NUT, HEAVY HEX

The solicitation N0010426QFD49 for NUT, HEAVY HEX is issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, under the Department of Defense, with a response deadline of May 26, 2026. The contract falls under NAICS code 332722 and is structured as a fixed-price solicitation, with inspection and acceptance governed by FAR clauses including 52.246-2 Alternate I or II, depending on contract type, and requiring full compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1 for packaging and preservation, MIL-STD-129 for marking, and MIL-STD-130 for Unique Item Identification using Data Matrix barcodes. Packaging must adhere to defined levels based on shipment destination—Level B for air and Level A for surface—and prohibit nonstandard pallets, requiring use of specified MH1-2016 series pallets for hazardous materials. Marking mandates inclusion of the Procurement Instrument Identifier, Contract Line Item Number, and SubCLIN on all containers, with Depot Level Repairable items requiring yellow DLR text on blue background labels conforming to exact dimensions and durability standards per MIL-STD-129. The product must comply with prohibitions on hexavalent chromium and require barrier materials from qualified lists including MIL-PRF-131 and MIL-PRF-81705. The evaluation process prioritizes past performance over price, utilizing the DoD Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) to classify offerors into color-based risk tiers—Dark Blue, Purple, Green, Yellow, Red—with the government reserving the right to award to the most advantageous offer, not solely the lowest-priced. Price is assessed for reasonableness but is secondary. Contract administration requires invoicing exclusively via Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), with payment processed through an unassigned DoDAAC. FOB Destination terms apply, meaning transportation costs are prepaid to the delivery point, which will be specified later, though Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is cited as a potential example. The contractor must comply with NIST SP 800-171 for cybersecurity protection of Covered Defense Information, report cyber incidents to DC3 within 72 hours, and ensure supply chain integrity through compliance with clauses addressing whistleblower rights, trafficking in persons, small business subcontracting, and debarred contractor exclusions. All proposals must be submitted by the