Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · DLA LAND AND MARITIME
Account requiredWhy it scored this way
Every reason behind the verdict rather than the headline one — which of your certifications match, how much runway is left, whether the work is your size, and what we would need to know to sharpen it.
Written against this notice and what you have told us about your company. Anything we do not know is marked [NEEDS INPUT] in the draft rather than guessed at — read it before you send it.
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Sources Sought response
A complete draft response — capability statement, relevant past performance, business size and socioeconomic status, and answers to the agency's specific questions.
Questions to submit
Genuine ambiguities and requirements that disadvantage a smaller bidder, drafted as questions you can submit before the Q&A deadline.
Past performance write-ups
Which of your prior awards best match this requirement, and draft write-ups in the format the agency asked for.
Solicitation details
Solicitation number
CL25002001
Notice type
Sources Sought
NAICS
332510
Product service code
5340
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Posted
2026-08-14
Response deadline
Aug 22, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
Contracting contact
Marshall.Lynn@dla.mil
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 332510 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
DLA Weapons Support is preparing to solicit a long-term contract for the following National Stock Numbers (NSNs). 5330005001789 4320008534071 2010008976333 5360011117315 4320011663601 5360012548881 4820013019612 4320013489753 2010013881752 5330014130837 5330014131789 2010014150050 5340014464816 5331014531198 2040014542762 2040014548170 2010014548185 5330014561070 5330014827637 5330015086054 4720015145228 3010015294256 3040015545425 5330015731822 4720015813719 4720015813730 4720015884669 5331015966684 5330016019863 2040016261018 3040016272858 2040016513856 2910016802967 5340016822408 5340016822660 5340016822673 5340016822730 5330016851150 5330016864932 5930016877625 5330016888327 2590016896665 2590016896666 5340016897099 5330016919354 5330016919570 3040016944824 5330016973624 4720017014726 5330017060960 5330017191050 5330017191054 The currently approved manufacturer and associated part numbers for these items are listed in the Procurement Item Description (PID) Attachment 1 and on Attachment 3, titled, Market Research Spreadsheet. The purpose of this notice is to locate business concerns interested in manufacturing these items. The solicitation will be synopsized separately later. For these items, either, the data needed to acquire this part competitively is not physically available, it cannot be obtained economically, nor is it possible to draft adequate specifications or any other adequate, economical description of the material for a competitive solicitation… OR This part requires engineering source approval by the design control activity in order to maintain the quality of the part. Existing unique design capability, engineering skills, and manufacturing knowledge by the qualified source(s) require acquisition of the part from the approved source(s). The approved source(s) retain data rights, manufacturing knowledge, or technical data that are not economically available to the Government, and the data or knowledge is essential to maintaining the quality of the part. An alternate source must qualify in accordance with the design control activity's procedures, as approved by the cognizant Government engineering activity. The qualification procedures must be approved by the Government engineering activity having jurisdiction over the part in the intended application… OR The annual buy value of this part falls below the screening threshold established by DoD components and field activities. However, this part has been screened for additional known sources, resulting in either confirmation that the initial source exists or that other sources may supply the part. No additional screening was performed to identify the competitive or noncompetitive conditions that would result in assignment of a different AMSC… OR The rights to use the data needed to purchase this part from additional source(s) are not owned by the Government and cannot be purchased, developed, or otherwise obtained. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer this part. This code is used in situations where the Government has the data but does not own the rights to the data… OR The Government does not have adequate data, lacks rights to data, or both needed to purchase this part from additional sources. The Government has been unable to economically buy the data or rights to the data, although the part has been undergoing full screening for 12 or more months. Breakout to competition has not been achieved, but current, continuing actions to obtain necessary rights to data or adequate, reprocurement technical data indicate breakout to competition is expected to be achieved. This part may be a candidate for reverse engineering or other techniques to obtain technical data… OR The Government does not own the data or the rights to the data needed to purchase this part from additional sources. It has been determined to be uneconomical to buy the data or rights to the data. It is uneconomical to reverse engineer the part. This code is used when the Government did not initially purchase the data and/or rights… OR This part is a commercial/nondevelopmental/off-the-shelf item. Commercial item descriptions, commercial vendor catalog or price lists or commercial manuals assigned a technical manual number apply. The North American Industry Classification System Codes (NAICS) – 332510 will be used for the solicitation which has a NAICS Business Size of 750 Employees. Sources interested in submitting a proposal on this solicitation should complete the attached market survey (Attachment 2) and spreadsheet (Attachment 3) and return the completed copies to Marshall Lynn at marshall.lynn@dla.mil by close of business 8/21/2026. Notice Attachments Include: 1. PIID 2. Market Survey Questionnaire 3. Market Survey NSN Spreadsheet
Contact
Point of contact
Marshall Lynn
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
Marshall.Lynn@dla.mil
Secondary
Norma.Brookins@dla.mil
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
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