Solicitation
Manifold, Hydraulics
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryOnly small businesses can bid: this is a total small business set-aside from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Land Warren) for 8 each hydraulic manifolds, National Stock Number (NSN, the government's item ID) 4730-01-672-3856, part number 401/B1277 from JCB Inc. (CAGE 0JKF0). Amendment 0001 moved the response due date to November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, from October 28, 2026. Delivery is due 240 calendar days after award to DLA Distribution Red River, Texarkana, TX, with an unexercised option for 8 more each. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: About 23,600 of the solicitation file's 163,416 characters, from the cybersecurity clause in Section I to the later part of Section K, were attached but not read; check that part on SAM.gov. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Only small businesses can bid: this is a total small business set-aside from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA Land Warren) for 8 each hydraulic manifolds, National Stock Number (NSN, the government's item ID) 4730-01-672-3856, part number 401/B1277 from JCB Inc. (CAGE 0JKF0). Amendment 0001 moved the response due date to November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern, from October 28, 2026. Delivery is due 240 calendar days after award to DLA Distribution Red River, Texarkana, TX, with an unexercised option for 8 more each.
Who can bid (5)
- Small business under NAICS 336350: this is a total small business set-aside, so only small businesses can bid
- Be an approved source of JCB Inc. part 401/B1277, a dealer or distributor of that source's product, or a manufacturer authorized by that source
- Current Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2 (Self) status and affirmation in SPRS before award, for each system that handles federal contract information or controlled unclassified information
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- If you are not the manufacturer, have and keep supply chain traceability documentation showing the item conforms and comes from an approved manufacturer
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) for the successful offeror
How to submit: Email to the Contract Specialist, Erin Bryant, ERIN.BRYANT@DLA.MIL, with the subject header "Proposal Submission - SPRDL1-XX-X-XXXX (company name)" as the solicitation words it, due November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern (Amendment 0001, was October 28, 2026). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Total small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid. Larger firms are shut out.
- Serious: Only one manufacturer's part number is approved. A bidder must supply JCB Inc. part 401/B1277 as the approved source, its dealer or distributor, or an authorized manufacturer. Other items need prior Government engineering approval.
- Serious: CMMC Level 2 (Self) required before award. A bidder without a current cybersecurity status in SPRS for each relevant system is not eligible for award.
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- Worth checking: All-or-none: offer the full quantity. Only one award will be made, and an offer for less than the total quantity of all items is not considered.
- Worth checking: Contractor pays freight to Texas; Government inspection at origin. The price must include delivery to Red River, and the contractor must book a DCMA inspection before shipping or the items can be rejected and returned at the contractor's expense.
- Worth checking: Supply chain traceability records kept for ten years. Resellers must show where the part came from and hand the records over within three business days of a request.
- Minor: Option quantity is evaluated at 100%. The option for 8 more each is not part of the base quantity but is priced and evaluated, so a bidder must price it.
- Minor: Reverse auction may be used. The contracting officer may run an online reverse auction in which bidders see the lowest price and can lower theirs.
- Minor: Safety Data Sheet needed before award for hazardous material. The manifold is shipped filled with operational fluid, and a missing Safety Data Sheet can make the offeror ineligible.
- Minor: DO-rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System. The contractor must follow priority-rating rules in filling this order.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. Show which files.
- Solicitation Amendment SPRDL127QA0060001 SF 30.pdf (read)
- Solicitation - SPRDL127QA0060001.pdf (read)
- AK16723856.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Supply the each of Manifold, Hydraulics (CLIN 0001, a contract line item number, one priced line of the order) at a firm fixed price
- Price the unexercised option CLIN 0003 for 8 each more; the Government may add part or all of it
- Supply only the approved JCB Inc. part number 401/B1277, or an authorized equivalent source of it
- Deliver F.O.B. destination (the seller pays freight and delivers to the buyer's site) to DLA Distribution Red River, Texarkana, TX, within 240 calendar days after award
- Pack to Special Packaging Instruction (SPI) AK16723856: military preservation, Level A packing, one per unit package, manifold filled with operational fluid
- Contact the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) to arrange Government inspection at origin before shipping
- Keep supply chain traceability records if you are not the manufacturer
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work ends up costing) commercial-products purchase, one base line item and one separately priced option line item; all-or-none single award; DO-rated order under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS, a national-defense priority rating)
- Period of performance
- Delivery within 240 calendar days after contract award for CLIN 0001 (8 each); the option CLIN 0003 (8 each) also shows 240 calendar days if exercised
- Place of performance
- SAM.gov lists USA. Deliver to DLA Distribution Red River, Texarkana, TX 75507-5000; inspection and acceptance at the contractor's facility (origin).
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest evaluated offer if award is based on price only, or best value if other factors are named elsewhere in the solicitation; the offer must meet all material requirements and the contractor responsibility criteria at FAR 9.104. The evaluation includes the price for 100% of the option quantity.
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern (Amendment 0001, was October 28, 2026)
- How to submit
- Email to the Contract Specialist, Erin Bryant, ERIN.BRYANT@DLA.MIL, with the subject header "Proposal Submission - SPRDL1-XX-X-XXXX (company name)" as the solicitation words it
What they'll judge offers on
- Price, evaluated for the base quantity plus 100% of the option quantity
What to include when you submit
- Offer on the full quantity of all items; an offer for less than the total quantities is not considered for award
- Acknowledge Amendment 0001 before the response due date, on the offer, by a separate letter or email naming the solicitation and amendment, or on the amendment form
- Fill in the exact name, address and CAGE of the inspection and acceptance point in Section E
- Price the option line (CLIN 0003) for 100% of its quantity; you may add lower prices for part of the option
- Send the cost or pricing portion of the proposal as an Excel spreadsheet
- Give the CMMC unique identifiers (the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification IDs issued by SPRS, the Supplier Performance Risk System) for each system that handles federal contract information or controlled unclassified information
- Fill in the representations and certifications, including Place of Manufacture and the Buy American certificate
- List any hazardous material to be delivered, or write None
- Optional: give an economic purchase quantity (where a price break occurs)
- PDF is preferred; all electronic formats are acceptable; a read-receipt is recommended
Not in the notice text
- About 23,600 of the solicitation file's 163,416 characters, from the cybersecurity clause in Section I to the later part of Section K, were attached but not read; check that part on SAM.gov.
- No technical data package is included, so drawings and specifications for the manifold are not provided.
- Section M says award is on price only unless other factors are named elsewhere; no other factors were found in the text read.
- No dollar value or Government estimate is stated.
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 336350
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to the Contract Specialist, Erin Bryant, ERIN.BRYANT@DLA.MIL, with the subject header "Proposal Submission - SPRDL1-XX-X-XXXX (company name)" as the solicitation words it. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- DLA Land Warren, MI
- Product/service code
- 4730 · Hose, Pipe, Tube, Lubrication, and Railing Fittings
- Business type
- Aircraft, ship & vehicle parts (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 336350)
- 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
**Amendment 0001 is issued to extend the Solicitation Due Date. Item: Manifold, Hydraulics NSN: 4730-01-672-3856 Manufacture Part Number: 401/B1277 (CAGE: 0JKF0) Quantity: 8 each 100% Option Inspection/Acceptance Point: Origin/Origin FOB: Destination Packaging: Military A SPI: AK16723856 See attached solicitation for additional information.
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