COOLER, LUBRICATING

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency, has awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order under the indefinite quantity contract SPE4A722D0203 to ECI Defense Group, Inc. (CAGE 3SDB5), a small women-owned business, for the procurement of four lubricating coolers (NSN 2935-00-480-6592) at a total contract price of $25,472.00. The award, issued on July 16, 2026, falls under a five-year IQC with a ceiling value of $2,000,000.00 and a delivery timeline of 269 days after receipt of order. The item is manufactured by Aavid Niagara LLC (CAGE 61228) in Niagara Falls, NY, while packaging occurs at ECI’s facility in Lyles, TN. Delivery is FOB destination to Cherry Point, NC, with inspection and acceptance conducted at the manufacturer’s location under clause E06. Compliance with MIL-STD-130 for Unique Item Identification (UID) and MIL-STD-129 for shipping labels is mandatory, requiring machine-readable Data Matrix or QR codes with all required enterprise and serial data elements verified by automatic identification systems. The contractor must report UID data to the DoD IUID Registry and submit invoices exclusively through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), with payment processed to the Columbus, OH remittance address. Quality assurance is governed by ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100 standards, applicable solely to the manufacturer, with ECI exempt from holding formal certification. Cybersecurity obligations under DFARS 252.204-7012 require safeguarding covered defense information and reporting cyber incidents, with compliance tied to NIST SP 800-171 controls. All packaging, preservation, and marking details are defined in the referenced “PID, Packaging, and Marking.pdf” attachment. Contract administration is managed by DLA Aviation in Richmond, VA, with oversight from DCMA Huntsville and a designated local administrator. The award was not subject to first article testing and is issued without option clauses beyond base quantity limits of 4 to 16 units.