NUT, SELF-LOCKING, CASTELLATED, HEXAGON

The contract is for the procurement of 2 units of a self-locking, castellated, hexagon nut with NSN 5310-01-469-5742 from Young Engineering & Manufacturing, Inc., under solicitation SPE4A6-26-T-13QA, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency’s ASC Commodities Division. Delivery is required within 170 days of award, with an original target delivery date of January 4, 2027, and a need ship date of January 31, 2027. Supplies are to be delivered FOB origin to the designated receiving warehouse in Tracy, California, with both inspection and acceptance performed at the destination. All packaging must conform to MIL-STD-2073-1E using a unit packaging code of U, with no preservation or wrap materials applied, and the intermediate container type is E5 with unspecified quantity. Marking must strictly follow MIL-STD-129 with no special markings, and palletization must meet DLA’s RP001 packaging requirements. Mercury or mercury compounds are entirely prohibited in the item, its packaging, preservation, and marking, except for functional uses in specific exempted applications per NAVSEA 5100-003D, and portable mercury-containing devices must have secondary containment. Sampling and inspection are governed by MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331, Table 1, with attributes classified into critical (AQL 0.1), major (AQL 1.0), and minor (AQL 4.0) categories, requiring zero non-conformances unless otherwise stated. The contract mandates compliance with hazardous material labeling under 29 CFR 1910.1200, inclusion of Safety Data Sheets, and adherence to physical item marking requirements under RQ017. The contractor must submit all documentation electronically via WAWF for invoicing and is bound by clauses on employment eligibility, equal opportunity, trafficking in persons, sustainable products, and unenforceability of unauthorized obligations. Small business representation and socioeconomic status certifications are required but not completed in the solicitation. The contractor must possess a valid UEI and CAGE code and comply with NIST SP 800-171 cybersecurity requirements. No contract pricing is specified in the solicitation, and the contract type remains to be determined upon award.