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5340-01-487-8726 Cover,access

One item DLA buys: its open requests for quotation, approved sources and past DLA awards.

Overview

National Stock Number record

Open RFQs
1
Next due November 20, 2026
Last price paid
…
Standard price
$1,853.69 per EA
DLA's catalog price, not a price paid
Approved sources
1
One approved manufacturer listed
Awards on record
8
2008 to 2025
DLA stock on hand
1
as of Sep 2026; no DLA demand forecast

Identification

Item name
Cover,access
NSG (group)
53 · Hardware and abrasives
NIIN assigned
22-AUG-01
Unit
EA (Each)
NSN
5340-01-487-8726
NIIN
01-487-8726

Name, end product, NIIN date and unit: DLA's Federal Logistics Information System (PUB LOG). Source: the request-for-quotation (RFQ) files DLA publishes on DIBBS each day. An RFQ that is also a SAM.gov notice links to that notice. Return-by dates are DIBBS's.

Approved suppliers

Manufacturers and suppliers DLA has qualified for this item

SupplierCAGECAGE statusPart status (RNCC / RNVC)Supplier part #
GROVE U.S. LLC12361A (Active)3 (Design control reference) / 2 (An item-identifying number)4-195-6-10026

Source: DLA's approved-source file published with the RFQs. CAGE and part status are FLIS's codes with DLA's wording.

Pricing and awardees

Characteristics

Government-defined characteristics of this item (FLIS)

Hazardous and environmental

Hazardous material (HMIC)
P (No information in hmirs)

Additional identifiers

II
0
DEMIL
A: No demilitarization required
Precious metals (PMIC)
A (Does not contain precious metal)
PINC
0029785
Criticality (CRIT CD)
X
On FedMall
Yes

Source: DLA's PUB LOG files (FLIS Data Electronic Reading Room), updated monthly; code wording from DLA's code table (P_HELP).

Major organizational entity (MOE) rules

How each service or agency buys and manages this item

RuleMOEAMCAMSCNIMSCIMCAACDSOR
A919Army (DA)3From the actual manufacturer (second or later time)RData rights not owned by the GovernmentZ
MC47Marine Corps (DM)3From the actual manufacturer (second or later time)RData rights not owned by the GovernmentZ
N9BZNavy (DN)3From the actual manufacturer (second or later time)RData rights not owned by the GovernmentZ

Source: DLA's PUB LOG files (FLIS Data Electronic Reading Room), updated monthly; code wording from DLA's code table (P_HELP). AMC and AMSC wording: DFARS PGI 217.7506. Hover a code for DLA's wording.

Government organizations

The services and agencies that manage or use this item

OrganizationEffective dateUnit of issueUnit priceQty per unitControlled inventoryShelf lifeAcquisition adviceSource of supply
Army (DA)01-OCT-2026EA (Each)$1,853.691 (1)U (Unclassified)No limitZ (Insurance/numeric stockage objective)SMS (Defense logistics agency)
Marine Corps (DM)01-OCT-2026EA (Each)$1,853.691 (1)U (Unclassified)No limitZ (Insurance/numeric stockage objective)SMS (Defense logistics agency)
Navy (DN)01-OCT-2026EA (Each)$1,853.691 (1)U (Unclassified)No limitZ (Insurance/numeric stockage objective)SMS (Defense logistics agency)
DLA (DS)01-OCT-2026EA (Each)$1,853.691 (1)U (Unclassified)No limitZ (Insurance/numeric stockage objective)SMS (Defense logistics agency)

Source: DLA's PUB LOG files (FLIS Data Electronic Reading Room), updated monthly; code wording from DLA's code table (P_HELP). Unit prices are DLA's standard prices (its catalog price to its customers, with DLA's surcharge), not prices DLA paid.

DIBBS RFQs

Recent DLA requests for quotation for this item on DIBBS, newest first: 1 open now

SolicitationNSNItem nameQtyUnitStd. priceLast priceEst. valueSet-asideTech docsPostedReturn by
SPE7L127T4498DIBBS only5340-01-487-8726Cover,access4EA$1,853.69 per EA……No set-asideNoNovember 9, 2026November 20, 20266 days left
SPE7L127T2463DIBBS only5340-01-487-8726Cover,access1EA$1,853.69 per EA……No set-asideNoOctober 25, 2026November 10, 2026Closed

→ These RFQs in the DIBBS list

Source: the request-for-quotation (RFQ) files DLA publishes on DIBBS each day. An RFQ that is also a SAM.gov notice links to that notice. Return-by dates are DIBBS's.

