GOVERNMENT FIRST ARTICLE TEST

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a firm-fixed-price contract valued at $38,000 to LOBO VENTURES LTD, identified by CAGE code 1HC54, under solicitation SPE4A7-26-T-5320 and contract number SPE4A726P4055, with an award date of July 17, 2026. The contract supports a Government First Article Test and the delivery of a structural plate item identified by NSN 1560013778710 and PR 7011576585, with performance taking place at the contractor’s facility in San Antonio, Texas. The contract is executed under a modification effective January 26, 2026, and includes mandatory compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1 for packaging and preservation and MIL-STD-129 for labeling, marking, and barcoding in accordance with DoD 128C and GS1 standards to ensure supply chain traceability. Contract administration is handled by DLA Aviation in Richmond, Virginia, with oversight from DCMA South in Madison, Alabama, and the contracting officer is Dean Allen, reachable at CARL.ALLEN@DLA.MIL. The contractor is required to comply with FAR 52.222-90, incorporating revisions under Deviation 2026-00040, which prohibits the use of federal funds for racially discriminatory DEI activities and mandates reporting of subcontractor noncompliance, alignment with Executive Orders 14275, 14265, and 14398, and flow-down of the clause to all U.S.-based subcontracts. No specific delivery schedule, FOB terms, or detailed inspection criteria are provided, and while the contract value is fixed, no formal CLIN/SLIN pricing structure is documented. The contractor’s representation of size status and socioeconomic certifications is absent, and no COTR or COR is identified. Invoicing is expected to occur via WAWF under standard DoD procedures, though payment office specifics are not explicitly listed, and no appropriation codes or accounting data are disclosed in the contract text.