Presolicitation
Detector
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryPresolicitation: the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Aviation) plans an unrestricted Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC: a supply contract filled by orders as needed) for NSN 5865-01-114-0381, a detector, for a 5-year base period. The solicitation is expected November 6, 2026, with the response due date December 7, 2026. Estimated annual demand is QTY 40 EA. More in the summary
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Presolicitation: the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Aviation) plans an unrestricted Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC: a supply contract filled by orders as needed) for NSN 5865-01-114-0381, a detector, for a 5-year base period. The solicitation is expected November 6, 2026, with the response due date December 7, 2026. Estimated annual demand is QTY 40 EA.
Who can bid
- Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), with annual updates
How to submit: Written quote; the solicitation will be on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP, due December 7, 2026 (written 12/07/2026; time not stated). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (5)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Worth checking: Solicitation and its terms are on DIBBS, not in this notice. The solicitation is expected to be posted on DIBBS on the issue date, so the clauses and full requirements cannot be reviewed until then.
- Worth checking: Certified cost and pricing data may be required. You may need to provide detailed, certified cost data with your offer.
- Minor: Supplier Performance Risk System applies. The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) holds supplier performance scores, so your record there counts.
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- Minor: Delivery schedule is 198 DARO. Delivery is due 198 days after receipt of order, and past delivery performance is weighed equally with price.
- Minor: No progress payments. Progress payments (payments before delivery) are not allowed, so you finance the work until delivery.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- NSN 5865-01-114-0381, DETECTOR, listing MICROPHASE CORP 01341, P/N R6819
- Estimated annual demand QTY 40 EA; delivery orders between 10 EA and 40 EA
- Delivery schedule 198 DARO (days after receipt of order), FOB Origin, inspection and acceptance at Destination
- Contract type
- Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), IQC: 1000247344
- Period of performance
- 5-year base period
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Price, past performance and delivery equally weighted; the award may be based on a combination of price, past performance and other factors in the solicitation
- Offers due
- December 7, 2026 (written 12/07/2026; time not stated)
- How to submit
- Written quote; the solicitation will be on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Past Performance
- Delivery
What to include when you submit
- Submit offers in writing; this request is for a written quote
- Register in the System for Award Management (SAM); annual updates to the registration will be required
- Get the solicitation from DIBBS on the issue date: choose Request for Proposal (RFP)/Invitation for Bid (IFB) under the tab Solicitations
- Paper copies of the solicitation will not be available
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice lists MICROPHASE CORP 01341, P/N R6819, without saying whether it is the current supplier.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, its clauses and delivery terms are on DIBBS (the DLA Internet Bid Board System) and were not read
- Whether items other than P/N R6819 from MICROPHASE CORP 01341 are acceptable is not stated
- Closing time on December 7, 2026 is not stated
- Place of performance and estimated value are not stated
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Written quote; the solicitation will be on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation, Richmond, VA
- Product/service code
- 5865 · Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334290)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due Nov 6, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 20, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Oct 22, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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