Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Rivet, Blind
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation set this buy aside for small businesses only: NSN 5320013540035 RIVET,BLIND, Line 0001 Qty 562 UI EA, delivered by 0070 DAYS ADO. It may become an automated indefinite delivery contract (IDC: one that lets the agency place orders over time) for a year or until orders total 350000.00. The response due date is November 3, 2026; no time is given. More in the summary
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation set this buy aside for small businesses only: NSN 5320013540035 RIVET,BLIND, Line 0001 Qty 562 UI EA, delivered by 0070 DAYS ADO. It may become an automated indefinite delivery contract (IDC: one that lets the agency place orders over time) for a year or until orders total 350000.00. The response due date is November 3, 2026; no time is given.
Who can bid
- Small business (SAM.gov lists this as a total small business set-aside)
How to submit: Electronically; the notice says the RFQ is available at a link, which is not in the text. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can win.
- Minor: Small order, possible repeat orders. The contract may run a year with about two orders and a guaranteed minimum quantity of 56.
- Minor: Delivery window. Delivery is due 0070 DAYS ADO, and shipping may include overseas depots through a consolidation point.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Supply NSN 5320013540035 RIVET,BLIND: Line 0001 Qty 562 UI EA
- Deliver by 0070 DAYS ADO (days after date of order)
- Ship to various CONUS (continental U.S.) and OCONUS (outside the continental U.S.) DLA depots
- Send the quote electronically
- Contract type
- May result in an Automated Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC)
- Period of performance
- One year, or until the aggregate total of orders reaches 350000.00
- Estimated value
- Orders capped at an aggregate total of 350000.00 (the notice shows no currency sign)
- Offers due
- November 3, 2026 (no time given)
- How to submit
- Electronically; the notice says the RFQ is available at a link, which is not in the text
What to include when you submit
- Quotes must be submitted electronically
- Get the RFQ from the link in the notice; hard copies are not available
Not in the notice text
- The RFQ is at a link the notice mentions but its contents are not in the text: specifications, drawings, clauses, quote format and evaluation basis.
- The time of the response deadline is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 332510
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically; the notice says the RFQ is available at a link, which is not in the text. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation, Richmond, VA
- Product/service code
- Group 53 · Hardware and Abrasives SAM.gov gives only the 2-digit group. The stock number in the notice points to 5320 (Rivets).
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332510)
- 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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