BOOTS, HOT WEATHER, J

McRae Industries Inc, identified by CAGE code 3A059 and designated as a Women-Owned Small Business, has been awarded a delivery order under the Defense Logistics Agency’s indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract SPE1C1-24-D-0044 for one pair of USMC Hot Weather Boots, NSN 8430000BOT009, at a unit price of $300.00, resulting in a total contract value of $300.00. This delivery order falls under a larger IDIQ framework with an estimated total potential value ranging from $1.45 million to $31.44 million over a four-year period, contingent upon cumulative order volumes. The item is to be delivered to the destination address at Travis Association for the Blind in Austin, Texas, with FOB destination terms applying, and the contractor’s performance location is confirmed as McRae’s facility in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. Delivery is required by August 5, 2026, following a production lead time of 150 days for initial orders. Payment is processed through the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) at Columbus, Ohio, using the SL4701 payment code, and all invoices and receiving reports must be submitted exclusively via the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system, with the Invoice 2in1 document type being the required format. The contract incorporates standard Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses governing contract performance, including FAR 52.249-8 for default, FAR 52.211-16 for variation in quantity with a limited 2% increase and no decrease allowance, and FAR 52.213-1 for fast pay procedures. Quality assurance is governed by FAR 52.246-2, with final inspection and acceptance conducted at the destination by the Government’s Quality Assurance Representative under the Department of Defense Contracting Management Agency Southeast. Packaging and marking must comply with government inspection standards, although specific MIL-STD references are not provided, and bar-coding is implied for shipment tracking without specification of format. Special requirements include mandatory compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012 for safeguarding covered defense information under NIST SP 800-171, prohibition of certain foreign telecommunications equipment under