BOLT, SHEAR

The contract solicitation SPE4A6-26-T-09SU, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency under the Department of Defense, seeks the procurement of 673 BOLT, SHEAR items identified by NSN 5306-01-223-9520, with quantities divided across four contract line items: 198 units, 475 units, one First Article Test item, and one Production Lot Test item. Performance is required at the FLEET READINESS CENTER EAST in Cherry Point, North Carolina, with delivery terms set at FOB Origin, meaning risk and title transfer to the government upon shipment from the contractor’s facility. The solicitation mandates full compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 for labeling, marking, and bar-coding, requiring detailed inclusion of lot numbers, CAGE codes, and part numbers on all unit packs and intermediate containers. Preservation must maintain a clean, dry environment, with no additional preservation materials specified. The contract enforces strict inspection and acceptance protocols at origin, with government-conducted testing per Procurement Note E04, and requires adherence to SAE AS9100 for quality management and MIL-STD-1916 for sampling, permitting zero non-conformances unless otherwise noted. The solicitation is governed by a broad array of FAR and DFARS clauses, including essential provisions such as 52.222-50 and 52.222-54 addressing human trafficking and employment eligibility, 52.223-3 and 252.223-7001 for hazardous material identification and labeling compliant with 29 CFR 1910.1200, and 52.227-1 with alternates covering authorization and consent for government use of technical data. Contract type determination is reserved to the contracting officer under FAR 52.216-1 Alternate I, suggesting potential use of firm-fixed-price structure. Offerors must submit their Unique Entity Identifier and CAGE code, and certify their size and socioeconomic status under FAR 52.219-1, including possible small business, SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone status. DFARS clauses such as 252.240-7997 and 2