DLA stock on hand

As of September 2026

DLA's own inventory

On hand
1
On back order
0
Reorder point
3.1At or under the reorder point
Condition
A (serviceable, issuable without qualification)
5 months, Sep 2025 to Sep 2026
Sep 2025: On hand 2Oct 2025: On hand 2Nov 2025: On hand 1Aug 2026: On hand 4Sep 2026: On hand 1Sep 2025: On back order 0Oct 2025: On back order 0Nov 2025: On back order 0Aug 2026: On back order 0Sep 2026: On back order 0Sep 2025: Reorder point 4.1Oct 2025: Reorder point 3.1Nov 2025: Reorder point 3.1Aug 2026: Reorder point 3.1Sep 2026: Reorder point 3.1Sep 2025Sep 2026
  • On hand
  • On back order
  • Reorder point

By month

MonthNSNStock on handReorder point
September 20265340-01-487-872613.1
August 20265340-01-487-872643.1
November 20255340-01-487-872613.1
October 20255340-01-487-872623.1
September 20255340-01-487-872624.1

Source: DLA's monthly on-hand, back-order and reorder-point files (DLA FOIA reading room), each month as of its last day. DLA's own inventory, not a purchase: stock near or under the reorder point, or back orders, usually come before a buy.

DLA forecast

DLA's purchase forecast for the next 24 months, and its lead time

DLA's own figures

Lead time
administrative 70 days, production 153 days (223 in all)

Source: DLA's monthly files in its FOIA reading room: the 24-month demand forecast (what DLA expects to buy, not a commitment) and the ALT/PLT file (administrative lead time: requirement to award; production lead time: award to delivery).

DLA award history

8 award lines since 2008, 5 winning CAGEs

WinnerAwardsLast award
4X8W5MELTON SALES & SERVICE3May 19, 2025
3NNX8BRIGHTON CROMWELL LLC2March 5, 2013
9AXZ6BIGHORN SOLUTIONS LLC1November 7, 2025
0GD25ALLIED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, LLC1October 25, 2023
9U847SHEFFORD-MEADE INC1March 31, 2008
YearAwardsWinning CAGEs
202522
202311
202211
201811
201321
200811

Source: DLA's award history files (its FOIA reading room: every DLA award line since 2013, refreshed monthly), plus the past awards listed in this item's RFQ documents that those files lack. Counts are award lines, not dollars; surplus buys are left out.

DLA awards for this item

6 awards from the item's award history, in FPDS

RankVendorObligated
1MELTON SALES & SERVICE$38,878
2BIGHORN SOLUTIONS LLC$13,386
3ALLIED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, LLC$9,103
4BRIGHTON CROMWELL LLC$4,439
ContractAwardedAwardeeObligated
SPE7L026V0217From the item's award historyNovember 7, 2025BIGHORN SOLUTIONS LLC$13,386
SPE7L125V9097From the item's award historyMay 19, 2025MELTON SALES & SERVICE$11,333
SPE7L124V0610From the item's award historyOctober 25, 2023ALLIED DEFENSE INDUSTRIES, LLC$9,103
SPE7L122P7811From the item's award historyAugust 1, 2022MELTON SALES & SERVICE$24,344
SPE5EK19V1683From the item's award historyDecember 17, 2018MELTON SALES & SERVICE$3,202
SPM5EK13V1960From the item's award historyMarch 5, 2013BRIGHTON CROMWELL LLC$4,439

Source: DLA award notices on SAM.gov for solicitations that included this item (DLA posts them above $25,000), and the contracts of this item's past DLA awards (DLA's award history files and the RFQs' procurement history), joined to FPDS by contract number (an order under a long-term contract by the order and its contract). Amounts are FPDS obligations; DIBBS order totals are not shown. Department of Defense actions appear in FPDS about 90 days after they are signed.

Winning bids