COVER, ACCESS, AIRCRAFT / NSN 1560-01-686-8294 / FA-18 AIRCRAFT
DLA Aviation · DLA AVIATION
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation SPE4A726R0806 in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 9, 2026 · this noticePre-solicitation
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
A 100% Small Business Set-Aside solicitation will be issued to establish an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for NSN 1560-01-686-8294, a COVER, ACCESS, AIRCRAFT. The award will be for a 5-year base period. The Estimated Annual Quantity (EAQ) is 40 each. Production units will be FOB: Destination; Inspection /Acceptance: Destination. Item is not critical, nor deemed a Critical Safety Item. Export Control applies. Surge does not apply. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one or a limited number of sources under the aut… (show all)
hority of FAR 6.302. The NSN is in accordance with BASIC DRAWING # 76301 74A802662, Revision E, DTD 05/24/2005, PPN 74A802662-1001. DLA Aviation does possess complete technical data on this part for any interested vendor. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 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. 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. This solicitation may include Procurement Note L09, Reverse Auction. Since a reverse auction may be conducted, offerors are encouraged to access the Procurex system and review the reverse auction help tutorials at https//dla.procurexinc.com to learn more about how to participate in an auction. In order to receive an award, regardless of dollar value, contractors must be registered in the System For Award Management (sam.gov). The final contract award decision may be based upon a combination of price, past performance and other evaluation factors as described in the solicitation. The estimated solicitation issue date is 09/25/2026 and is when technical data will become available via cFolders on DIBBS. A copy of the solicitation will be available via DIBBS at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ on the issue date cited in the RFP. Choose the RFP you wish to download. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). To download and view these documents you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com. A paper copy of this solicitation will not be available to requesters.
Who won similar work
1995 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (DLA AVIATION), same NAICS 336413.
Single-winner award sizes (1995): middle half $43K to $350K, median $91K; range $25K to $37.6M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMAICA BEARINGS CO., INC. | 62 | $31.7M | Oct 5, 2026 |
| AERO COMPONENTS, LLC | 58 | $13.0M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| HONEYCOMB COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. | 51 | $45.4M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| LCF SYSTEMS, INC. | 50 | $20.7M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| D-J ENGINEERING INC | 44 | $25.9M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| TRIMAN INDUSTRIES INC | 41 | $17.3M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| S3 AERODEFENSE LLC | 39 | $9.1M | Oct 14, 2026 |
| INFINITY FABRICATION, INC. | 37 | $12.6M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| G. S. E. DYNAMICS, INC. | 36 | $36.1M | Oct 19, 2026 |
| ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC | 33 | $15.3M | Oct 19, 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 19, 2026Mechatronics, Inc$56K16--PROBE TIP ASSEMBLYNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026REV-CAP COMPANY, INC.$27K59--CABLE ASSEMBLY SET,No listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026D-J ENGINEERING INC$50K15--PLATE,STRUCTURAL,AINo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026FBC ENTERPRISES LLC$73K59--CABLE ASSEMBLY,SPECNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026ENIGMA AEROSPACE & CONSULTING L.L.C.$26K15--STRAKE,LEADING EDGENo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026ONTIC ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING, INC$63K16--DIAPHRAGM,STRUTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026AMERICAN FUEL CELL AND COATED FABRICS COMPANY$147K15--CELL,FUEL,AIRCRAFTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026HARTWELL CORPORATION$30K15--HOUSING LATCH ASSEMMateriality: <0.01% of $TDG revenue (Low) SEC
- Oct 19, 2026ENIGMA AEROSPACE & CONSULTING L.L.C.$285K15--SKIN,AIRCRAFTNo listed company matched (Materiality N/A)
- Oct 19, 2026ARKWIN INDUSTRIES, INC.$355K16--VALVE ASSEMBLY,HYDRAULIC,AIRCRAFTMateriality: <0.01% of $TDG 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 only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.