Purchase of NUT,PLAIN,HEXAGON

The contract is a sole-source 8(a) solicitation issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for the procurement of 75 plain hexagon nuts with NIIN 012450723. The solicitation, numbered N0010426QFD79, was posted on May 7, 2026, with responses due by June 5, 2026, and is targeted exclusively at an 8(a) certified small business due to its sole-source designation. The item is priced at $0.125 per unit under CLIN 0001, with delivery required FOB destination to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and full performance must be completed within 365 days of contract award. The contract incorporates extensive military standards for packaging, preservation, and marking under MIL-STD-2073-1, MIL-STD-129, and MIL-STD-130, including mandatory Unique Item Identification with machine-readable Data Matrix symbols, oxygen-clean requirements for specific SMIC codes, and strict adherence to palletization and wood packaging regulations per ISPM 15 and ANSI MH1-2016. Invoicing is mandatory through Wide Area WorkFlow, with payment routed via specified DoDAACs and electronic funds transfer. Inspection and acceptance may occur at either the contractor’s facility or destination, with the government retaining the right to reject nonconforming items even after acceptance, and full compliance with quality evidence requirements such as Certificates of Conformance and First Article Testing is expected. The evaluation will prioritize past performance using the Supplier Performance Risk System, with award based on the most advantageous proposal considering both price and performance history, not solely on lowest cost. The contractor must maintain compliance with numerous statutory and regulatory clauses, including Buy American Act alternates, whistleblower protections, subcontractor oversight requirements, NOFORN restrictions, and ongoing SAM registration integrity, while also adhering to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement provisions on technical data rights, quality assurance, and government access to proprietary information. All representations concerning small business status, joint ventures, and foreign ownership must be accurate and current at submission and upheld throughout performance.