Presolicitation
SPE4A727R0054-1680-011589685 - Bell Crank/ 40A/Helicopter, UH-60A, UH-60L, UH-60V
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Aviation) plans to buy 93 EACH of a bell crank for UH-60 helicopters (NSN 1680-011589685, part number 70400-08102-045) as a total small business set-aside, firm-fixed-price (one set price, whatever the work ends up costing). The solicitation is expected on or around November 2, 2026 on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS). SAM.gov lists a response date of December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Aviation) plans to buy 93 EACH of a bell crank for UH-60 helicopters (NSN 1680-011589685, part number 70400-08102-045) as a total small business set-aside, firm-fixed-price (one set price, whatever the work ends up costing). The solicitation is expected on or around November 2, 2026 on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS). SAM.gov lists a response date of December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid
- Small business (total small business set-aside)
How to submit: The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp) as a PDF; the text does not say how to send an offer. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (4)
From the version posted Oct 16, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid on this solicitation.
- Worth checking: Response date and solicitation issue date differ. SAM.gov shows December 2, 2026, while the text says the solicitation is to be issued on or around November 2, 2026; the offer due date will be in the DIBBS solicitation.
- Minor: Long delivery time. Delivery is 819 days, and the text doesn't say when that clock starts.
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- Minor: Solicitation is on DIBBS, not SAM.gov. The requirements, clauses and instructions are only in the DIBBS solicitation, so you must find it there.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Bell crank, 40A, for helicopters UH-60A, UH-60L and UH-60V; NSN 1680-011589685, part number 70400-08102-045
- Quantity 93 EACH
- Delivery of the production units in 819 days
- FOB origin, with inspection and acceptance at origin
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP), DLA direct procurement
- Period of performance
- Delivery of the production units in 819 days (the text doesn't say from when)
- Place of performance
- Cherry Point, NC, USA (as listed on SAM.gov)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp) as a PDF; the text does not say how to send an offer
What to include when you submit
- Download the solicitation from DIBBS under Solicitations, then Requests for Proposal (RFP) / Invitation for Bid (IFB); no paper copy will be available
- Follow the offer instructions in the DIBBS solicitation
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, its clauses, drawings, quality and source-approval terms, and the offer due date are on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp) and were not read.
- How the award will be decided is not in the text.
- Whether delivery of 819 days runs from award or another date 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 336413
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp) as a PDF; the text does not say how to send an offer. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 16, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation, Richmond, VA
- Product/service code
- 1680 · Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336413)
- 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 read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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