Sources SoughtPosted Aug 11, 2026·Original deadline passed (Aug 17). See latest amendment for current deadline.

1680- 013902533, MAST,HEATER DRAIN, DTF, C-17A

DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
336413
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SPE4A726R0759
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
1680
Place
Richmond, VA, USA
Contact
XUAN THANH PHAN (XUAN.PHAN@DLA.MIL)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A726R0759 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 11, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
  • Sep 11, 2026
    Pre-solicitation
    Open
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Nov 4, 2026 to Feb 20, 2027, middle of the range Dec 20, 2026.
Measured from 459 past early notices at Defense Logistics Agency with NAICS 336413 that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 11, 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

Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons 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 obtaining) the following item: NSN 1680- 013902533, MAST,HEATER DRAIN. This item is currently manufactured by ELECTROFILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC. (CAGE 85932) under part number 112190-5. The Weapon System Designator Code is DTF. 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 cons… (show all)

trued 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 voluntary. Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to manufacture (or legitimately obtain) the above listed supplies are invited to submit a response to this SourSces Sought Notice by August 17, 2026, 2:00pm eastern standard time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Xuan T Phan at xuan.phan@dla.mil. Contracting Office Address: 6090 Strathmore Rd., Richmond, VA 23237 Primary Point of Contact: Xuan T Phan, Acquisition Specialist, Phone: 804 659 9554, Email: xuan.phan@dla.mil. 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 an 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 an NSN with no open solicitation, please send it to the DLA SAR Program Office address below: DLA Weapons Support SAR Program Office Attn: DLA AVN-DU (SAR Program Manager) 6090 Strathmore Rd. Richmond, VA 23237

Who won similar work

42 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same product/service code (PSC) 1680.

Single-winner award sizes (40): middle half $350K to $1.2M, median $540K; range $222K to $9.6M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
RBC AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS, INC. · $RBC · $2.0B3$1.5MSep 18, 2026
KAMPI COMPONENTS CO INC2$2.9MJul 31, 2026
THE TIMKEN CORPORATION · $TKR · $4.8B2$2.2MJun 3, 2026
KITCO LLC · $HEI · $5.2B2$971KApr 15, 2025
Roller Bearing Company2$700KMar 25, 2026
MPB Corporation1$9.6MMar 4, 2025
NAG, LLC1$6.9MAug 6, 2026
GAMMON TECHNICAL PRODUCTS INC1$6.2MSep 11, 2026
MIDWAY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY INC.1$5.4MAug 20, 2026
RBC TRANSPORT DYNAMICS CORP1$3.0MOct 31, 2024

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. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Investor context
  • $RBC reported $2.0B revenue (12 months to Jun 27, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 40 past awards, $540K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $TKR reported $4.8B revenue (12 months to Jun 30, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 40 past awards, $540K, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing
  • $HEI reported $5.2B revenue (12 months to Jul 31, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 40 past awards, $540K, 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

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
  • $8K 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. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 3 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, 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.