BOX, SHIPPING

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded contract SPE8EG25D0001 to Lynchburg Sheltered Industries, Inc. (CAGE 0U6E5), a HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Women-Owned Small Business, for the provision of shipping boxes under a fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $1,600,000 and an estimated base year value of $132,215.02. The initial delivery order, SPE8E526F0078, valued at $26,052.00, specifies 500 units of NSN 8115-00-292-0123 shipping boxes with a unit price of $40.08. Delivery is FOB origin, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the destination, and invoicing must be submitted electronically through the Wide Area WorkFlow system in accordance with DFARS 252.232-7003. The contractor is required to comply with MIL-STD-129 for packaging, marking, and labeling, including bar-coding standards, and must adhere to hazard communication requirements per 29 CFR 1910.1200. The contract incorporates numerous FAR clauses related to subcontracting, small business obligations, whistleblower protections, government ethics, and cybersecurity, including mandatory implementation of NIST SP 800-171 Rev. 2 and DFARS 252.204-7012 for safeguarding covered defense information, with cyber incident reporting obligations and flow-down requirements to subcontractors. The award is subject to Buy American and Trade Agreements provisions, with alternate clauses applying to both, and the contractor's socioeconomic status triggers specific reporting and rerepresentation requirements under FAR 52.219-28. All contract administration, payment, and compliance functions are coordinated through DLA Troop Support in Philadelphia, with payments processed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Columbus, Ohio, and no point-of-contact information is populated in the contract for the contracting officer or contracting officer’s representative.