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This is a Presolicitation notice.
The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The Defense Logistics Agency needs a small business to manufacture 91 shipping and storage containers.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need? The Defense Logistics Agency needs a small business to manufacture 91 shipping and storage containers (NSN 8145-01-125-9717) with technical data available for this procurement.
- What's the contract structure and timeline? The solicitation will be released to the web on or about June 25, 2026, and the actual closing date will be specified in the solicitation. The contract is a 100% small business set-aside.
- How will they pick the winner? The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid? Once available, the solicitation can be downloaded from FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) and submitted through Contract Opportunities (www.sam.gov).
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
Heads up — easy to miss
- You must be certified under the United States/Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP) to access the technical data for this solicitation.
- The solicitation will contain provision 52.215-9023, Reverse Auction, which allows for the use of a reverse auction as a pricing technique.
- Contractors must be registered in the reverse auction system and have taken the on-line reverse auction training prior to the auction.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
- Register for the United States/Canada Joint Certification Program (JCP) if you haven't already.
- Find a teaming partner who already has the required certification if needed.
Primary point of contact
Name
Noelle Riggs
Email
noelle.riggs@dla.mil
Phone
(586) 208-9547