General Information
DLA Aviation is the aviation demand and supply chain manager for DLA. It provides aviation weapon systems and environmental logistics support to the defense aviation community and other governmental customers.
DLA Aviation supports 2,341 weapon systems and is the U.S. military’s integrated material manager for more than 1.8 million national stock number items, industrial retail supply and depot-level reparable (DLR) acquisitions. Using a comprehensive demand planning process, our priorities align with those of our military customers. Positioned alongside its military customers, DLA Aviation manages industrial support activities and DLR procurement operations in Georgia, Oklahoma, Utah, North Carolina, California, and Florida. It also manages DLR procurement at Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon Systems Support Philadelphia and Redstone Army Arsenal Alabama.
DLA Aviation also operates the federal government's only industrial plant equipment repair facility at NAVSUP Weapon System Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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What Does Aviation Procure?
DLA Aviation’s primary mission is to procure repair parts for both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, bottled gases and cylinders, and oversee DLA’s green products initiative harnessing and recycling elements that would be hazardous to the environment.
DLA Aviation manages the Department of Defense (DoD) map repository of aeronautical, digital, hydrographic and topographic map products and operates the federal government’s only industrial plant equipment facility providing a full range of maintenance services to include repair, rebuilding and acquisition of all types of industrial machinery, including lathes and milling machines. The activity also purchases some of the consumable hardware items such as screws, bolts, and rivets. Below you will find our Commodities and their Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Code:
| Commodity |
Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Code |
| Aircraft Hydraulic, Vacuum and De-icing Components |
1650 |
| Aircraft Landing Gear Components |
1620 |
| Airframe Structural Components |
1560 |
| Bearings, Plain, Unmounted |
3120 |
| Bushings, Rings, Shims, and Spacers |
5300s |
| Cable, Cord and Wire Assemblies |
5995 |
| Chain and Wire Rope |
4010 |
| Electrical Hardware, Supplies |
5975 |
| Engine Electrical Systems Components, Aircraft |
2925 |
| Gas Turbines, Jet Engine and Components, Aircraft |
2840 |
| Hazardous Material Spill Containment Equipment |
4235 |
| Lugs, Terminals, Terminal Strips |
5940 |
| Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components |
1680 |
| Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment |
6150 |
| Pest, Disease, Frost Control Equipment |
3740 |
Product and Service Search
Use the Product and Service Search tool to search and sort products and services a Supplier can supply to the Government. These products and services are categorized by the Major Subordinate Commands (i.e. Aviation, Land and Maritime, etc.) that manage the supply chain, and a Supplier can use the information to determine a pathway to which primary DLA supply chains (i.e. MSCs) need the material or service.
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Where to Find Procurement Opportunities
DLA Aviation conducts most of its business electronically—from solicitation to award to payment. The DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) is a web-based bid board that allows suppliers to search for, view, and submit secure quotes on Requests for Quotations (RFQs), search and view Request for Proposals (RFPs), and view awards for DLA items of supply. Most DLA Aviation solicitations are posted on DIBBS .
The DLA Aviation DLR sites use the Federal Contract Opportunities website at SAM.gov for posting of their opportunities. All procurements over $25,000 are publicized in SAM.gov. SAM.gov is especially important for RFP searches, since the RFP search capability in DIBBS is more limited. DLR solicitations, Sources Sought, and Requests for Information (RFIs) are also found on SAM.gov as these notices are not published in DIBBS.
Search for DLA Aviation opportunities and notices on SAM.gov using the following codes:
| Site |
Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DoDAAC) |
| Richmond |
SPE4*** |
| Huntsville |
SPRRA1 SPRRA2 |
| Ogden SS&D |
SPEHA6 SPMHA6 SPMHAN |
| Ogden |
SPRHA1 SPRHA2 SPRHA3 SPRHA4 |
| OKC SS&D |
SPETA0 SPETA6 SPMTA0 SPMTA6 |
| OKC |
SPRTA1 |
| Philadelphia |
SPM5A3 SPM5AG SPRPA1 |
| Warner Robins SS&D |
SPEWA0 SPEWA6 SPMWA6 SPMWAN |
| Warner Robins |
SPRWA1 SPRWA8 |
| San Diego FRC |
SPEFA1 |
| Jacksonville FRC |
SPEFA3 SPEFA4 |
| Cherry Point FRC |
SPEFA5 SPEFA6 |
DLA's Vendor Information Hub provides resources and support for acquisition contract administration with access to how-to guides and processes on actions needed to be taken by suppliers in support of the warfighter.
Major Spend Pattern Fiscal Year FY 2024 (All Dollars)
| NAICS Code |
NAICS Description |
Dollars Obligated |
| Grand Total |
DLA Aviation Fiscal Year 2024 |
$8,725,001,442 |
| 336413 |
OTHER AIRCRAFT PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING |
$2,967,861,223 |
| 336412 |
AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ENGINE PARTS MANUFACTURING |
$1,250,699,114 |
| 334511 |
SEARCH, DETECTION, NAVIGATION, GUIDANCE, AERONAUTICAL, AND NAUTICAL SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURING |
$1,026,716,496 |
| 332722 |
BOLT, NUT, SCREW, RIVET, AND WASHER MANUFACTURING |
$474,679,301 |
| 336411 |
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING |
$363,526,663 |
| 334419 |
OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MANUFACTURING |
$317,872,583 |
| 336419 |
OTHER GUIDED MISSILE AND SPACE VEHICLE PARTS AND AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING |
$272,144,858 |
| 324191 |
PETROLEUM LUBRICATING OIL AND GREASE MANUFACTURING |
$201,710,985 |
| 332991 |
BALL AND ROLLER BEARING MANUFACTURING |
$162,815,092 |
| 541512 |
COMPUTER SYSTEMS DESIGN SERVICES |
$113,720,926 |
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Contact Us
Explore DLA’s Supplier Pathway Program’s Getting Started page specific for DLA Aviation’s supply chain. It provides the steps on how to do business with the supply chain to include what type of certifications you will need and opportunity routes you can take to become a supplier.
Additional information and resources can be found on the DLA Small Business website.