How To Find DLA RFQs For Manufacturing / AMSC (RFQs With No Approved Sources) – DLA/DIBBS

Overview

Most DLA solicitations already have specified manufacturers, which are the approved sources for a given part. However, in some cases, DLA posts solicitation for manufacturing a certain part which do not have approved sources or manufacturers already assigned.

This is great for small manufacturers as it means, you can bid on these RFQs without being the approved source.

In this quick tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to filter and find RFQs that do not already have specified approved sources or manufacturers, hence, are open for other manufacturers to bid and manufacture these parts.

Step by step

The walkthrough covered in the video, written out so you can follow along inside Loocey.

1. How to find RFQs for Manufacturing
2. Most DLA solicitations already have specified manufacturers, which are the approved sources for a given part. However, in some cases, DLA posts solicitation for manufacturing a certain part which do not have approved sources or manufacturers already assigned.
3. This is great for small manufacturers as it means, you can bid on these RFQs without being the approved source.
4. To start, go to DLA RFQs and let’s add a filter to show us these specific RFQs.
5. Click on add Filter, then select approved sources for the column and condition Is Null and hit apply.
6. System will filter and show the RFQs that do not have approved sources, hence should be open for other manufacturers.
7. To confirm, click on NSN link, then in the popup, confirm there are no approved parts listed.
8. Then, click on DIBBS NSN link, this will take you to DIBBs for this specific NSN and you can confirm that there are no approved parts listed, and instead, you should see the specs and drawing related technical info.
9. As you can see that is indeed the case with this example.
10. Now to save this view, simply click on Save Us and name it MFG Items and save.
11. This will save our search filters and create a new tab at the top called MFG Items. The saved searches, also called Saved Views are a great way to save your filters so when you come back tomorrow or in the future, all of your saved views will be easily accessible with all of your filters already saved.

Where this fits

This tutorial covers the Search & Filters part of Loocey DLA. Find the right DLA/DIBBS solicitations: dates, set-asides, compliance flags, FSC codes and more.

• Loocey DLA Getting Started guide — account setup and the full bidding workflow
• Saved-search recipes — the exact column, condition and value for 20 common DLA searches
• DLA / DIBBS glossary — what every field on a solicitation means
• All Loocey DLA video tutorials