30--GEAR,SPUR

The contract solicitation SPE4A5-26-R-0245 is for the procurement of 17 spur gears, NSN 3020-00-869-5437, under a firm fixed price arrangement with a 368-day delivery timeframe. The item is designated as a Navy Critical Safety Item and requires strict adherence to military packaging and marking standards including MIL-STD-2073-1E for preservation and MIL-STD-129 and MIL-STD-130 for labeling, with each unit pack needing to include lot and serial numbers, contractor and manufacturer CAGE codes, and part number—all formatted to meet automatic identification technology requirements using EAN/UCC application identifiers and ANSI MH 10.8.2 standards. Although item unique identification is not mandated, traceability through barcoding and labeling is mandatory. The contractor must comply with SAE AS9100 quality management system requirements and follow sampling procedures per MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331 with zero non-conformances expected unless otherwise specified; attributes are assessed at verification levels VII, IV, and II corresponding to AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively, with unspecified attributes treated as major. Inspection and acceptance occur at the origin, requiring the contractor to maintain quality controls throughout manufacturing and provide certificates of conformance. Compliance with DLA packaging requirements and preservation method 41 (clinging/dry) is required, with no shelf life limitation applied. Cybersecurity obligations include CMMC Level 2 self-assessment certification, submission of NIST SP 800-171 assessment scores to SPRS, and flow-down of security requirements to subcontractors; use of prohibited software such as Kaspersky Lab products or ByteDance applications is forbidden. All deviations or waivers must be approved by the DSC Contracting Officer. Payment is governed by electronic funds transfer and prompt payment clauses, with invoicing exclusively through Wide Area WorkFlow. The solicitation requires submission via DIBBS by August 20, 2026, with award based on best value trade-off, not lowest price technically acceptable, weighing cost equally with technical and quality factors. The contracting officer is Evgeny Korovin, and no contracting officer’s representative or technical representative is named.