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SPE4A727R0022 - 5342 - COUPLING, CLAMP, GROOVED / WSIC F

Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · DLA AVIATION
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Solicitation details

Solicitation number
SPE4A727R0022
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
332510
Product service code
5342
Set-aside
Unrestricted
Posted
2026-10-16
Response deadline
Dec 2, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Richmond, VA
Contracting contact
Thuy.Ho@dla.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

NSN 5342-010461421; COUPLING, CLAMP, GROOVED; WSIC F; IQC PR 1000244835. THE APPROVED SOURCE ARE EATON AEROQUIP LLC (00624), P/N BACC10EY400BE & P/N MVT68675-400; VOSS INDUSTRIES LLC (14242), P/N BACC10EY400BE, and GRIMES AEROSPACE COMPANY (72914), P/N BACC10EY400BE. THIS SOLICITATION WILL RESULT IN AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEAR WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS. THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANITTY IS 925 EACH; THE MINIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QUANTITY IS 200 EACH; THE MAXIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QUANTITY IS 925 EACH. THE DELIVERY DATE WILL BE 190 DAYS AFTER RECEIVED ORDER. INSPECTION AND ACCPETANCE WILL BE AT DESTINATION. FOB IS AT ORIGIN. THIS IS A DLA DIRECT PROCUREMENT. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT (OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION NOT PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED). THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM. PRICE, PAST PERFORMANCE AND DELIVERY WILL BE EQUALLY WEIGHTED. THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD DECISION MAY BE BASED UPON A COMBINATION OF PRICE, PAST PERFORMANCE, SPRS AND OTHER EVALUATION FACTORS AS DESCRIBED IN THE SOLICITATION. THIS REQUEST IS FOR A WIRTTEN QUOTE. PLEASE SUBMIT OFFERES IN WRITING. A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT "REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)" FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB "SOLICITATIONS." THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS 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 THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR AROUND NOVEMBER 2, 2026.

Contact

Point of contact
Thuy Ho
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
Thuy.Ho@dla.mil
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