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.
The requirements that decide a bid — bonding, clearances, experience minimums, page limits — live in the attachments, not in the notice above. Start a free trial to upload them and have them read.
Draft the paperwork
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. Federal notices routinely put the real requirement in an attachment; adding the documents above makes every one of these materially better.
Start a free trial to draft these. Nothing is sent to an agency on your behalf, ever — you get a document to review, edit and submit yourself.
What would disqualify you
Read straight from the solicitation documents: the bonding, clearances, insurance minimums, experience thresholds and deadlines that decide whether you can bid at all — before you write a word.
Compliance matrix
Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.
Proposal outline
A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.
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
SPE7MX26RX064
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
332999
Product service code
4720
Set-aside
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
Posted
2026-09-28
Response deadline
Nov 2, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact
caitlin.ferry@dla.mil
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 332999 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.
Contract Specialist: Caitlin Ferry Email: caitlin.ferry@dla.mil NSN: 4720-01-042-4716 Nomenclature: Hose Assembly, Nonmetallic Set-Aside Type: 8(a) Competitve FOB: Origin I/A: Origin FDT applicable Estimated Annual Demand Quantity (ADQ) for this NSN: NSN 4720-01-042-4716 – ADQ 101 The NAICS and Business Size Standard for each NSN is as follows: NSN 4720-01-042-4716 – 332999, Size Standard 750 The item under this acquisition is subject to The Buy American Act. Requested Delivery: 86 days Ship-To Address: Shipping instructions shall be provided with individual delivery orders. Material ordered under the terms of this contract shall be delivered within 86 days after the date of the order. Notwithstanding any other provisions/clauses of this contract, no deliveries shall be made prior to the issuance of delivery order (DD Form 1155). Approved Source(s) / DWG– IAW BASIC DRAWING NR 81755 16A41006 REVISION NR H DTD 11/15/1988 PART PIECE NUMBER: 16A41006- To access the Drawings/Specifications click the following link: https://tdmt.dla.mil/. Drawings may also be accessed by clicking the “Tech Docs” URL within a DIBBS solicitation or award. Once in TDMT, click on the Acquisition Documents tile. In the Solicitation field, enter SPE7MX26RX064 and click Search. Double click on the solicitation (please note this may take some time to load; do not click again as this will cause the page to time out). Once this opens, you will see the NIIN (010424716) and TDP displayed in a table below. Click on the TDP hyperlink. This will bring up all the documents/drawings in the package. Double click on each document to bring up each item in the Total Data Package. This NSN will be procured under a Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) using FAR Part 12.201 procedures. A base period of 3 years with 2 option years. Based on market research, this item is commercial and the Government is using the policies contained in FAR Part 12.201 for this solicitation. Interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government’s requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. The solicitation will be available on the Internet at http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp. Solicitation Issue date is on or about Friday, October 2, 2026, with the response date on or around Monday, November 2, 2026. The response date is estimated on or about the issue date cited above. Hard copies of this solicitation are not available. While pricing may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, the final award decision will be based on a combination of price, delivery, and performance. All offers shall be in the English language and US dollars. All interested parties may submit an offer. DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) quotations are acceptable for this solicitation. Offerors must complete the entire solicitation. Offers must be submitted on hard copy of this SF1449 Request for Proposal (RFP), scanned, and uploaded through DIBBS (PREFERRED METHOD) or email offers to: caitlin.ferry@dla.mil
Contact
Point of contact
Caitlin Ferry
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
caitlin.ferry@dla.mil
Secondary
karin.wilson@dla.mil
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