Sources Sought
Market Survey for Procurement of NIIN 01-066-7587, FILL CABLE and NIIN 01-348-4675, DATA/FILL CABLE
Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency · Sol. DLA-Aberdeen-26-080
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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The Defense Logistics Agency (Aberdeen) is doing market research on companies that could manufacture two COMSEC (communications security) cables for the AN/PYQ-10 Simple Key Loader. A 5-year IDIQ is anticipated, delivered through 2032. The government does not own the technical data, which belongs to the original manufacturer.
Watch out for
- No technical data package. The government does not have the drawings and the data belongs to the original manufacturer, so a new source may be unable to build the part without access to it.
The Government does not possess the technical data package (TDP) for the parts.
- History of sole-source buying. The parts have always been bought from one source, so a new bidder faces an entrenched supplier.
The requirement has historically been procured on a sole-source basis.
- Security-sensitive items. These are COMSEC cables, so expect security, quality and traceability requirements that the notice does not detail.
- Deliveries years away with fixed schedule. Delivery dates run from 2028 to 2032, which requires long-term capacity commitment.
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Full brief
What they want
- Fill Cable, NSN 5810-01-066-7587, P/N ON512424: about 1,600 to 1,900 units per year from July 2028 through 2032
- Data/Fill Cable, NSN 5810-01-348-4675, P/N ON433836-1: about 755 to 782 units per year from Nov 2029 through Dec 2031
- Show technical capability, manufacturing facilities and access to the technical data needed to build to military specifications
- Return a Technical Capability Questionnaire with past performance and quality certifications
- Contract type
- Anticipated 5-year Long-Term Contract (LTC) IDIQ
- Period of performance
- Five years, with deliveries from July 2028 to December 2031
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA
- Offers due
- 10/12/2026 (response deadline in the record is 2026-10-12T17:00:00-04:00)
- How to submit
- Email to the Technical Point of Contact (oliver.pomajulca.civ@army.mil) and secondary contact (rebecca.le.civ@army.mil)
What to include when you submit
- Include company name, CAGE code, and a technical point of contact with email and telephone number
- Include a completed Technical Capability Questionnaire
- Include past performance summaries on similar DoD COMSEC contracts
- Include quality certifications such as ISO 9001 or AS9100
- No phone inquiries; send requests for information by email
You must have
- Ability to manufacture to exact military specifications, or provide engineering and testing services
to identify potential manufacturing sources capable of producing these items to exact military specifications
- Quality assurance certifications such as ISO 9001 or AS9100
quality assurance certifications (such as ISO 9001 or AS9100)
- Past performance on DoD COMSEC contracts
past performance summaries on similar Department of Defense (DoD) communications security (COMSEC) contracts
Current contractor
Follow-on acquisition for supplies previously procured by the Government, historically on a sole-source basis; the original equipment manufacturer owns the technical data. No contractor is named.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated contract value
- Whether the contract will be set aside for small business
- Technical Capability Questionnaire contents
- Whether the OEM will license the technical data to other sources
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Key facts
- Response due
- Oct 12, 2026, 9:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Sep 30, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Solicitation
- DLA-Aberdeen-26-080
- Agency
- Dept of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Office
- DLA Land at Aberdeen
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 334220
- Product/service code
- 5810
- Business type
- Electrical & electronic components
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, 21005
- Contracting contact
- Oliver Pomajulcaoliver.pomajulca.civ@army.mil
- Versions
- 2 (amended since first posted)
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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