COUPLING HALF, QUICK

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a delivery order under contract SPE4A124G0043 to AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC, with CAGE code 1Y249, for the procurement of a COUPLING HALF, QUICK (NSN 4730002792772) at a total contract value of $43,199.10. The award was issued on July 21, 2026, under solicitation SPE7M3-26-T-2410, with performance taking place at the contractor’s facility in Wood Dale, Illinois. The contract is structured as a single-line-item delivery order with no identified option quantities or ranges, and no specific delivery schedule, FOB terms, or inspection location are detailed in the documentation. The contracting officer for the order is Dean Allen, reachable via email and phone, while no Contracting Officer’s Representative or technical representative is listed. Payment is to be processed through the DLA Land and Maritime office in Columbus, Ohio, though the invoicing method and specific accounting or appropriation data are not specified. Compliance with FAR 52.222-90, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors, is mandatory, incorporating provisions from DoD Class Deviation 2026-00040, which obligates the contractor to prohibit racially discriminatory DEI practices, flow down the clause to all applicable subcontracts, report known violations by subcontractors, notify the government of legal challenges to the clause, and maintain records for audit. Noncompliance is deemed material to payment under 31 U.S.C. § 3729(b)(4) and may lead to contract termination or False Claims Act liability. No technical specifications, packaging, preservation, or marking standards are explicitly defined in the contract documents, and no MIL-STDs or quality assurance criteria are cited. The contractor is not identified as a small business or within any socioeconomic category, and no Unique Entity Identifier is provided. The award appears to have been made without publicly disclosed evaluation factors, and the basis for selection—whether lowest price technically acceptable or trade-off—is not stated. The contract modifies Standard Form 30 and references administrative changes under FAR 43.203(b), but no other clauses, attachments, or supplemental documents are enumerated.