PANEL, STRUCTURAL, AI

The contract seeks the procurement of three Structural Panel, AI units with NSN 1560-01-196-4405, issued as a Small Business Set-Aside under the NAICS code 336413 by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation, Supplier Operations AE and AF Division. The items must be manufactured in strict conformance to the Basic Drawing NR 98897 4F75981 Revision C and a suite of referenced drawings spanning from 1966 to 2024, with all technical and quality requirements dictated by the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements identified by R or I numbers, superseding general commercial standards like ASTM D3951. The contract mandates origin inspection and acceptance per RQ009 and FAR 52.246-2, requiring the manufacturer’s inspection system to meet or exceed SAE AS9003 or ISO 9001 tailored to SAE AS9003 requirements. Sampling for quality verification must follow MIL-STD-1916, ASQ H1331 Table 1, or a comparable zero-based plan, with critical, major, and minor attributes assigned AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively, and zero non-conformances required for acceptance. The contractor must deliver two units for First Article Testing within 151 calendar days to Warner Robins ALCMC, with government testing costs of $4,587 added to the offered price for evaluation. Packaging and marking must comply with DLA Packaging Requirements RP001, MIL-STD-129 for labeling, and the Hazard Communication Standard for hazardous materials, with non-hazardous items packaged commercially per ASTM D3951 only if not overridden by DLA requirements. Physical identification of bare items must adhere to RQ017, and all technical data associated with the item is subject to export controls under ITAR or EAR, requiring contractors to be JCP-certified, trained in DOD export handling, and approved by DLA to access the data. Compliance with DFARS 252.204-7012 and 252.240-7997 is required for safeguarding covered defense information and NIST SP 800-171 assessments. The Buy American Act applies since the contract exceeds