SWITCH, LIQUID LEVEL

The contract solicitation SPE7M8-26-Q-0211 issued by the Department of Defense’s Electrical Devices Division under DLA Land and Maritime seeks 99 units of a SWITCH, LIQUID LEVEL item with a delivery timeline of 545 days after order, with inspection and acceptance to occur at the destination location, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The solicitation mandates strict compliance with multiple technical, quality, packaging, and cybersecurity standards, including adherence to MIL-STD-129 for packaging and marking, ASTM D3951 for non-hazardous materials, and FED-STD-313 and TQ IP025 for hazardous substances, all governed by the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements. All items are subject to export control under ITAR or EAR, requiring prior authorization for any disclosure to foreign persons and restricting access to contractors with approved US/Canada Joint Certification Program status, completion of DLA export control training, and formal authorization. Cybersecurity is governed by CMMC Level 2 certification as a Third-Party Assessment Organization (C3PAO), and contractors must implement safeguarding and incident reporting measures per DFARS 252.204-7012. The contract includes a comprehensive suite of FAR and DFARS clauses addressing Buy American requirements, prohibition of hazardous substances like hexavalent chromium and PFOA-based fire-fighting agents, whistleblower protections, contractor transparency, and restrictions on sourcing from entities in sanctioned regions including Xinjiang and countries state-sponsored terrorism. Invoicing must be processed exclusively through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), and contractors are required to maintain current SAM registrations, submit first article test reports in DI-NDTI-80809B format, and flow down quality standards such as ISO 9001 or AS9100 to subcontractors. Performance is evaluated based on past performance, offered delivery, and price under a best value trade-off approach, not LPTA, allowing award to the offeror providing optimal overall value. Additionally, the contract imposes DPAS prioritization, antiterrorism training requirements, prohibitions on certain telecom equipment and materials like tantalum and tungsten, and strict controls on configuration changes and deviations through engineering change proposal and variance request procedures. All proposals must be submitted electronically via DIBBS by the deadline of August 18, 2026, and must include full representations regarding entity identification, size status, socioeconomic design