Pre-solicitationPosted Oct 6, 2026·Responses due Nov 20, 2026

Sextant, Marine; [WSDC: 23N] End Item: Ship, Ohio Class SSN (Trident) PR: 7017536460 NSN: 6605-012533442

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
334511
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE4A6-27-R-0030
Set-aside
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)
PSC
6605
Place
Richmond, VA, USA
Contact
Melinda Clayton (Melinda.Clayton@dla.mil)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A6-27-R-0030 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 6, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Dec 25, 2026 to Mar 20, 2027, middle of the range Jan 23, 2027.
Measured from 55 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 334511 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Oct 6, 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

NOM: Sextant, Marine; [WSDC: 23N] End Item: Ship, Ohio Class SSN (Trident) PR: 7017536460 NSN: 6605-012533442, SPE4A6-27-R-0030 This solicitation will contain one NSN for a Sextant, Marine; [WSDC: 23N] End Item: Ship, Ohio Class SSN (Trident). The NSN and quantity are as follows: NSN 6605-012533442 with a quantity of 208 each. The delivery schedule is 78 days ARO. Inspection/Acceptance: Origin; FOB: Destination. The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance, and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. Clause 52.246-11 Higher-lev… (show all)

el contract quality requirement applies. The solicitation issue date is on or about October 21, 2026, in accordance with 52.219-27-Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside. Only offers from Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses will be considered. The offeror must furnish drawings and other data covering the design, materials, etc., of the exact product cited in the AID, IAW 252.236-7001 Contract Drawings and Specifications. IAW Basic CID A-A-59005 NOT 2 Revision NR DTD 10/24/2025 Part Piece Number: A-A-59005 Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. "Item cited requires data which is restricted to contractors certified by DoD to access unclassified data per DoD 5220.22M. Certification is obtained by submitting DD Form 2345, Military Critical Technical Data Agreement, to the Defense Logistics Information Services. Offerors must submit a completed solicitation package; a copy of the solicitation will be available via the DIBBS at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP on the issue date cited in this synopsis. RFP's are in portable document format (PDF). To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com. The solicitation anticipated close date will be November 20, 2026. The buyer for this requirement is Melinda Clayton, tel (445) 737-3440, email Melinda.Clayton@dla.mil.

Who won similar work

852 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same office, same NAICS 334511.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
REV-CAP COMPANY, INC.179$11.9MDec 1, 2025
SAN ANTONIO LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND101$7.2MSep 17, 2025
CARP INDUSTRIES CORP37$4.1MOct 15, 2026
H C MERCHANDISERS, INC.22$1.3MOct 14, 2026
ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA - NIGHT VISION LLC20$55.7MSep 17, 2026
INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT TECHNOLOGIES18$4.2MJul 13, 2026
L3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · $LHX14$15.1MOct 5, 2026
JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC.14$2.5MJul 1, 2026
TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC11$1.6MApr 8, 2026
S3 AERODEFENSE LLC11$1.1MSep 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
  • $234K from their corporate PACs since 2024 to members of House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Armed Services, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • 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.

  • 1 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.