PIN, COTTER

The contract solicits 1,227 cotter pins with NSN 5315-00-185-0037 under solicitation number SPE4A6-26-T-10FE, with a response deadline of August 6, 2026, and a delivery requirement of 113 days after award. The item is procured as fully competitive under a military specification and is subject to the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements, which governs all referenced technical and quality standards identified by R or I numbers. Critical item source inspection is mandatory, and sampling must follow MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331 Table 1, or an equivalent zero-based sampling plan, with zero non-conformances required unless otherwise specified. Attributes are to be classified with verification levels VII, IV, and II or AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 for critical, major, and minor characteristics respectively; unspecified attributes default to major. Mercury and mercury-containing compounds are prohibited from intentional addition or direct contact with the hardware, except for functional uses in batteries, fluorescent lights, certain instruments, sensors, controls, weapon systems, and NAVSEA-specified chemical reagents. Portable fluorescent lamps and instruments containing mercury must be shock-proof and include a secondary containment boundary meeting NAVSEA 5100-003D. The place of performance is Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and the contracting office is the ASC Commodities Division under the Department of Defense, with Paul Askew as the primary point of contact.