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Fast Pay does not apply to this solicitation
FIRST ARTICLE APPROVAL – CONTRACTOR TESTING REQUIRED (FAR 52.209-3 and ALT I)
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL TEST 3 UNIT(S) OF LOT/ITEM 5310 / 3695900 AS SPECIFIED IN THIS CONTRACT. PROVIDE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER AND THE QAR AT LEAST FOURTEEN (14) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT TO GOVERNMENT FOR FAT, TO ACCOMODATE IN-PROCESS VERIFICATION AND/OR FINAL INSPECTION BY THE QAR. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUBMIT THE FIRST ARTICLE TEST REPORT WITHIN 45 CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS CONTRACT. NOTIFICATION AND SUBMITTAL ADDRESSES ARE IAW PROCUREMENT NOTE H03. WITHIN 120 CALENDAR DAYS AFTER THE GOVERNMENT RECEIVES THE TEST REPORT, THE CONTRACTING OFFICER SHALL NOTIFY THE CONTRACTOR, IN WRITING, OF THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, APPROVAL, OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE FIRST ARTICLE. SEE PROCUREMENT NOTE H03: SUPPLEMENTAL FIRST ARTICLE TESTTING REQUIREMENTS (SEP 2016) FOR ADDITIONAL FAT REQUIREMENTS.
DISPOSITION OF FIRST ARTICLES:
Procurement Note E01: Supplemental First Article Exhibit Disposition Contractor Maintained (MAY 2020)
The first article units will be maintained or returned to the contractor to be used as a manufacturing standard. The contractor shall hold the approved first article units at the production facility until all production quantities have been produced and accepted. In the case of indefinite delivery contracts, the contractor shall hold the first article units until final production run has been approved and accepted on the first delivery order. The unit shall be considered a production guide or manufacturing standard if defects are reported on delivered material or problems are encountered during production. When disposing the units, the contractor shall follow DFARS 252.245-7004(d).
FIRST ARTICLE – CONTRACTOR TESTING – DCMA DELEGATION
Notice to Contractor: The Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) is delegated the authority to approve/disapprove the First Article Test Report submitted in accordance with the requirements in this contract. Any reference to the
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Contracting Officer as it relates to submission of and approval/disapproval of the FAT Report shall be deemed to mean the DCMA ACO.
Notice to ACO: The DCMA ACO shall forward a copy of the First Article Test Report and the DCMA ACO’s letter of approval/disapproval to the Contracting Officer at the buying activity and to the address identified in FAR Clause 52.209-3(b).
Due to the volatility of demands, and frequent quantity changes on open
purchase requests, offerors are highly encouraged to submit quantity
ranges when quoting. If a PR is evaluated manually, quoting ranges
provides the buyer the option to combine requirements or reduce the
quantity as needed without resoliciting or adding any additional
administrative burden for either party involved when making an award.
This does not apply to Auto IDC.
If you anticipate quoting on a solicitation after the closing date,
please submit a DIBBS quote with a bid type of “No Bid” and place an
anticipated quote date or the reason you are not willing to quote. This
does not prevent you from submitting an actual quote on DIBBS at a later
date. It will overlay your previous no quote. This informs buyers of
your intention to quote and prevents multiple calls for updates and
cancelling of requirements assumed to be non-procurable due to no
quotes/sources. The submission of an anticipated quote date does not
preclude DLA from making an award to another acceptable timely offer.
APEX Accelerators, formally known as the Procurement Technical
Assistance Program (PTAP), is designed to increase the number of
U.S. businesses capable of bidding and performing on local, state,
and federal government contracts. APEX Accelerators provide critical
assistance to new and existing businesses interested government
contracting to enhance the defense industrial base at no cost. Visit
https://www.apexaccelerators.us/#/ for more information.
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THE OFFEROR, BY SUBMISSION OF ITS QUOTATION, REPRESENTS IT WILL NOT
PROVIDE COVERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES TO THE
GOVERNMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY AWARD RESULTING FROM THIS
SOLICITATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH (d) OF THE CLAUSE AT FAR
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52.204-24, REPRESENTATION REGARDING CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT, OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS EXISTING
REPRESENTATION IN PARAGRAPH (c) OF THE PROVISION AT DFARS 252.204-7016,
COVERED DEFENSE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES –
REPRESENTATION.
Caution Notice: Offerors are required to comply with domestic material
restrictions. The Berry Amendment, the Buy American Act, and other
domestic material restrictions may apply. Offerors are instructed to
refer to the solicitation clauses related to foreign sourcing for more
information on applicability. The Berry Amendment threshold has been
reduced to $150,000 and vendors must carefully review related clauses
DFARS 252.225-7006, 252.225-7012, and 252.225-7015 for applicability
requirements. If your offer is based on a non-domestic material, you are
required to provide disclosure information in your quote and/or through
written notification to the point of contact listed in the solicitation.
DoD Class Deviation 2023-O0001: A small business joint venture offeror
must submit, with its offer, the representation required in paragraph
(c) of FAR solicitation provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and
Certifications-Commercial Products and Commercial Services, and
paragraph (c) of FAR solicitation provision 52.219-1, Small Business
Program Representations, in accordance with 52.204-8(d) and 52.2123(b)
for the following categories:
(A) Small business;
(B) Service-disabled veteran-owned small business;
(C) Women-owned small business (WOSB) under the WOSB Program;
(D) Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business under the WOSB
Program; or
(E) Historically underutilized business zone small business.
ACCESSING & USE OF VENDOR SHIPMENT MODULE (VSM) IS CHANGING
Within approximately 2 months, ALL DLA contractors will be required to
register via DLA’s Account Management & Provisioning System (AMPS) to
access VSM. Without AMPS approval, contractors will not be able to
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access VSM or ship to DLA.
Contractors using VSM WebServices MUST update their internal schema or
lose access and shipping ability. Online VSM users do not need schema
changes.
Required actions:
- Review VSM announcements. Schema updates are in the April 23, 2025
post: https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/notices/msgdspl.aspx?msgid=1259
- Additional notices:
https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/notices/msgdspl.aspx?msgid=1267
https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/notices/msgdspl.aspx?msgid=1252
https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/notices/msgdspl.aspx?msgid=1229
AMPS registration is not available at this time; however, check DLA's
DIBBS "Notices" section daily for updates.
- To receive AMPS/User Guide updates via email, contact:
JSONWEBServiceInquiry@dla.mil
Unless AM is specifically authorized in the solicitation/contract,
quotes/offers may not include parts or supplies made using the additive
manufacturing process. The Government will not evaluate offers that
include an item or items produced using AM, and such offers are not
eligible for award for the current procurement. A quoter/offeror
proposing to supply an AMproduced item may submit a request to the
contracting officer for approval of the item for NSN/Part Number: 0001S00000053 Quantity: 48 EA Purchase Request: 7016753709QTY - See Solicitation Delivery: 317 days ADO