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A defense parts RFQ is a buy you can send only when three things are true: you are allowed to quote it, you can deliver in the stated days, and your price is under the last award. Then you build the DIBBS batch file. Allowed. On time. Under the last award. Then the batch file. This is for the quote clerk at a machine shop, fabricator, distributor, or reseller. One person, a pa …
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MIL-STD-2073 packaging codes on a DLA RFQ tell you exactly how each part has to be preserved, wrapped, cushioned, boxed and marked. On military-packaging items these codes are mandatory unless the contract allows options. Find the packaging data on the RFQ, decode each code, price the materials and labor, and ask the contracting officer if anything is missing. Don't assume your …
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Approved source on DIBBS means DLA buys that NSN only from specific manufacturers, and often only by a specific part number. If your shop is not one of those sources, you usually can't win by quoting your own version of the part. You either quote the approved part from the approved manufacturer, or you submit an Alternate Offer or Source Approval Request (SAR) and wait for DLA' …
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