The Nation’s Combat Support Logistics Agency

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DLA Internet Bid Board 

System (DIBBS) 

Solicitations
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DIBBS Portal
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DIBBS Home Page (upper part) 

https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/

Auto Solicitations with no 

clauses listed, only 

referenced; see them here
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Help – Contact Us

Fill out as much of the contact information as possible
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Identifying Federal Supply Classes

DLA’s FSC list with corresponding item description

Think of an FSC as an “area code” of a phone number & 

each FSC having thousands of NSNs in it’s “area code”
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Identifying Federal Supply Classes

DIBBS Homepage: Lower Part
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DIBBS

Login for previously 

registered users

Hot Links to:

Manage your Accounts –

User & Vendor, Your Submitted 

Quotes, SRVA, Market Ready 

Orders

Home Page: 

– Date password expires

– Shows if SAM needs updating and provides link to website (yearly update)

* System will let you quote but you can NOT receive an Award until SAM updated
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RFQ Quote Search

Estimated value at or below $250,000

RFPs - estimated value above $250,000 & Offers/Sealed Bids shall be 

submitted in accordance with the instructions in Block 9 of the solicitation
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Solicitation Types

Cover Page:

• Set aside Type 

• Issuing Activity / Contracting Officer

• Master Solicitation Revision used

• *(Q’s) Return by date & time

Section A:

• General Contract Requirements

• Quality Provisions / Testing

• Any available Contract History

Section B:

• Item description

• Drawing / Specification List OR Code & Part 

Number List

• Contract Delivery lines

• Packaging / Shipping Data

Section D: (Q Solicitation)

• Contains all required solicitation clauses

• Contractor: Reviews & Fills-in applicable clauses

RFQ RFP

Section A: Cover Sheet

• Return by date & time

• Set-a-side Type 

• Issuing Activity / Contracting Officer

Cover Page:

• Same as above

• Table of Contents w/ # of pages

Part I: The Schedule

• Section: A thru H

Part II: Contract Clauses

• Section: I

Part III: - List of Documents, Exhibits & 

Other Attachments

• Section: J

Part IV: - Representations & Instructions

• Section: K thru M
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DIBBS Icons

Micro Purchase (under $10,000) – evaluated by the computer every day & can 

be awarded after 1 day if offer deemed “fair & reasonable”
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RFQ Database Search

Wildcard (*) & Min search value 

rules change for each category

• NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN)

• FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS (FSC)

• SOLICITATION NUMBER (SPM)

• PURCHASE REQUEST (PR)

• NOMENCLATURE

• APPROVED PART NUMBER

• APPROVED OEM CAGE CODE

)

Not available at this time
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Solicitations - FSC 3040 

Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment - Miscellaneous
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Solicitation Results - FSC 3040

Number of open solicitations

CLICK: a “NSN” 

link for Code & Part 

Number example

Note: T or U Solicitations –

Automated by the System

Note: Q Solicitations –

Generated by an Actual Buyer
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Solicitation – Code and Part Number

Common Code & Part Number AMSC:

(Acquisition Method Suffix Code- limited sources):

B: Source Control

C: Contracting from Approved Source

H: Inadequate Data

T: Qualified Products List (QPL)

Approved 

Cage Code

Approved 

Part Number

Solicitation #

Company Name
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Check this 

box before 

submit

Note: Checking “Items 

with Tech Docs” reduced 

the search list by 64% the 

day this list was pulled

3040 Solicitations – Tech Docs only
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3040 Solicitations – Tech Docs only 

Note: Checking “Items 

with Bidsets” reduced the 

search list by 64% the 

day this list was pulled

CLICK: a “NSN” link 

for the next screen
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3040 Solicitations – AMSC code “G”

AMSC (Acquisition Method 

Suffix Code) “G” – indicates 

the adequacy of the available 

technical data 

List of drawings w/ rev & 

date required to make item 

of supply

List of Gov’t & Industry 

Spec’s & Standards required 

to make item of supply

Icon to cFolders to down 

load Tech Docs
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RFQ Nomenclature Search

• NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER (NSN)

• FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS (FSC)

• SOLICITATION NUMBER (SPM)

• PURCHASE REQUEST (PR)

• NOMENCLATURE 

• APPROVED PART NUMBER

• APPROVED OEM CAGE CODE

Only solicitations with the word “Bumper” 

in the Nomenclature are listed

Not available at this time
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The word “Bumper” appears in 

the item description, but may 

not be the actual nomenclature

Text Search (cont’d)