53--HINGE,BUTT

The contract is a Request for Quotation issued by the Department of Defense’s Land Supply Chain under solicitation number SPE7L1-26-T-838Q for 99 units of a butt hinge identified by NSN 5340-00-972-6878, with a delivery requirement of 116 days after award and a mandatory shipment point of origin under FOB terms to Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. This is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 332510, requiring all offerors to be registered in the System for Award Management and to certify their small business status, including any joint venture structures under the WOSB program. The item must conform to detailed technical specifications including basic and reference drawings dated as early as 1939 and as recent as 2022, with strict material prohibitions against asbestos, ozone-depleting chemicals, and mercury, except in limited functional applications such as batteries and instrument controls that require secondary containment per NAVSEA standards. All supplies must be free of additive manufacturing and comply with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 and MIL-STD-130N for marking, including U.S. military property identification. The contract enforces stringent cybersecurity and export control requirements, mandating compliance with NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2 certification through a certified third-party assessment organization, with safeguarding of covered defense information governed by DFARS 252.204-7012, which also requires prompt cyber incident reporting. Technical data associated with the item is subject to ITAR or EAR export controls, restricting access to contractors with approved Joint Certification Program status, completed DLA export training, and DLA authorization. Offerors must comply with DFARS 252.225-7001, the Buy American Act, and the Berry Amendment, and are prohibited from using covered defense telecommunications equipment. Quality assurance is rigorous, requiring inspections at origin under FAR 52.246-2, zero non-conformance acceptance for MIL-STD-105/ASQ Z1.4 sampling, and a manufacturer’s inspection system certified to SAE AS9003 or ISO 9001 tailored to AS9003 standards. Invoicing is exclusively through the Wide Area Workflow system,