Presolicitation
Canopy, Fixed
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryDLA Aviation plans an open-to-all (unrestricted) indefinite quantity contract (IQC: the Government orders as needed) for a fixed aircraft canopy, NSN 1560-01-670-9896, P/N 201822027-10, for a 5-year base period. The solicitation is expected to issue November 5, 2026, with a closing date of December 7, 2026. SAM.gov's response date is November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. Check the notice: its text gives November 5, 2026 as the date the solicitation is expected, not the offer due date. More in the summary
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DLA Aviation plans an open-to-all (unrestricted) indefinite quantity contract (IQC: the Government orders as needed) for a fixed aircraft canopy, NSN 1560-01-670-9896, P/N 201822027-10, for a 5-year base period. The solicitation is expected to issue November 5, 2026, with a closing date of December 7, 2026. SAM.gov's response date is November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. Check the notice: its text gives November 5, 2026 as the date the solicitation is expected, not the offer due date.
Who can bid
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM), kept updated each year
- The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS: the Department of Defense supplier risk rating) applies
How to submit: Written quote; the solicitation is on DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP under Request for Proposal (RFP)/Invitation for Bid (IFB), due Closing date December 7, 2026 (solicitation expected to issue November 5, 2026); SAM.gov response date: November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Government first article test required. A sample must be tested and approved by the Government, which adds time and cost before regular deliveries.
- Worth checking: Critical application item. A critical item usually brings stricter quality, inspection and approval rules.
- Worth checking: Solicitation not yet issued; dates differ in two places. The text gives an issue date of November 5, 2026 and a closing date of December 7, 2026, while SAM.gov lists November 5, 2026 as the response date; use the closing date in the solicitation on DIBBS. Check the notice: its text gives November 5, 2026 as the date the solicitation is expected, not the offer due date.
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- Worth checking: Cost and pricing data may be required. Certified cost and pricing data means detailed proof of your costs, which can be hard for small shops to provide.
- Minor: Higher-level quality and export rules. Higher-level quality requirements and export controls apply to this part.
- Minor: No progress payments. You are paid on delivery and cannot draw payments during production, so you must finance the work.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- CANOPY FIXED, NSN 1560-01-670-9896 (national stock number), P/N 201822027-10
- Estimated annual demand: 53 EA; minimum delivery order quantity 14 EA; maximum delivery order quantity 53 EA
- 5-year contract period with delivery of 407 DARO (days after receipt of order), FOB origin, inspection and acceptance at origin
- Pass a Government first article test (FAT: a sample unit is tested and approved before regular production)
- Written quote only
- Contract type
- Indefinite quantity contract (IQC), unrestricted
- Period of performance
- 5-year contract period (5-year base)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Price, past performance and delivery equally weighted; the final award decision may use a combination of these and other factors in the solicitation
- Offers due
- Closing date December 7, 2026 (solicitation expected to issue November 5, 2026); SAM.gov response date: November 5, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Written quote; the solicitation is on DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP under Request for Proposal (RFP)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Past performance
- Delivery
What to include when you submit
- Submit your offer in writing; the notice says this request is for a written quote
- Download the solicitation from DIBBS on its issue date; no paper copy will be available
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), with annual updates
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice lists five firms against this part number with CAGE codes: GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. (86175), Llamas Plastics Inc (8P093), Sierracin Corporation (12035), Texstars LLC (12849) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (79U29). It does not say whether any is a current supplier.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, drawings, clauses and full delivery terms are on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP), to be posted on the issue date.
- Estimated dollar value and the place of delivery are not stated.
- Whether the five listed firms are the approved sources is 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 is on DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP under Request for Proposal (RFP)/Invitation for Bid (IFB). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation, Richmond, VA
- Product/service code
- 1560 · Airframe Structural Components
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336413)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026 · Presolicitation (this version)Due Nov 5, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 19, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Oct 21, 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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