NUT, PLAIN, ROUND

The contract is for the procurement of one plain round nut with NSN 5310-00-714-4085, issued under solicitation SPE4A6-26-T-73B3 by the Department of Defense, ASC Commodities Division. Delivery is required within 20 days of award, with FOB origin terms, and the item must be shipped to the Ordnance Readiness Development Center in Jiji Township, Nantou, Taiwan. The nut must conform to Basic Drawing NR 19206 7144085, Revision J, including specific bare item marking requirements, and all packaging must adhere to MIL-STD-2073-1E with QUP 001, preservation method 10, cleaning/drying level 1, unit container BD, intermediate container E5, and packing level B, while marking complies with MIL-STD-129 and palletization follows DLA Packaging Requirements for Procurement. Sampling and inspection are governed by MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331, Table 1, with zero non-conformances required for acceptance unless otherwise stated; 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 deemed major. The item must be manufactured without additive manufacturing unless explicitly authorized, and a Safety Data Sheet must be submitted prior to award if hazardous materials are involved. Quality and technical requirements are drawn from the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements, and the Buy American Act and Berry Amendment apply. The contractor must comply with cybersecurity mandates including NIST SP 800-171, safeguarding covered defense information under DFARS 252.204-7012, and prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment under DFARS 252.204-7018. All offers must be submitted via SAM-registered entities, and the contractor is required to use Wide Area WorkFlow for invoicing and payment documentation, with payments processed under the fixed-price line item structure. Ethical compliance includes prohibitions on mandatory arbitration agreements, whistleblower retaliation, and internal confidentiality clauses, and the contractor must affirm representations regarding socioeconomic status, including HUBZone eligibility for pricing preferences.