Pre-solicitationPosted Aug 28, 2026·Responses due Oct 15, 2026

Electron Tube

DLA Land and Maritime · DLA LAND AND MARITIME

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334419
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE7M526Q0801
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5960
Place
Not stated
Contact
Amy Plymale-Hillis614-692-8565 (Amy.Plymale-Hillis@dla.mil)
…Open on SAM.gov
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE7M526Q0801 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Jul 31, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Aug 28, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Sep 15, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 16, 2026 to Feb 23, 2027, middle of the range Jan 1, 2027.
Measured from 92 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 334419 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Jul 31, 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

Description: Solicitation# SPE7M5-26-Q-0801 Purchase Requisition#: 7016688839 NSN: 5960-00-230-8366 Item Description: Electron Tube Type of Set Aside: Unrestricted NAICS Code: 334419 Size Standard: 750 This requirement is for a quantity of 897 each. Price Breaks requested from a quantity of 200 - 1300. Solicitation will not contain a quantity option. This solicitation will be issued under Full and Open Competition FAR 6.101 and will be in accordance with (IAW) FAR Part 13.5 procedures. Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services. This is a Qualified Parts List… (show all)

(QPL) item that is required to be manufactured under the following specifications: IAW BASIC SPEC NR MIL-PRF-1N(1) SUP 1 NOT 1 REVISION NR N OTO 03/14/2022 PART PIECE NUMBER: 8660 IAW REFERENCE SPEC NR MIL-PRF-1/1648O(1) NOT 1 REVISION NR O OTO 03/27/2024 PART PIECE NUMBER: 8660 The Government required delivery is 647 days, and the item will be shipped to the government stock location at W25G1U W1BG DLA DISTRIBUTION DDSP NEW CUMBERLAND FACILITY 2001 NORMANDY DRIVE DOOR 113 TO 134 NEW CUMBERLAND PA 17070-500 Inspection/Acceptance is at Origin, FOB Origin (First Destination Transportation applies) First Destination Transportation (FDT) applies. This solicitation is being issued under the First Destination Transportation (FDT) program to reduce cost of transportation through the use of Government-Arranged Transportation utilizing Government contracts and rates. If this acquisition is for Foreign Military Sales (FMS) FDT will not apply. For FDT program transportation requirements, see Procurement Note C16 - First Destination Transportation (FDT) Program, Government Arranged Transportation for Manual Awards, Procurement Note C17 - FDT Program-Shipments Originating from Outside the Contiguous United States and C20 - Vendor Shipment Module (VSM). Offers should be submitted based on FOB Origin. For offerors whose shipments will originate from outside the contiguous United States, the offeror's FOB Origin price shall include transportation to a contiguous United States location that the offeror selects based on cost effectiveness or other variables at the offeror's discretion. Additional information about FDT can be found at: http://www.dla.mil/FDTPI/ This solicitation will include the following Technical/Quality notes: RD002- Covered Defense Information applies This solicitation is an RFP (Request for Proposal) and will issue around Feb 2, 2024. It will be available at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil . Hard copies of this solicitation are not available and must be downloaded from the internet site above. Based upon market research, the Government is using the policies contained in FAR Part 13.5, Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Products and Commercial Services and FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, the final award decision will be based upon a combination of price, delivery, past performance, technical acceptability, and any Socioeconomic proposals, in order to provide the best value to the Government.

Who won similar work

5 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 (5): middle half $4.0M to $4.7M, median $4.2M; range $1.7M to $4.9M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Microwave Power Products Palo Alto CA 94304 USA2$9.6MSep 30, 2025
Microwave Power Products, Inc. · $TDG · $10.0B2$5.7MApr 22, 2026
ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.1$4.2MJul 28, 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.

Investor context
  • $TDG reported $10.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $4.2M, 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
  • Apr 22, 2026Microwave Power Products, Inc.$1.7MElectron TubeMateriality: 0.02% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
  • 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
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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 1 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.