Sources SoughtPosted Oct 8, 2026·Responses due Aug 12, 2026

NSN 5306-01-317-4318, BOLT, CLOSE TOLERANCE - 40A / HELICOPTER, BLACK HAWK UH-60A, UH-60L, HH/UH-60M, UH-60V

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
332722
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE4A626R0296
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
5306
Place
Not stated
Contact
April Wynn (april.wynn@dla.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A626R0296 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 7, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
  • Oct 8, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Oct 8, 2026
    Sources Sought
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Oct 16, 2026 to Jan 15, 2027, middle of the range Nov 27, 2026.
Measured from 40 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 332722 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 7, 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

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation - Richmond 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. BOLT, CLOSE TOLERANCE NSN 5306-01-317-4318 AVIBANK MFG., INC. 84256 P/N AS616-102 SPACE-LOK, INC. 16258 P/N SLB163-102 This Sources Sought Notice is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commit… (show all)

ment 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 voluntary. 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 August 11, 2026. DLA Weapons Support Richmond Primary Point of Contact: April Wynn Acquisition Specialist 445-737-4868 If your company desires to be reviewed and qualified as an "Approved Source" for this item, submit an application package through the Source Approval Request (SAR) Program as outlined in the attached JACG SAM HB document. 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 required item. The onus 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 LSN/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 LSN/NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the DLA SAR Program Office address below: DLA Weapons Support Richmond Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager) 6090 Strathmore Road Richmond, VA 23237

Who won similar work

1994 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 332722.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ATF Aerospace, LLC218$81.4MOct 15, 2026
Don Industrial Group LLC135$38.0MOct 15, 2026
ADEPT FASTENERS INC79$15.6MOct 15, 2026
DEFENSE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC.61$12.9MOct 16, 2026
S & B, INC.47$7.9MOct 14, 2026
DC PRECISION LLC45$3.2MOct 15, 2026
STATZ CORP38$4.0MSep 29, 2026
APOLLO AEROSPACE COMPONENTS LLC32$6.8MOct 6, 2026
BLACK SEA LLC29$10.1MOct 6, 2026
AERO-GLEN INTERNATIONAL LLC29$3.7MOct 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.

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.

  • 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.