Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE8E926D0005

Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Company, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, was awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract by the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment program on January 23, 2026, with a ceiling value of $5,308,400.00 and an ultimate completion date of January 22, 2031. The contract involves the procurement and delivery of fire equipment nozzles manufactured in accordance with military specification MIL-N-24408E(1) and associated technical drawings. The solicitation, posted as a pre-solicitation on October 2, 2025, indicated that the Defense Logistics Agency would issue an unrestricted Request for Quote numbered SPE8E9-26-Q-0001 for nozzles under National Stock Number 4210-00-465-1906. No set-aside designations were applied to this procurement, and the contract is unrestricted, open to all qualified contractors. Elkhart Brass, which has established itself as a trusted supplier of firefighting equipment to the Department of Defense since its SAM.gov registration in 2001, will perform manufacturing and delivery work from its Elkhart, Indiana facility.

Under this contract vehicle, Elkhart Brass must conduct First Article Testing with four samples and submit test results within 120 days of contract award, including Form DD1222 to the designated First Article Testing monitor, with the government retaining two acceptable samples bearing permanent government markings. Source inspection is required for this procurement, and the government will review First Article Testing reports within 90 days of submission. This indefinite delivery contract represents the continuation of Elkhart Brass's long-term relationship with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, complementing the company's existing Indefinite Delivery Contract for Siamese connection firefighting equipment valued at $2,501,562.50 and its historical contract performance delivering nozzle fire equipment and Siamese connections to military installations. The contract supports the Department of Defense's operational requirements for standardized, military-specification firefighting equipment and reflects the mature, standardized nature of the product with established manufacturing parameters spanning technical specifications and drawings developed over five decades.