Presolicitation
Headset-Microphone : NSN 5965-01-204-8505
Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
AI summaryThe Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime plans to buy a headset-microphone (National Stock Number (NSN) 5965-01-204-8505) under a firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite delivery contract, with an estimated annual demand of 982. This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected on or about October 30, 2026, and the response date is expected around November 30, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern. The work is not set aside. More in the summary
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The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime plans to buy a headset-microphone (National Stock Number (NSN) 5965-01-204-8505) under a firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite delivery contract, with an estimated annual demand of 982. This is a presolicitation: the solicitation is expected on or about October 30, 2026, and the response date is expected around November 30, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern. The work is not set aside.
Who can bid
- The item is subject to the Buy American Act (a preference for U.S.-made goods).
How to submit: DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) upload (preferred), or email to kyle.blazek@dla.mil. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Quantity given without a unit of issue. The notice gives an annual demand of 982 but no unit of issue, and a quote is priced per unit. Ask the contracting specialist.
- Worth checking: Technical data comes through DLA's TDMT site. Drawings and specifications are released with the solicitation, so you cannot check your ability to build to them yet.
- Minor: Long delivery window tied to orders. Delivery is 426 days after each order, and nothing may ship before a delivery order is issued.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Supply the headset-microphone, NSN 5965-01-204-8505, made to the technical data package (TDP: drawings and specifications) for specification MIL-PRF-87819/1B, part number M87819/1-01.
- Estimated annual demand quantity (ADQ) is 982, unit of issue not stated.
- Deliver within 426 days after the date of each delivery order; no deliveries before the order (DD Form 1155) is issued.
- Ship free on board (FOB) origin: the buyer pays freight from your location; inspection and acceptance happen at the destination.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP) indefinite delivery contract (IDC), using FAR Part 12.201 procedures
- Period of performance
- Base period of 3 years with 2 one-year options
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Combination of price, delivery and performance; the text says pricing may be a significant factor
- Offers due
- November 30, 2026, 4:30 PM Eastern (expected response date)
- How to submit
- DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) upload (preferred), or email to kyle.blazek@dla.mil
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Delivery
- Performance
What to include when you submit
- Complete the entire solicitation.
- Offer on a hard copy of Standard Form 1449 (SF 1449), the form you sign and return as your offer; scan it and upload it through DIBBS, or email it.
- Write the offer in English and in US dollars.
- To offer a commercial item (one sold to the public), tell the contracting officer within 15 days of this notice.
Not in the notice text
- The solicitation, its clauses, the technical data and the delivery terms are not in this notice. They will be on DIBBS (the solicitation) and the Technical Data Management Tool (TDMT) site.
- The unit of issue for the 982 annual demand quantity is not stated.
- The notice does not give a contract value, a minimum order quantity or a place of performance.
- The ship-to address is not stated; shipping instructions come with individual delivery orders.
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside, but the notice names requirements you must meet before you can bid:
- The notice mentions an approved or qualified source list. Only listed sources may be eligible, so check that your company or product is on it.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) upload (preferred), or email to kyle.blazek@dla.mil. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Office
- DLA Land and Maritime, Columbus, OH
- Product/service code
- 5965 · Headsets, Handsets, Microphones and Speakers
- Business type
- Electronic parts & equipment (supplies) (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334310)
- 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: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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