Solicitation
Beacon, Distress
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summarySole source: DLA Aviation at Philadelphia, PA, part of the Defense Logistics Agency, intends to negotiate with only one source for a distress beacon. The item is national stock number (NSN, the catalog number for the part) 0R-5821-200118711-QF, REF NR 152505-1, QTY 26 EA, delivery FOB origin (free on board origin, a shipping term). The notice says the part's design is unstable. For this presolicitation, SAM.gov's response date is December 8, 2026 (an amendment moved it to Dec 10, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC-4 · 1:00 PM Eastern), when the solicitation is expected. More in the summary
AI summary Beta
Summary of the version posted Oct 25, 2026. The notice was amended Nov 10, 2026. The due date moved from Dec 8, 2026 to Dec 10, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. Some details are in the notice's attachments, which this summary didn't read. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Sole source: DLA Aviation at Philadelphia, PA, part of the Defense Logistics Agency, intends to negotiate with only one source for a distress beacon. The item is national stock number (NSN, the catalog number for the part) 0R-5821-200118711-QF, REF NR 152505-1, QTY 26 EA, delivery FOB origin (free on board origin, a shipping term). The notice says the part's design is unstable. For this presolicitation, SAM.gov's response date is December 8, 2026, when the solicitation is expected.
Who can bid
- Only the company the notice names can win this as planned: other firms may send a capability statement, and the agency decides whether that is enough to compete it.
- Be a source the Government has already approved for this part, or send source-approval information with your proposal
How to submit: due December 8, 2026 (end of day, 11:00 PM Eastern). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
- Serious: Sole-source intent (only one source). The Government plans to negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-1 (the rule for buying when only one responsible source exists) and does not name it. Other firms may state their interest and capability or send proposals; proposals received within 45 days after publication (30 days under an existing basic ordering agreement (BOA), a standing agreement for placing orders) will be considered.
- Serious: Government source approval needed before award. Only Government-approved sources were solicited. A firm that is not approved must send the source-approval data with its proposal, or its offer will not be considered.
- Serious: New source approval may not finish before award. The notice says award normally cannot wait for a new source to be approved, so a business that is not yet approved may lose out.
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- Worth checking: Unstable design with major changes planned. The part may become obsolete in its present form, so a quote now could be for a configuration that changes.
- Worth checking: Incomplete source-approval data means no award. Missing any data the Source Approval Brochure requires takes the offer out of consideration.
- Minor: Commercial-item window of 15 days from the notice. The Government is not using FAR Part 12 (the rules for buying commercial items), but a firm with a commercial item can tell the contracting officer within a set number of days. The notice gives no calendar date for it.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- BEACON,DISTRESS: NSN 0R-5821-200118711-QF, REF NR 152505-1, QTY 26 EA
- Delivery FOB origin
- Limited acquisition/repair from the present source while the design changes
- Work only from sources the Government has approved, unless a new source sends source-approval data with its proposal
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- December 8, 2026 (end of day, 11:00 PM Eastern) (from the version posted Oct 25, 2026; amended since)
What to include when you submit
- If you are not an approved source, send with your proposal the information required by one of the NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support (WSS) Source Approval Information Brochures (spares or repair)
- If your source-approval request is already being evaluated at NAVSUP WSS, send a copy of the cover letter that forwarded it with your offer
- Offers that leave out the brochure's required data, or don't document an earlier submission of it, won't be considered for award under this solicitation
- To offer a commercial item instead, tell the contracting officer of your interest and capability within 15 days of this notice
Current contractor
No company is named. The notice says 'Limited acquisition/repair from the present source is anticipated pending configuration changes.'
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation itself, its clauses and the delivery destination are not in this notice, and no location for them is given.
- The set-aside, NAICS code and place of performance are not stated.
- Who the single source is: the notice does not name it.
- Contract type, contract length and the Government's estimated value are not stated.
- How offers will be evaluated and how to send a proposal are not stated.
- What the planned design changes will be.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Aviation at Philadelphia, PA, PA
- Product/service code
- 5821 · Radio and Television Communication Equipment, Airborne
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334220)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Solicitation (this version)Due Dec 10, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 25, 2026 · PresolicitationDate Dec 8, 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
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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