CHIP DETECTOR

The contract SPE7M526F0297, awarded on July 21, 2026, to AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC. (CAGE 1Y249), is a delivery order under the base contract SPE4A124G0043, procuring a single line item: the CHIP DETECTOR with NSN 5999012727955, at a total value of $116,186.84. The work is administered by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Land and Maritime division, with the place of performance identified as the contractor’s facility in Wood Dale, Illinois. The solicitation, SPE7M5-26-T-7812, closed on March 6, 2026, and the award was made without publicly disclosed evaluation factors or scoring criteria, though the nature of the transaction suggests a possible LPTA approach. The contract includes the mandatory clause FAR 52.222-90, issued under DoD Class Deviation 2026-00040, which prohibits contractors from engaging in racially discriminatory DEI practices and imposes reporting obligations for subcontractor violations, requiring flow-down to all applicable subcontracts. No technical specifications, inspection criteria, or quality standards for the CHIP DETECTOR are provided, nor are packaging, preservation, marking, or bar-coding requirements detailed, although the NSN and CAGE code are mandated for labeling. Delivery terms, FOB conditions, period of performance dates, and unit quantities are unspecified, with only the total contract amount noted. The contracting officer is Dean Allen, and the payment office is located in Columbus, Ohio, with electronic submissions accepted via email to CARL.ALLEN@DLA.MIL. The contractor’s CAGE code is confirmed, but no representation of small business status, socioeconomic designation, or unique entity ID is provided. No COR, COTR, security clearance, key personnel, or option clauses are included, and no attachments or MIL-STD references are cited. The contract modification P00001, executed under FAR 43.203(b), serves as the sole administrative mechanism for award execution.