NUT, SELF-LOCKING, HEXAGON

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a delivery order under contract SPE7LX21D0087 to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. (CAGE 1CAY9), a small business certified as a Women-Owned Small Business, Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business, and HUBZone Small Business, for the procurement of six self-locking hexagon nuts (NSN 5310011134047) at a total contract value of $4.98. The order is scheduled for delivery to the USS FT LAUDERDALE (LPD 28) at FPO AE 09595 USA with an FOB Destination term and a mandatory delivery deadline of August 10, 2026. The contract is managed under a broader indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity framework with a base period from April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2025, and options extending through March 31, 2031, with estimated total values ranging from $91.6 million to $229 million. Shipping must be conducted via traceable means, excluding parcel post, with all packages labeled with contract identification numbers and a Transportation Control Number (TCN: V3278A6207EM07), and must be processed through the Vendor Shipment Management system. Payment must be submitted via the Wide Area Workflow system to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service at P.O. Box 182317, Columbus, OH 43218-2317, and is governed by clauses requiring accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, interest on late payments, and levies on contract funds. The contractor is subject to stringent compliance obligations under NIST SP 800-171 for safeguarding Controlled Unclassified Information, requiring submission of cybersecurity assessment scores to the Supplier Performance Risk System, and must adhere to clauses prohibiting subcontracting with entities owned by state sponsors of terrorism, mandating utilization of Indian organizations and Native Hawaiian small businesses, and ensuring equal opportunity. The contract includes provisions for equitable adjustments, bankruptcy considerations, and the use of postconsumer fiber content paper. No specific inspection standards or packaging specifications beyond traceability and labeling are cited, and acceptance of goods is the responsibility of the U.S. government, occurring at destination for this delivery order. Contract administration is handled by William Wiegner and Samuel