MOUNTING BRACKET

The contract pertains to the procurement of eight mounting brackets, identified by NSN 6680011867263, with a total value of $64.00, to be delivered within five days after order placement to the Carrier Outfitting Material Support Center in Suffolk, Virginia. Delivery is FOB origin, with inspection and acceptance occurring at the manufacturer’s location, in accordance with RQ009 and FAR 52.246-2. The product must comply with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 for marking, using packaging code U, preservation method 10 (cleaning and drying), and intermediate container E5. Palletization must follow DLA’s RP001 requirements, and no mercury or mercury compounds may be used in preservation, packaging, or marking per IP056. Sampling for quality assurance must conform to MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331 Table 1 using a zero-defect approach; critical, major, and minor attributes are assigned verification levels VII, IV, and II or AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively, with unspecified attributes treated as major. Mercury is strictly prohibited except in specific functional devices such as batteries, fluorescent lights, instruments, sensors, controls, weapon systems, or chemical reagents specified by NAVSEA, and any portable fluorescent lamps or instruments containing mercury must have shock-proof construction with a secondary containment boundary. The contractor must comply with all cybersecurity mandates including NIST SP 800-171 Rev 1, DFARS 252.204-7012 for safeguarding covered defense information and reporting cyber incidents, and DFARS 252.204-7020 for NIST assessments. The contracting officer will determine the contract type, and payment is required through Wide Area WorkFlow using appropriate document types. The solicitation prohibits parcel post and mandates shipment by the fastest traceable means. Offerors must hold active UEI and CAGE codes and represent their small business status, including any socioeconomic designations such as WOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone, certified in SAM.gov or VetCert. All hazardous materials must comply with 29 CFR 1910.1200 and DFARS 252.223-