17--TOWBAR,AIRCRAFT
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION AT PHILADELPHIA, PA
DLA Aviation wants bids for "TOWBAR,AIRCRAFT". The original due date (May 29, 2026) has passed; check the latest amendment for the current one. In the last 2 years, similar work went to 10 or more companies, usually for about $87K per award. An award could come any day: the usual time to award has passed.
Put together from the facts on this page; the details and sources are below.
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPRPA126RYA33 in this department, oldest first.
- Nov 14, 2025SolicitationView
- Nov 14, 2025SolicitationView
- Jan 5, 2026SolicitationView
- Jan 6, 2026SolicitationView
- Jan 6, 2026SolicitationView
- Mar 27, 2026SolicitationView
- Mar 27, 2026SolicitationView
- May 4, 2026 · this noticeSolicitation
- May 4, 2026SolicitationView
- May 4, 2026SolicitationView
- May 27, 2026SolicitationView
- Oct 23, 2026SolicitationView
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.
Who won similar work
1990 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (DLA Aviation), same NAICS 336413.
Single-winner award sizes (1818): middle half $42K to $283K, median $87K; range $9K to $265.3M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC. | 60 | $21.5M + 12 shared | Oct 5, 2026 |
| AERO COMPONENTS, LLC | 55 | $9.5M + 3 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| HONEYCOMB COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. | 51 | $32.6M + 6 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| LCF SYSTEMS, INC. | 45 | $16.4M + 7 shared | Oct 21, 2026 |
| D-J ENGINEERING INC | 42 | $24.8M + 2 shared | Oct 21, 2026 |
| S3 AERODEFENSE LLC | 40 | $11.9M + 1 shared | Oct 21, 2026 |
| TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC | 39 | $21.3M + 1 shared | Oct 14, 2026 |
| INFINITY FABRICATION, INC. | 35 | $5.5M + 8 shared | Oct 20, 2026 |
| G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC. | 33 | $32.9M + 1 shared | Oct 19, 2026 |
| ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC | 33 | $14.6M | Oct 21, 2026 |
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. Notices whose amount is a placeholder such as $999,999,999 are not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.
- Oct 23, 2026ECI DEFENSE GROUP, INC.$92K16--NRP,WATER SEPARATORNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 23, 2026NATIONAL MACHINE COMPANY$2.5M16--PISTON INSULATOR,THERMAL,BRAKENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 22, 2026LOBO VENTURES LTD$150K15--DUCT,AIR EJECTORNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 22, 2026COASTAL MECHANICS TOOL & MACHINE INC$39K16--SUPPORT,RING GEAR BNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026AllClear Aerospace & Defense, Inc.$26K16--SHAFT,BALLSCREWNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026THE HANDY TOOL & MFG. CO., INC$2.5M15--DUCT ASSEMBLY,COOLERNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026S3 AERODEFENSE LLC$1.1M15--DUCT ASSY,OIL COOLENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026D-J ENGINEERING INC$102K15--SKIN,AIRCRAFTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$191K16--GUIDE METERING PINNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 21, 2026MEGGITT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, INC.$66K16--NRP,SUPPORT ASSY,COMateriality: <0.01% of $PH revenue (Low) SEC
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, 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.