NUT, PLAIN, HEXAGON

The contract solicitation SPE4A6-26-T-71V5 issued by the Defense Logistics Agency under the Department of Defense seeks 2,164 plain hexagon nuts with NSN 5310-00-638-2605 through a fixed-price acquisition. Delivery is required within 84 days of order placement, with shipments destined to one of three DLA distribution depots: Hill AFB, Utah; San Diego, California; or Robins AFB, Georgia. The contract mandates compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 for labeling and barcoding, requiring cleaning and drying preservation methods without additional preservation or wrap materials, and unit containers must be boxes marked with standardized military identifiers including UCC/ITF-14 or Data Matrix barcodes. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination under government responsibility, with quality assurance governed by SAE AS5178D and AS4841D standards, requiring a Certificate of Conformance and adherence to zero non-conformances unless specified otherwise. The offeror must comply with a comprehensive set of FAR and DFARS clauses including employment equity, trafficking prevention, eligibility verification, sustainable products, cybersecurity safeguarding, changes, subcontracting, and payment acceleration for small business subcontractors, all subject to deviation 2026-00038. Contract administration requires electronic invoicing and receiving reports via Wide Area WorkFlow, with payment processed through the DoDAAC system. No pricing data is provided in the contract line items, and the total estimated value remains undefined. The solicitation is open for response until June 4, 2026, with proposals submitted exclusively through the DIBBS portal. The offeror must complete all representations in Section K, including UEI and CAGE code disclosure, size status, and socioeconomic certifications; however, no completed representations are present in the solicitation. No formal Section J attachment list exists, and while referenced standards and documents such as RP001 and Unit_of_Issue_and_Purchase_Unit.xlsx are cited, no associated metadata, file sizes, or identifiers are provided. FOB terms are FOB ORIGIN, transferring title and risk at the contractor’s shipping point, and no amendment or modification number has been assigned. The contract type is not explicitly defined, though the inclusion of FAR 52.216-1 and its alternate suggests a fixed-price structure.