Sources Sought
Shipping and Storage
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support is running a sources sought notice, which is market research only, to find companies that can manufacture the item listed (NSN 8145-01-721-7161, "Shipping and Storage"), for a solicitation it is developing for a Hazard Material Storage Building. Interested companies should contact the named DLA contact before November 22, 2026. This is not a request for quotes. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Defense Logistics Agency who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support is running a sources sought notice, which is market research only, to find companies that can manufacture the item listed (NSN 8145-01-721-7161, "Shipping and Storage"), for a solicitation it is developing for a Hazard Material Storage Building. Interested companies should contact the named DLA contact before November 22, 2026. This is not a request for quotes.
Who can bid
- A complete technical data package, including a copy of the original manufacturer's drawings, is required of interested contractors
How to submit: Contact Avril Dickerson, DLA Troop Support, Directorate of Construction and Equipment, at Avril.Dickerson@dla.mil or 445-737-7976. 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 23, 2026.
- Serious: Drawings are not available from the Government. The Government does not have the manufacturer's proprietary drawings, so a small business must obtain a copy of them itself to take part.
- Serious: Technical data package needed to take part. Each interested firm must send a complete technical data package that the Engineering Support Activity (ESA) reviews against the original manufacturer's drawings.
- Serious: Unit of issue not stated. The annual estimated quantity is 68 but no unit of issue is given, so pricing per unit can't be set from this notice.
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- Minor: Sources sought only, not a request for quotes. This is market research; the Government is not obligated to buy and will not pay for information sent in.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Find companies able to manufacture the item: Shipping and Storage, NSN 8145-01-721-7161, annual estimated quantity 68, unit of issue not stated
- Review a complete technical data package from each interested company, including a copy of the original manufacturer's drawings, through the Engineering Support Activity (ESA)
- Contract type
- Not stated; sources sought (market research only), a solicitation is being developed
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 22, 2026, 6:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Contact Avril Dickerson, DLA Troop Support, Directorate of Construction and Equipment, at Avril.Dickerson@dla.mil or 445-737-7976
What to include when you submit
- Interested contractors must submit a complete technical data package
- The package must include a copy of the original manufacturer's drawings so the Engineering Support Activity (ESA) can compare them
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The notice names the original manufacturer as Gemstar Manufacturing Inc (Cage Code 36NE1, Part Number C21100005).
Not in the notice text
- Whether the future solicitation will be set aside for any program; SAM.gov does not state a set-aside
- Place of performance and delivery terms
- The unit of issue for the 68 annual estimated quantity
- How a response is sent: the notice says to contact the named DLA contact, and gives no format or page limits
- The notice title is Shipping and Storage while the text says DLA is developing a solicitation for a Hazard Material Storage Building
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside. Any business can reply: this is market research, and no bid is being taken yet.
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- DLA Troop Support, Philadelphia, PA
- Product/service code
- 8145 · Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332439)
- 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: Sources sought notice
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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