Invitation for Bids - Vision Correction Assembly
Army Contracting Command (ACC) · W6QK ACC- DTA
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation W912CH26BA014 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 14, 2026Pre-solicitationOpen
- Sep 30, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
- Oct 19, 2026SolicitationOpen
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Decide bid or no bid before the response deadline.
- Look at the past winners for likely competitors and teaming partners.
- Follow the opportunity to hear about amendments and the award.
What the notice says
This procurement will utilize Invitation for Bids procedures, detailed under FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding. The Government intends to award a single contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best price to the Government. SCOPE: The Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal (ACC-DTA) has issued a solicitation for a new five-year, Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the manufacture and delivery of the Vision Correction Assembly. NSN 4240-01-631-8044, Part Number: 5-1-4208 This is a non-commercial requirement to be manufactured… (show all)
in accordance with a Government-owned Technical Data Package (TDP). The contract will also include requirements for First Article Testing (FAT), Production Lot Testing (PLT) and other Contract Data Requirements (CDRLs). TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE (TDP): The TDP associated with this procurement is export-controlled (Distribution Statement D) and requires special handling. To be eligible to gain access to the TDP when the solicitation is released, interested offerors must have a current and valid DD Form 2345, "Militarily Critical Technical Data Agreement" certification on file with the U.S./Canada Joint Certification Office (JCO). Instructions for obtaining certification can be found at: http://www.dla.mil/HQ/InformationOperations/Offers/Products/LogisticsApplications/JCP.aspx.
Who won similar work
3 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Army Contracting Command (ACC)), same industry group (NAICS 3391).
Single-winner award sizes (3): middle half $7.7M to $25.2M, median $15.4M; range $44K to $35.0M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDWIRE LLC | 1 | $35.0M | Oct 13, 2026 |
| HDT EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS INC | 1 | $15.4M | Sep 18, 2025 |
| DUMBO DEFENSE INC | 1 | $44K | Jun 16, 2025 |
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.
- Oct 13, 2026HARDWIRE LLC$35.0MAward Notice Small Arms Protective Insets (SAPI) Foreign Military Sales
- Sep 18, 2025HDT EXPEDITIONARY SYSTEMS INC$15.4MW56HZV-22-D-0018 Delivery Order W912CH-25-F-0246
- Jun 16, 2025DUMBO DEFENSE INC$44KWaste Closure Assembly - Award
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.
- 1 of these past winners lobbied Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard since 2024 (10 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) or Army, Dept of (Other) or Natl Guard 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.
- 6 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.