DUCT, FLEXIBLE

The contract is a total small business set-aside for the procurement of flexible duct under NAICS code 326220, issued by DLA Maritime - Puget Sound with the solicitation number SPMYM226Q7632. The procurement is for 80 units of flexible duct to be delivered F.o.b. Destination to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, with a required delivery date of July 30, 2026. The contract is structured under commercial item acquisition practices and is expected to be a fixed-price arrangement, with evaluation based on technical acceptability, past performance via the Supplier Performance Risk System, and price reasonableness using a trade-off approach rather than a lowest-priced technically acceptable method. All offerors must be certified small businesses and must complete representations regarding size status, including eligibility under HUBZone, veteran-owned, women-owned, and disadvantaged business categories, as well as disclose ownership structures, predecessor entities, and any use of covered telecommunications equipment or services under FAR and DFARS clauses. Compliance with unique item identification (UII) requirements mandated by MIL-STD-130 and MIL-STD-129 is essential, including the use of two-dimensional Data Matrix barcodes with ISO/IEC 16022 ECC200 encoding, generated through the DLA Vendor Shipment Module. Packaging must conform to ASTM-D-3951, prohibit specific materials like loose fill polystyrene and asbestos, and require heat-treated non-manufactured wood with ALSC certification. Items must be marked with NSN, part number, contract number, quantity, and origin-destination details, with no barcoding required unless related to UII. Invoicing is exclusively through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), including DD250 receiving reports, and all contractors must adhere to stringent cybersecurity and supply chain security clauses including prohibitions on ByteDance-covered applications, Kaspersky Lab products, and foreign-made unmanned aircraft systems. Accelerated payments to small business subcontractors and restrictions on contracting with debarred entities are enforced. The contract includes mandatory clauses on ethics, whistleblower protections, executive compensation reporting, and privacy safeguards, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the delivery location by the government’s receiving officer, where any nonconformance may lead to rejection of the entire shipment.