PACKING MATERIAL

The contract solicitation SPE7L3-26-T-135V seeks the delivery of four units of packing material identified by NSN 5330-01-724-6224, with a delivery schedule of 115 days ADO and a need ship date of December 1, 2026, and an original required delivery date of March 12, 2027. Performance is to be delivered to the DLA Distribution DDSP New Cumberland facility in Pennsylvania, with FOB Destination terms applying. The item is subject to stringent packaging and marking standards, requiring medium-duty, waterproof, greaseproof, and opaque packaging that complies with MIL-DTL-117, Type II, Class C, Style 1, particularly to protect UV-sensitive materials classified under FSC 5330/5331. All packaging must conform to MIL-STD-2073-1E and marking must follow MIL-STD-129, including barcoding and labeling with NSN, contract number, and handling codes. Mercury and mercury-containing compounds are prohibited from direct contact with hardware or supplies, except in specific permitted applications such as batteries, fluorescent lamps, sensors, weapon systems, and NAVSEA-specified reagents, with portable mercury-containing devices requiring shockproof construction and a second containment boundary per NAVSEA 5100-003D. The material must be free of asbestos, and no alternative items may be substituted without prior approval under Clause L30 and Provision 4 conditions. The contract incorporates multiple FAR and DFARS clauses addressing employment eligibility, human trafficking, sustainable products, hazardous materials identification, cybersecurity safeguards including NIST SP 800-171 and safeguarding covered defense information, whistleblower protections, and prohibition of covered defense telecommunications equipment. Pricing is not specified in the solicitation, and award is anticipated to be based on an LPTA methodology, with full invoice submission required through the Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) system. Offerors must be registered in SAM.gov, provide UEI and CAGE codes, and represent their small business status or socioeconomic designations such as SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, SDVOSB, or HUBZone. Proposals must be submitted electronically via DIBBS by the deadline of August 7, 2026, and will be inspected and accepted at the destination point by the government under FAR