CABLE ASSEMBLY, SPEC

The Defense Logistics Agency is soliciting a single unit of a specified cable assembly under solicitation number SPE4A6-26-T-09NU, with responses due by August 3, 2026. The contract is a fixed-price procurement governed by multiple Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement clauses, including those addressing small business representation, equal opportunity for veterans, unauthorized obligations, changes to fixed-price contracts, and requirements for the flow down of contract terms. The procurement is subject to stringent packaging and marking standards, requiring compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 for labeling, bar-coding, and shipment identification, with preservation methods specified as drying without special preservation materials. Items must be marked per the standard and labeled for hazardous materials in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1200 and Federal Standard No. 313, with no special marking code required. The item is to be delivered to Yermo, California, with an optional secondary address in Barstow, California, under FOB Origin terms, and must be received at the destination point where government personnel will conduct inspection and acceptance using zero non-conformance criteria based on MIL-STD-1916 and ASQ H1331, with verification levels specified for critical, major, and minor attributes. Offerors must comply with a comprehensive set of special contract requirements, including the prohibition of acquiring telecommunications equipment from designated foreign entities such as Huawei, ZTE, and Dahua, mandatory implementation of NIST SP 800-171 security controls for safeguarding covered defense information, and reporting of any cyber incidents within 72 hours. Contractors must also provide and maintain up-to-date Safety Data Sheets for all hazardous materials, disclose the Unique Entity ID and CAGE code of any service provider or equipment manufacturer, and affirm their small business status if claiming socioeconomic set-aside eligibility. The contract includes clauses requiring whistleblower protections to be communicated to employees, restrictions on compensation to former DoD officials, and limitations on the use of government-created work product. Invoicing must be done exclusively through the Wide Area WorkFlow system, and no alternative payment methods are permitted. Pricing details are not provided in the solicitation, indicating that offerors will submit their unit prices for this single-line-item procurement, and no contract value estimate is available. All proposals must be submitted electronically via the DIBBS portal by the established deadline, with specific