Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Retainer, Packing
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support office wants quotes on national stock number (NSN) 5330012715191, RETAINER,PACKING: QTY 691, unit of issue EA (each). It is a total small business set-aside on SAM.gov. The response due date is November 2, 2026; no time is given. The buy is a request for quotation (RFQ), and the full RFQ is at a link in the SAM.gov notice. More in the summary
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Weapons Support office wants quotes on national stock number (NSN) 5330012715191, RETAINER,PACKING: QTY 691, unit of issue EA (each). It is a total small business set-aside on SAM.gov. The response due date is November 2, 2026; no time is given. The buy is a request for quotation (RFQ), and the full RFQ is at a link in the SAM.gov notice.
Who can bid
- Small business (SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside)
How to submit: Electronically, using the RFQ at the link provided in the notice. 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 18, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can send quotes.
- Minor: Response due time not given. SAM.gov gives November 2, 2026 with no time. Check the request for quotation (RFQ) for the time.
- Minor: Delivery due 0091 DAYS ADO. Delivery is counted from the date of the order (ADO, "after date of order"), so check you can supply the item in that time.
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- Minor: Only the guaranteed minimum is promised. The contract may be an indefinite delivery contract (IDC), where orders come as needed. Only 103 is guaranteed, out of QTY 691 listed.
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Full summary
What they want
- Supply NSN 5330012715191 RETAINER,PACKING: Line 0001, QTY 691, unit of issue EA (each).
- Deliver the DAYS ADO (after date of order).
- Ship to various Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) depots in the continental U.S. (CONUS) and outside it (OCONUS), via a consolidation and containerization point.
- Estimated 2 orders per year; guaranteed minimum quantity 103.
- Contract type
- Combined synopsis/solicitation RFQ; may result in an automated indefinite delivery contract (IDC)
- Period of performance
- One year or until orders reach an aggregate total of 350000.00
- Estimated value
- 350000.00 aggregate total of orders (contract ends at this total or after one year, as the notice words it)
- Offers due
- November 2, 2026
- How to submit
- Electronically, using the RFQ at the link provided in the notice
What to include when you submit
- Submit your quote electronically.
- Get the RFQ from the link in the notice; hard copies are not available.
Not in the notice text
- The full request for quotation (RFQ), with its clauses, delivery terms, packaging and inspection rules, is at the link in the SAM.gov notice and wasn't read.
- The time the quote is due on November 2, 2026 is not given.
- The delivery destination ("Deliver To:") is blank; the notice says only that items ship to various CONUS and OCONUS DLA Depots.
- Digitized drawings and military specifications and standards are available electronically; where to get them is in the RFQ.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 339991
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Electronically, using the RFQ at the link provided in the notice. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 18, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Weapons Support, Columbus, OH
- Product/service code
- Group 53 · Hardware and Abrasives SAM.gov gives only the 2-digit group. The stock number in the notice points to 5330 (Packing and Gasket Materials).
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 339991)
- 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
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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