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Check sourcing and supplier requirements before quoting

Use Can you get this part? to check where you can buy the part, who DLA approved, and rules on new parts and the maker.

Written By GovPreneurs

Last updated 21 days ago

Do not quote a part that you cannot get. The order page has a box, Can you get this part?, to help you check first.

Steps

  1. Open an order from Small orders. See Read the order detail and official DIBBS paper.
  2. Find Can you get this part?
  3. Read Who DLA has approved, if the box lists suppliers.
  4. Search the part number to find who sells it.
  5. Click Yes, Not sure or No.

What the box can show

  • A table of suppliers that DLA approved for this part. Each row has a supplier, a part number and a button to copy the ID.
  • A line when you supplied this exact part before.
  • A line when the part is a commercial part, so you do not have to be the maker.
  • Buy new parts for this one. On a year-long order, used, repaired or surplus stock is not allowed. On other orders, it stops DLA from picking your price automatically.
  • Who made it matters on this one. Check the maker before you quote.

Other checks on the order page

  • You would pay for the parts first. DLA pays after you deliver. You can click Set a limit to say what you can pay first. Hunter then moves orders you can pay for nearer the top. It never hides an order.
  • Under Before you quote: the days to deliver. With few days, quote only if you keep the part in stock.
  • Drawings. If you need approval to see them, it takes weeks.
  • Some orders accept only parts made in the United States.

What you see next

After you answer, the box says one of these:

  • "Saved. Hunter will put this one nearer the top for you."
  • "Saved. Hunter will keep this one at the bottom of your list."
  • "Saved. Nothing changes on your list."

⚠️ If the box lists no supplier names: The source holds a code only. Search the part number on the DLA site.

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