The DLA Land and Maritime Batteries & Tires Division is currently looking for suppliers of 12 Volt rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries. Several government solicitations have been posted in the past few months for the item with NSN 6140-01-642-6920.

This current open solicitation is for Two hundred forty two (242) 12-volt rechargeable Lithium-Ion batteries used on the hand carried portable Thales A/N PRC-148 Radio. This small rechargeable battery, which is about the size of your hand, is fairly expensive when compared to other Li-ion batteries used by the Department of Defense.

We reviewed the Thales PRC-148 Radio Rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery in a previous article.

You can find this solicitation and thousands of others in BidLink, simply put this NSN 6140-01-642-6920 in a Bid Search to see the details. Note that this solicitation closes Friday Oct. 11.

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