Presolicitation
Hook, Latch, Aircraft
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support plans to buy 60 EA (each) of an aircraft latch hook, NSN 5340-015645512, with a 100% quantity option. The notice says the material is being procured from two named companies, Sikorsky Aircraft Co. and Avibank MFG, Inc. This is a presolicitation: SAM.gov lists November 7, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern as the response date, and the solicitation is expected on DLA's Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) after the issue date of November 9, 2026. More in the summary
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support plans to buy 60 EA (each) of an aircraft latch hook, NSN 5340-015645512, with a 100% quantity option. The notice says the material is being procured from two named companies, Sikorsky Aircraft Co. and Avibank MFG, Inc. This is a presolicitation: SAM.gov lists November 7, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern as the response date, and the solicitation is expected on DLA's Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) after the issue date of November 9, 2026.
Who can bid
- Not set aside for small business
How to submit: The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil//); how to send an offer is in the solicitation. 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.
- Serious: Material named from two sources. The notice names two companies and does not say whether other sources may offer, so check the solicitation on DIBBS.
- Worth checking: Offer due date is not in this notice. SAM.gov lists November 7, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, but the solicitation issue date is November 9, 2026 (written 11/09/2026); the offer due date will be in the solicitation on DIBBS.
- Worth checking: No technical drawings available. Drawings and bid sets are not provided, which may limit a new supplier's ability to price the part.
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- Worth checking: Commercial item interest within 15 days of the notice. A supplier that wants to offer a commercial item instead must tell the Contracting Officer within 15 days; the notice gives no calendar date for this.
- Minor: Trade Agreements Act may apply. The Trade Agreements Act may affect where the item can be made; check the solicitation.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- 60 EA of Hook, Latch, Aircraft, NSN 5340-015645512, with a 100% quantity option
- Material procured from Sikorsky Aircraft Co. (78286) P/N 70207-22802-101 and Avibank MFG, Inc (84256) P/N 91464-101
- Deliver to DLA Distribution San Diego (DODAAC SW3218, the Defense Department's shipping address code) within a required delivery of 400 days
- FOB Origin (First Destination Transportation applies), with inspection and acceptance at destination
- Period of performance
- Required delivery of 400 days (the start point is not stated); plus a 100% quantity option
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value
- How to submit
- The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil//); how to send an offer is in the solicitation
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Past Performance
- Delivery
What to include when you submit
- Write all offers in English and in US dollars
- To offer a commercial item instead, tell the Contracting Officer of your interest and capability within 15 days of this notice
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself, with the offer due date, option terms, clauses and offer instructions, will be on DIBBS and was not available to read.
- Whether sources other than the two named may offer is not stated.
- How price, past performance and delivery are weighted is not stated.
- The contract type is not stated.
Eligibility and how to respond
- SAM.gov lists no set-aside, but the notice text limits who can bid:
- The notice text says this is set aside for small businesses, but SAM.gov lists no set-aside. Ask the contracting officer which one applies before you bid.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: The solicitation will be on DIBBS (https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil//); how to send an offer is in the solicitation. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Weapons Support, Columbus, OH
- Product/service code
- 5340 · Hardware, Commercial
- 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
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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