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Sources Sought H-1 NSN 1560-017382870

Updated Oct 30, 2026

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

Title as posted	SOURCES SOUGHT H-1 NSN 1560-017382870
Solicitation number	SOURCES-SOUGHT-H1-NSN-1560-017382870
Agency	Defense Logistics Agency
Office	DLA Aviation
Notice type	Presolicitation
Set-aside	None
Trade (NAICS)	Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413)
Product or service code	1560
Posted	Oct 29, 2026
Response deadline	Nov 5, 2026, 5:00 PM (UTC-5) (6 days left)
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Description

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support, Richmond is issuing this sources sought as a means of conducting market research to determine if other companies are capable of manufacturing (or legitimately obtaining) NSN 1560-017382870, Qty 15 EA. There is one approved source for this item: bell, CAGE 97499. NSNs found not to be sole source will not be considered for future procurement under this sources sought.

The Sources Sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for an offer. This does not constitute as a solicitation and shall not be construed 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.

These items require Government Source Approval prior to award. If you are not an approved source, you must submit a Source Approval Request (SAR). DLA-Aviation can only receive Source Approval Requests (SAR) through DoDSafe link due to internet/web safety concerns per Engineering.

To submit your SAR, please send an email to: [email protected], subject line "Request a SAR Drop Off". Include CAGE code, the NSN, and the email address where you want to receive the DoDSafe link. After Weapons Support Office of Small Business receives your email request, a DoDSafe drop off will be returned, where you can download your SAR file and return.

Contracting contact

Candice Shaw · [email protected] · (804) 279-6915

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 336413, a business counts as small if it has no more than 1,250 employees (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). 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 other aircraft parts and auxiliary equipment manufacturing work, who also hold DLA contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation $1.6 billion in this trade
RTX Corporation $1.1 billion in this trade
L3HARRIS Technologies Integrated Systems L.P. $953.7 million in this trade
Lockheed Martin Corporation $857.7 million in this trade
Bell Boeing Joint Project Office $852.8 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.

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing contracts right now

There are 706 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 336413), 271 posted in the last 7 days; 36% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Defense Logistics Agency, Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force. Most of the work with a stated place is in Virginia, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. A notice in this trade gives a median of 30 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 7 days.

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