DLA bid/no-bid desk
Know if you can win a DLA part before you spend hours quoting it.
Paste an NSN or solicitation number. Within 1 business day you get a short bid/no-bid memo built from DLA's own catalog data and checked by a person.
Your first memo is free, and you need no account. Onboarding the first 10 bidders. Federal Supply Groups 15, 16, 17 and 30. Not affiliated with DLA; the solicitation always governs.
Who it's for
Resellers and small shops quoting DLA parts on DIBBS who are tired of spending hours on parts they could never win.
What's in every memo
- Bid or no-bid: whether a new supplier can realistically win this part
- Who controls the design, and whether approved sources lock you out
- DLA's catalog price (a reference price, not an award price)
- The paperwork the solicitation asks for, when you send it
- Shops in our directory that could make the part
See a sample memo
Built from a real part in DLA's public catalog. Every value is copied from the PUB LOG release it cites. Open it as a one-page view.
Bid desk memo (sample)
Cylinder, Actuating, Linear, NSN 1650-00-031-5419
1. Can a new supplier win it?
A new source can compete for this part. DLA rates this part suitable for competitive buying for the first time. DLA's code says the government has unlimited rights to the technical data and the data package is complete.
DLA codes: AMC 2, AMSC G. Managed by Defense Logistics Agency (MOE code DS).
2. Who controls the design, and who is catalogued?
Design control: The Boeing Company, Long Beach, CA (CAGE 88277).
| Part number | Company | CAGE | What DLA calls it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4447369 | The Boeing Company, Long Beach, CA | 88277 | Design control (current)DLA codes: RNCC 3, RNVC 2 |
| 4447369 | The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA | 18355 | Earlier reference. DLA marks it superseded, cancelled, obsolete or discontinued.DLA codes: RNCC 5, RNVC 9 |
3. What does DLA's catalog list as the price?
$817.30 per EA, effective 01-OCT-2026. This is DLA's catalog reference price, not an award price.
4. Which shops could make it?
A real memo lists the matching shops from our directory. This sample does not include that list.
Source: DLA PUB LOG, release 2026-10-27. The solicitation always governs.
How it works
Paste an NSN or solicitation number.
We pull DLA's catalog records and check them by hand.
You get the memo by email within 1 business day.
Our guarantee
- If any code, CAGE or price in a memo does not match the DLA PUB LOG release the memo cites, your next month is free.
- If a memo arrives more than 1 business day (US Eastern) after we receive your NSN or solicitation number, your next month is free.
- This covers your free first memo too. If it misses, your first paid month is free.
- Cancel anytime.
We do not guarantee an award, and no fee depends on winning one.
We are taking the first 10 bidders, because one person reviews every memo.
Plain-English terms
- DIBBS
- DLA's bid board: the website where the Defense Logistics Agency posts its requests for quotes on parts and takes bids from suppliers.
- NSN
- National Stock Number: the 13-digit number DLA uses to identify a part, written like 1650-00-031-5419. The first two digits are the Federal Supply Group, so that part is in group 16.
- PUB LOG
- DLA's public catalog data, published as dated releases. Every memo cites the release it was read from, so you can check any code, CAGE or price yourself.
- CAGE
- A five-character supplier ID code the government gives each company location. The memo shows the CAGE of every company DLA lists for the part.
- Source-controlled and approved-source parts
- Parts that DLA buys only from the design owner or from suppliers it has already approved. A new supplier usually cannot win them, however good the price. That is why every memo says who controls the design and whether approved sources lock you out.
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