# CANISTER ASSEMBLY,P

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/spe4a725r0656

- Solicitation number: SPE4A725R0656
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to The Handy Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc. for $2,500,000.00
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Logistics Agency
- Contracting office: DLA Aviation (SPE4A7)
- NAICS: 336413 Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 15 Aerospace Craft And Structural Components
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- First posted: June 7, 2025
- Last posted: February 12, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/18bbf399a9754119b0164ebedb4f9156/view

## Description

**NSN:**

**1560-00-767-1254, IQC PR:**

**1000204880, ITEM:** PILOT DRAG CHUTE CANISTER ASSEMBLY THIS PART IS MANUFACTURED BY THE FOLLOWING SOURCES UNDER PART NUMBER 35-5692-506.

HARLOW AEROSTRUCTURES LLC (CAGE 14248) THE NORDAM GROUP LLC (CAGE 29957) AEROMETALS INC. (CAGE 32664) TECT HYPERVELOCITY INC. (CAGE 34336) PRECI-MANUFACTURING INC. (CAGE 66841) THE BOEING COMPANY (CAGE 81205) THE BOEING COMPANY (CAGE 82918) D-J ENGINEERING INC. (CAGE 0C7H8) CAMNETICS MANUFACTURING CORP. (CAGE 0P657) MALONES CNC MACHINING INC. (CAGE 2V045) FORREST MACHINING LLC (CAGE 0FRC8) THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS. THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 36 EACH. FIRST ARTICLE TESTING IS REQUIRED. DELIVERY OF THE FIRST ARTICLE UNITS WILL BE 280 DAYS ADO. GOVERNMENT TESTING, EVALUATION, AND NOTIFICATION WILL BE 180 DAYS. DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCTION UNITS WILL BE 280 DAYS AFTER FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL. FOB IS AT DESTINATION.

**FIRST ARTICLE TERMS:** INSPECTION AT ORIGIN, ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION.

**PRODUCTION UNIT TERMS:** INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE AT ORIGIN. THIS ITEM CITED REQUIRES DATA WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO CONTRACTORS CERTIFIED BY DOD TO ACCESS UNCLASSIFIED DATA PER DOD 5220.22M. CERTIFICATION IS OBTAINED BY SUBMITTING DD FORM 2345, MILITARY CRITICAL TECHNICAL DATA AGREEMENT, TO THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS INFORMATION SERVICES. THIS SOLICITATION INCLUDES DLAD PROCUREMENT NOTE L09, REVERSE AUCTION.

THE REVERSE AUCTION WILL BE CONDUCTED ONLINE, AND YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR COMPANY AT DLA.PROCUREXINC.COM TO PARTICIPATE. SUPPLIERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS PROCUREX TO SELF-REGISTER AND MUST REVIEW THE AVAILABLE ONLINE TRAINING TO LEARN HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AUCTION. SUPPLIERS WHO DO NOT SELF-REGISTER WILL BE LOADED INTO PROCUREX BY DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY (DLA) AVIATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH REGISTRATION, CONTACT THE PROCUREX HELP DESK BY EMAIL AT SERVICE@PROCUREXINC.COM OR TOLL-FREE AT 866-412-7161.

A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT “REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)” FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB “SOLICITATIONS.” THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF). TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER.

THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT JUNE 23, 2025.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: The Handy Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc. (UEI PX34R6NN4T61)
- Contract: SPE4A726D0167
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 3 offers received
- Link: award number SPE4A726D0167 equals the contract number; same awarding office SPE4A7 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_SPE4A726D0167_9700/


## Publications

- June 7, 2025: Presolicitation, due July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 7874898a647341b496026be09f58343a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/7874898a647341b496026be09f58343a/view
- February 12, 2026: Award notice. Notice 18bbf399a9754119b0164ebedb4f9156. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/18bbf399a9754119b0164ebedb4f9156/view

## Points of contact

- Gladys Brown445-737-4113, GLADYS.BROWN@DLA.MIL

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