PIN, STRAIGHT, HEADLESS

The contract involves the procurement of three units of a straight, headless pin with NSN 5315-01-271-9340 under Solicitation SPE4A6-26-T-07BZ issued by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Aviation Aviation ASC Commodities Division. The solicitation, issued on July 17, 2026, requires responses by close of business on July 24, 2026, and is structured as a Request for Quotations under the DLA Master Solicitation for Automated Simplified Acquisitions Revision 105. Delivery is required 216 days after order receipt, with a target delivery date of October 14, 2026, and the shipment must be made FOB Origin to the DLA Distribution DDSP New Cumberland Facility in Pennsylvania. The item must comply with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging and MIL-STD-129 for marking, with mercury and mercury compounds strictly prohibited. Packaging codes specify preservation method 33, unit container BE, and intermediate container ES, while palletization must adhere to RP001 DLA guidelines. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination under FAR 52.246-2, with sampling requirements mandating adherence to MIL-STD-1916, ASQ H1331 Table 1, or a zero-based sampling plan; acceptance demands zero non-conformances if utilizing MIL-STD-105/ASQ Z1.4. Critical, major, and minor attributes must be verified at levels VII, IV, and II respectively, or corresponding AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0. Subcontracting for commercial products is governed by deviation 2026-O0015, and the contract requires compliance with 52.213-4 for simplified acquisitions and 52.216-1 Alt I for contract type. Electronic invoicing through Wide Area Workflow is mandatory, and contractors must validate their representations in SAM, including size status, socioeconomic designation, and compliance with prohibitions on covered defense telecommunications equipment and services. The contract includes extensive safeguarding clauses for cyber incident reporting, controlled information, whistleblower rights, trafficking in persons, hazardous materials, and hexavalent chromium, with NIST SP 800-171 assessments required under deviation 20