BALL, BEARING

This contract pertains to the procurement of ball bearings designated by part number 154213-001 and NSN 3110-00-070-0181, with a required quantity of 100 handling units. All bearings must be manufactured in the United States, its outlying areas, or Canada, and the cost of components—rolling elements, retainer, inner race, or outer race—produced in these regions must exceed 50% of the total component cost of each bearing, in strict compliance with DFARS 252.225-7016. Contractors are required to submit a formal declaration regarding the domestic or foreign origin of materials, and failure to provide this may disqualify their quote. The acquisition is subject to cancellation if no qualifying offers are received unless a waiver is granted under DFARS 225.7009-4. The bearings are classified as critical application items and must be free of intentionally added mercury or mercury-containing compounds, except in specific cases such as batteries, fluorescent lamps, sensors, or chemical reagents as defined by NAVSEA. Portable devices containing mercury must include shockproof enclosures and a secondary containment barrier, in accordance with NAVSEA 5100-003D. Inspection and acceptance occur at origin, following sampling plans aligned with MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331, with critical, major, and minor attributes assigned verification levels VII, IV, and II or AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively. If unspecified, attributes are treated as major. Zero non-conformances are required for acceptance unless otherwise stipulated. Packaging and preservation must meet MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-DTL-197M standards, with preservation methods selected based on bearing type, size, and closure, and protective lubricants determined by those same factors. Marking shall comply with MIL-STD-129 and include special requirements as designated. Delivered FOB origin, the item must be delivered within 383 days, with no tolerance for quantity variance. All technical and quality requirements are governed by the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements, and the contractor’s packaging facility must adhere to the quality assurance provisions outlined in MIL-DTL-197M. The solicitation is managed by the DLA Commod