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Presolicitation, first published as sources sought

1560016066809 / STIFFENER,AIRCRAFT / AIRCRAFT, STRATOLIFTER C/KC-135

SPE4A727R0092

Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Aviation. Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing.

Offers due

November 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST

9 days from now. Posted November 3, 2026, first published October 23, 2026.

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

NSN:

1560016066809, PR:

7017199869, ITEM: STIFFENER,AIRCRAFT;

PART NUMBER: 5-72302-2. THIS IS A DLA DIRECT PROCUREMENT FOR A QUANTITY OF 81 EACH AND CONTRACT TYPE SOUGHT IS FIRM FIXED PRICE. SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. DELIVERY OF THE PRODUCUTION UNITS WILL BE WITHIN 812 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF ORDER. FOB IS AT Origin, INSPECTION AND ACCEPTTANCE AT Origin. 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 AROUND November 13, 2026.

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. October 23, 2026

    Sources sought

    Due October 29, 2029 at 3:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 133a6cc1052848b29b7ae674fb83f98c

    1 revisions on SAM
    • October 23, 2026: publish, sources sought
  2. November 3, 2026

    Presolicitation, originally sources sought

    Due November 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice 1a1354f6092b439eb8eaf172c5b92ff7

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