Sources Sought
Sources Sought (LTC) - 33 NIINs
Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · Sol. SPE7LX26R0084
Only listed manufacturers' parts are accepted. Distributors of the approved part can still quote.
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Land and Maritime, Columbus, OH) is doing market research for 33 motor vehicle parts (NSNs, the numbers the government uses to identify parts). It wants to know which companies could manufacture them. This is not a request for quotes or proposals.
Watch out for
- Restricted to approved sources. All 33 parts are coded for acquisition from the actual manufacturer because the technical data is not owned or not available, so a new company would have to get approved first.
Acquire, for the second or subsequent time, directly from the actual manufacturer.
- Source approval takes technical proof. The burden is on you to document that your part is equal to or better than the current approved item, which takes engineering data and time.
The onus is on the contractor to document and demonstrate their product is equal to, or better, than the currently approved item
- Not a solicitation. This is a sources sought notice, so there is nothing to bid on yet.
This notice is NOT a request for quotes or proposals (RFQ/RFP).
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- Review the 33 NSNs (parts) listed in Attachment 1
- Tell DLA about any sources that may be able to manufacture these items
- Optionally apply to become an Approved Source through the DLA Land and Maritime Alternate Offer / Source Approval Request (SAR) program
- Place of performance
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Offers due
- 2026-10-12T23:59:00-04:00
- How to submit
- Email to Kozo Okamura at kozo.okamura@dla.mil
What to include when you submit
- Send information on companies that may be able to manufacture the items by the response date
- To be qualified as an Approved Source, submit a SAR package through the DLA Land and Maritime Alternate Offer/Source Approval Request (SAR) Program
You must have
- To supply these parts a company generally has to be an approved source; unapproved companies can apply through the SAR program with technical data showing their product equals or beats the OEM item
Should a company wish to be reviewed and qualified as an
Current contractor
The notice refers to existing approved sources for these items but does not name them.
Not in the notice text
- The list of 33 NSNs, nomenclature, annual demand quantities and CLINs are only in Attachment 1
- Contract type, value and length of the future solicitation
- Names of the current approved sources
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 13, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 25, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- SPE7LX26R0084
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Office
- DLA Land and Maritime
- NAICS
- 336390
- Product/service code
- 2590
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts
- Place of performance
- Columbus, OH
- Contracting contact
- Kozo OkamuraKozo.Okamura@dla.mil
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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