LEVEL 1 Round Bar

This procurement is for a LEVEL 1 ROUND BAR with NIIN PNTDP0097, Version 002, issued by DLA Maritime - Portsmouth under solicitation number SPMYM326Q4054 as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5, restricted exclusively to small businesses including HUBZone and SDVOSB firms. The contract, governed by a Firm Fixed Price arrangement, specifies two line items: 72 inches of round bar and one set of data requirements outlined in Exhibit A, with performance required at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, under FOB Destination terms. The contractor must adhere strictly to the Technical Data Package PNTP0097 VER 002 and Exhibit A, ensuring compliance with MIL-S-23284 for acceptance, welding per S9074-AR-GIB-010A/278, and traceability per MIL-STD-792 using permanent markings or durable tags on precision surfaces. All shipments must meet MIL-STD-129 for military packaging or ASTM-D-3951 for commercial packaging and include mandatory markings such as NSN, quantity, QA Designator 1, contract number, and contractor and destination details. Quality assurance requires an ISO-9001 system with calibration compliance per ISO-10012 or ANSI-Z540.3 with ISO-17025, or MIL-I-45208 with MIL-STD-45662, and acceptance is contingent on zero defects per lot, with 100% inspection mandatory for lots of eight or fewer units. Statistical Process Control may be used in lieu of attribute sampling, and sub-tier suppliers must be audited to verify traceability and certification integrity. The contractor must submit all certifications without qualifying language, accept electronic signatures as valid, and ensure all data items are shipped separately with certification documents reviewed and accepted by Portsmouth Naval Shipyard prior to delivery. The delivery period is 180 calendar days from date of award, and payment is net 30 days after inspection and acceptance via WAWF only; third-party payment platforms are prohibited. The contractor is bound by numerous mandatory clauses including prohibitions on inverted corporations, hexavalent chromium, defense telecommunications from sanctioned sources, and business with the Maduro regime or Xinjiang region, as well as requirements for whistleblower protections, former DoD official compensation disclosures