COUPLING, CLAMP, GROO

This contract is a solicitation issued by the Defense Logistics Agency under solicitation number SPE4A5-26-T-196P for the procurement of 41 units of a grooved coupling and clamp, identified by NSN 5342-01-288-9326. The item is classified as a commercial item and must be sourced from approved suppliers with part numbers NH1006769-10 from Eaton Aeroquip LLC and 23033952 from Rolls-Royce Corporation. Delivery is required within 203 days after order receipt, with FOB origin terms and final destination at DLA Distribution San Diego, Building 3581, 3581 Cummings Road, San Diego, CA 92136-3581. The item is designated as a critical application item, with strict compliance required for packaging, marking, and preservation in accordance with MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-STD-129, using specification codes for preservation method 33, cleaning/drying method 1, and pack code U. Mercury or mercury compounds are strictly prohibited in all aspects of preservation, packaging, packing, and marking, with exceptions only for functional uses in batteries, instruments, sensors, weapon systems, or chemical reagents specified by NAVSEA, and portable fluorescent lamps or instruments containing mercury must have shockproof construction and a secondary containment boundary per NAVSEA 5100-003D. Sampling and quality assurance follow MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331 Table 1, or a comparable zero-based plan, with MIL-STD-105/ASQ Z1.4 acceptable only for sample size determination and requiring zero non-conformances for acceptance. Critical, major, and minor attributes are assigned verification levels VII, IV, and II or AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively, with unspecified attributes treated as major. The contract mandates compliance with multiple Federal Acquisition Regulation clauses, including safeguarding covered defense information and cyber incident reporting (252.204-7012), prohibition on acquiring covered defense telecommunications equipment (252.204-7018), and requirements for NIST SP 800-171 assessments under a deviation. The Berry Amendment and Buy American Act apply