INSERT, SCREW THREAD - 40 A/HELICOPTER, BLACK HAWK UH-60A, UH-60L, HH/UH-60M, UH-60V
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A626R0175 in this department, oldest first.
- Aug 26, 2026 · this noticeSources Sought
- Aug 26, 2026Sources SoughtOpen
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
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapon Support is issuing this Sources Sought Notice as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtain) this item. The current approved sole source of supply and part number is listed below. INSERT, SCREW THREAD NIIN 5325-01-119-8245 SPS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, CAGE 56878, P/N 79698-820 Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by Monday, August 31, 20… (show all)
26. Please provide the POCs, and location of manufacturer (City & State or Country if applicable). This information can be submitted to april.wynn@dla.mil. This sources sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a Request for Proposal. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntarily. If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit your application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program. A SAR package contains all of the technical data needed to demonstrate that the prospective contractor can competently manufacture the product to the same level of quality, or better, than the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). The responsibility is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item, which DLA Aviation is procuring. If there is an open solicitation for a NSN, which you want to submit a SAR, please submit the SAR directly to the buyer noted on the solicitation. If you are submitting a SAR for a NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the Competition Advocate SAR Program Office address below: SAR Program DLA Aviation Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager) 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway Richmond, VA 23297-5100
Who won similar work
1994 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same NAICS 332722.
Single-winner award sizes (1994): middle half $40K to $350K, median $142K; range $3K to $2.9M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATF Aerospace, LLC | 218 | $81.4M | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Don Industrial Group LLC | 135 | $38.0M | Oct 15, 2026 |
| ADEPT FASTENERS INC | 79 | $15.6M | Oct 15, 2026 |
| DEFENSE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. | 60 | $12.8M | Oct 9, 2026 |
| S & B, INC. | 47 | $7.9M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| DC PRECISION LLC | 45 | $3.2M | Oct 15, 2026 |
| STATZ CORP | 38 | $4.0M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| APOLLO AEROSPACE COMPONENTS LLC | 32 | $6.8M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| BLACK SEA LLC | 29 | $10.1M | Oct 6, 2026 |
| AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC | 29 | $3.7M | Oct 15, 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.
- Oct 15, 2026ADEPT FASTENERS INC$30K53--NUT,PLAIN,SLOTTED,HNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026ATF Aerospace, LLC$350K53--BOLT,SHEARNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026CIRCOR NAVAL SOLUTIONS LLC$31K53--NUT,SLEEVENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026DC PRECISION LLC$48K53--SCREW,CAP,SOCKET HENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026ANA SOURCING LLC$54K53--NUT,SELF-LOCKING,EXNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$27K53--WASHER,SPLITNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC$172K53--SCREW,CAP,HEXAGON HEADNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$156K53--NUT STRIPMateriality: <0.01% of $NOC revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 15, 2026AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC$61K53--NUT,SELF-LOCKING,EXNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 15, 2026ATF Aerospace, LLC$350K53--INSERT,SCREW THREADNo 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 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
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.
- 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.