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Laser-Infrared Observa

Updated Oct 26, 2026

Solicitation from the Defense Logistics Agency. Due Nov 2, 2026, 7 days left.

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Title as posted	58--LASER-INFRARED OBSERVA
Solicitation number	SPE4A727T2036
Agency	Defense Logistics Agency
Office	DLA Aviation
Notice type	Solicitation
Set-aside	Small business
Trade (NAICS)	Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)
Product or service code	58
Posted	Oct 25, 2026
Response deadline	Nov 2, 2026 (7 days left)
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Description

Proposed procurement for NSN 5860016972989 LASER-INFRARED OBSERVA: Line 0001 Qty 4 UI EA Deliver To: W1A8 DLA DIST SAN JOAQUIN By: 0270 DAYS ADO This is a source controlled drawing item. Approved source is 6U501 434P-ABNKIT. The solicitation is an RFQ and will be available at the link provided in this notice.

Hard copies of this solicitation are not available. The items furnished must meet the requirements of the drawing cited in the solicitation. Digitized drawings and Military Specifications and Standards may be retrieved, or ordered, electronically.

All responsible sources may submit a quote which, if timely received, shall be considered. Quotes must be submitted electronically.

Contracting contact

Questions regarding this solicitation should be emailed to the buyer listed in block 5 of the solicitation document which can be found under the Additional Information link. If the Additional Information link does not work, please go to https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/Solicitations/ and type the solicitation number in the Global Search box. · [email protected]

As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.

Is your business small enough?

For NAICS 334511, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,350 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is set aside, so only businesses under that size, or in the named program, can bid. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing work, who also hold DLA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

Raytheon Company $2.5 billion in this trade
Lockheed Martin Corporation $1.1 billion in this trade
Indra AIR Traffic, Inc. $387.8 million in this trade
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation $382.5 million in this trade
Elbitamerica, Inc. $344.0 million in this trade

About the buyer

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded $46.4 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Amerisourcebergen Drug Corp, Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. and W S Darley & Co. See what DLA is buying now.

Who can bid: Small Business set-aside

Total and partial small business set-asides are open to any business under the SBA size standard for the notice's NAICS code.

All open Small Business set-asides.

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing contracts right now

There are 146 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 334511), 71 posted in the last 7 days; 23% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Navy, Defense Logistics Agency and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in Virginia, Georgia and New York. A notice in this trade gives a median of 30 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 8 days.

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