CLAMP, LOOP

The contract, awarded to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (CAGE 1CAY9), is a delivery order under the IDIQ contract SPE7LX21D0087 issued by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Land and Maritime office. The sole line item detailed is a single clamp, loop (NSN 5340015750672), priced at $6.30, with an award date of July 31, 2026. Despite the nominal value of this delivery, the underlying contract has a maximum potential value between $91.6 million and $229 million, covering a base period through March 31, 2025, and three optional two-year periods extending performance through March 31, 2031. The contract operates under a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable framework, with NIST SP 800-171 compliance serving as a mandatory technical threshold requiring submission of a cybersecurity assessment score via the Supplier Performance Risk System; failure to meet this standard results in disqualification. The award process was streamlined through a waived Pre-Award Survey, emphasizing compliance over evaluative factors such as past performance or technical approach. Deliveries are made FOB destination for CONUS direct orders and FOB origin for other scenarios, with inspection and acceptance authorities assigned to DLA Land and Maritime at destination or DCMA Hampton at origin. Packaging must follow traceable shipping methods, and all shipments require specific labeling with TCN W90N1562120006, BBP W22Q41, and other shipping codes. Invoicing must be submitted through Wide Area Workflow, with payments processed via the designated remittance address in Columbus, Ohio. The contractor, certified as a small business, is bound by multiple Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, including cybersecurity protections, prohibitions on subcontracting with state sponsors of terrorism, equal opportunity mandates, and requirements for printed materials on postconsumer fiber paper. No formal attachments were fully populated in Section J, and while specific MIL-STDs for packaging were not cited, DoD logistics identifiers are utilized. The contract environment necessitates strict adherence to information security protocols, with contractor systems required to maintain and report compliance status continuously.