all)
assemblies) and/or assembled by an accredited manufacturer or accredited assembling distributor (for assemblies) as listed in the PR QML or QPL for this standard. IAW BASIC SPEC NR MIL-PRF-1/1569E NOT 1 REVISION NR E DTD 02/09/2021 PART PIECE NUMBER: 8168 IAW REFERENCE SPEC NR MIL-PRF-1N(1) SUP 1 NOT 1 REVISION NR N DTD 03/14/2022 PART PIECE NUMBER: 8168 The current quantity to be procured is 88 EA. Quantity pricing will be requested from 80 to 280 EA. The items will be shipped to a DLA stocking location. The Purpose of this synopsis is to locate sources interested in becoming approved sources. Submission Instructions: Responses to this Request for Information (RFI) must be sent to Christopher Wallace via email at Christopher.Wallace@dla.mil by the response date listed in this synopsis and should include in their submission, information on their products/services, company, CAGE code, capability, company size/profile, and any other supportive information. Respondents will be placed on the solicitation mailing list. This RFI is for market research purposes only. Any information submitted is at the company's own expense. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs associated with submission of capability statements in connection with the market survey. Any information provided is voluntary.
Who won similar work
4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA LAND AND MARITIME), same product/service code (PSC) 5960 and NAICS 334419.
Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $4.1M to $4.8M, median $4.5M; range $4.0M to $4.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microwave Power Products Palo Alto CA 94304 USA | 2 | $9.6M | Sep 30, 2025 |
| ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC. | 1 | $4.2M | Jul 28, 2025 |
| Microwave Power Products, Inc. · $TDG · $10.0B | 1 | $4.0M | Oct 1, 2025 |
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.
- $TDG reported $10.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 4 past awards, $4.5M, 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 1, 2025Microwave Power Products, Inc.$4.0MElectron TubeMateriality: 0.04% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Sep 30, 2025Microwave Power Products Palo Alto CA 94304 USA$4.7MElectron TubeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Jul 28, 2025ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.$4.2MElectron TubeNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Nov 7, 2024MICROWAVE POWER PRODUCTS Palo Alto CA 94304 USA$4.9MELECTRON TUBENo listed company matched (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 3 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.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 1 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.