COAT, MAN'S

The contract, awarded to SALUTE INDUSTRIES INC with CAGE code 7WG87, is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) firm-fixed-price agreement under DLA Troop Support with a base value spanning an estimated $3 million to $48 million over five years, though the initial delivery order amounts to $389.06 for two men’s coats. The contract covers the manufacturing, packaging, marking, and delivery of military clothing items, primarily men’s and women’s service coats, with precise technical and quality standards dictated by DoD specifications including PD WNUV 13-05B, MIL-STD-147, MIL-STD-1608C, and ASTM D-3951. All items require hanger-packaging per MIL-C-44192A Type I, must be preserved in polyethylene bags, and comply with ISPM 15 for wood packaging, including heat treatment and visible certification markings. Each shipment must be palletized according to strict dimensional limits, labeled with NSNs and barcodes per MIL-STD-129R Change 3, and include passive Gen2 RFID inlays compliant with ISO/IEC 18000-C, encoding a 96-bit EPC number linked to NSN and quantity data exportable to VIM/ASAP. The delivery order specifies F.O.B. DESTINATION for depot items and F.O.B. ORIGIN for special measurement items, with inspection and acceptance occurring at origin or destination as defined, exclusively under government authority. The contractor must submit all invoices electronically via WAWF, adhere to DPAS priority requirements, safeguard covered defense information per NIST SP 800-171, and report cyber incidents within 72 hours through DoD-approved channels, with flow-down obligations to subcontracts. The contract includes clauses mandating affirmative action for small businesses, veteran employment reporting, sustainable product procurement, prohibitions on fluorinated firefighting agents, and accelerated payments to small business subcontractors. Packaging and labeling must ensure each pallet contains only one NSN, with clear identification of overages or shortfalls, and packing lists must be physically placed in the last container. The contract spans five one-year tiers from June 2026 to June 2031, with tiered pricing based on cumulative order volume, and applies to deliveries to locations such as JBSA Lackland and WPAFB,