ADAPTER, BATTERY TER

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a commercial indefinite-delivery contract, SPE4A7-23-D-C008, to Eastern Carolina Vocational Center Inc. (CAGE 4U407), a Women-Owned Small Business, for the supply of battery terminal adapters and related components under a DPAS DO priority rating. The contract, issued on September 27, 2023, includes a base period through September 26, 2024, with options for up to four one-year extensions, creating a potential total performance period of sixty months and a maximum contract value of $4,999,999.99. A specific delivery order under this contract, SPE4A726F8925, was awarded on July 21, 2026, with a price of $51,626.22 for 939 packages of ADAPTER, BATTERY TER (NSN 5940-00-549-6581) at $54.98 per unit, with each package containing 25 units. Deliveries are made on an FOB Origin basis, meaning title and risk transfer to the government upon delivery to the carrier at the contractor’s facility in Greenville, North Carolina, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the destination. All items must comply with MIL-STD-2073-1D for packaging, MIL-STD-129 for marking, and MIL-STD-130N(1) for item identification and mandatory bar-coding, with packaging configured at 25 units per package and palletized per DLA’s RP001 guidelines. The contract incorporates numerous FAR and DFARS clauses ensuring compliance with federal procurement standards, including the Buy American Act with Alternate I, prohibition on acquiring covered telecommunications equipment, counterfeit electronic part detection, and flow-down requirements for subcontractors. Contractors are required to use Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) for all invoicing and must report ocean shipment details under cargo preference laws if applicable. The evaluation process for delivery orders prioritizes transportation cost efficiency based on shipping characteristics such as container dimensions, gross weight, palletization, and load configuration, without assigned weights or ratings, indicating a cost-focused, LPTA-like methodology. The contractor must maintain WOSB eligibility, display the DoD fraud hotline poster, comply with quality assurance standards including ISO 9001:2015