Shipping and Storage Container

Updated Oct 31, 2026

Sources Sought from the Defense Logistics Agency. Due Nov 14, 2026, 6:00 PM (UTC-5), 14 days left.

Description

DLA Troop Support is seeking to identify possible sources that can manufacture the items listed below. Drawings are not available. Interested contractors will be required to submit a complete technical data package, which will be forwarded to the Engineering Support Activity (ESA) for review.

This technical package must include a copy of the original manufacturer’s drawings for comparison by the ESA. The drawings are proprietary to the manufacturer, and the Government is not in possession of the said drawings. This material is proprietary to the original manufacturer, and the Government is not in possession of the drawings.

This is not a Request for Quote for this requirement, and a request for Sources Sought only. DLA Troop Support is in the process of developing a solicitation for Shipping and Storage Containers. This Sources Sought Notice is issued for the purpose of market research only and the Government is in no way obligated to purchase any material because of this inquiry.

The Government is in no way obligated to purchase any material because of this inquiry. The Government will not pay for any information submitted by respondents in response to this Sources Sought Notice. Interested contractors should contact Avril Dickerson, DLA Troop Support – Directorate of Construction and Equipment, at [email protected] or 445-737-7976 prior to 14 November 2026.

National Stock Number: 8145-01-480-8694 Item Description: Shipping and Storage Container Annual Estimated Quantity: 25 Manufacturer: OSHKOSH CORP Cage Code: 45152 Part Number: 3310513 OR Manufacturer: The Campion Company Cage Code: 94231 Part Number: 19220

Contracting contact

• [email protected] · Avril Dickerson445-737-7976
• Ogden Howard · [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 332439, a business counts as small if it has no more than 600 employees (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.

Companies that win this kind of work

Federal contractors paid for other metal container manufacturing work, who also hold DLA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

• The Lighthouse For The Blind, Incorporated $55,680 in this trade
• MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. $38,000 in this trade
• HDT Expeditionary Systems Inc $0 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.

Other Metal Container Manufacturing contracts right now

There are 19 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 332439), 10 posted in the last 7 days; 21% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in Michigan, Virginia and Oklahoma. A notice in this trade gives a median of 12 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 15 days.

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Coming up in this trade

Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.

Recent awards in this trade

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• Sono International LLC $290,400 · Federal Acquisition Service · Oct 22, 2026
• W&K Container, Inc. $216,783 · Defense Logistics Agency · Oct 21, 2026

From the award notices agencies publish.

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