May 26, 2026,
Contracting Office: FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIEFEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES
See: SAM Notification.
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May 26, 2026,
Contracting Office: FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIEFEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES
See: SAM Notification.
May 26, 2026, Contract Opportunity: Insulation Fabrics Berry Amendment.
Contracting Office: FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC
Original Set Aside: Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5).Must be Berry Amendment
Must be Berry Amendment compliant.
See: SAM Notification.
The Army has reached its recruiting goal for 2026 more than four months before the end of the fiscal year, the service announced Saturday.
Read the Stars and Stripes articles HERE.
Bernard Cap LLC,* Hialeah, Florida, has been awarded a maximum $9,183,620 modification (P00012) exercising the fourth one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPE1C1-22-D-5043) with four one-year option periods for men's and women's blue jumpers. This is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The ordering period end date is May 23, 2027. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2026 through 2027 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Awarded on May 20, 2026)
UPDATE: Casual Performance Inc.,* Vernon, California (SPE1C1-26-D-0037, $763,082,470), has been added as an awardee to the multiple award contract for physical fitness gear, issued again solicitation SPE1C1-25-R-0130 and awarded April 22, 2026. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
*Small business
May 21, 2026, Sources Sought: Wool Fabric.
DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles is conducting market research to identify potential sources capable of assisting with and overseeing the production and delivery of the items below, as well as continuing the effort to find additional sources of supply for these items. All of the items are cloth materials that are subject to standard testing and shade testing. The contract(s) will be five 12-month tiers, with the following quantities:
Guaranteed Minimum: 203,200 yards.
Maximum Quantity: 9,751,200 yards.
NOTE: DLA Troop Support’s preference under any resultant solicitation/contract is that domestically-sourced materials be utilized. However, if there is an approved DNAD for these items, companies may rely upon the DNAD, when domestic sources are unable to sufficiently meet the quality, quantity, and delivery requirements listed within any resultant solicitation/contract. For this procurement, a DNAD is only applicable to PGC 12170 Heritage Taupe (DNAD PGC for this cloth is PGC 12813).
See: SAM Notification.
On May 22, 2026, the International Trade Administration published in the Federal Register (91 FR 30278) Certain Superabsorbent Polymers From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023–2024.
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain superabsorbent polymers (SAP) from the Republic of Korea (Korea).