QUICK ACTING WATER TIGHT HATCH

The U.S. Navy’s Fleet Logistics Center Puget Sound is soliciting two watertight hatches with quick-acting scuttles under solicitation N0040626Q0324, a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 336611. Each hatch consists of an individually raised, eight-dog, 10-degree inclined coaming with a watertight, three-dog, quick-acting scuttle and is to be delivered by April 1, 2027, to SRF and JRMC Yokosuka, Japan, with a DoDAAC of N62758. The items are firm fixed price with detailed technical specifications, including material requirements such as steel and CRES 316, test pressures of 5 and 20 psi, and exact dimensional tolerances. All proposals must cover the entire scope of the solicitation and any deviations or exceptions must be explicitly noted, or they will be assumed to conform fully. Offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), provide their CAGE code, company size, and confirm compliance with all applicable representations, including prohibitions on contracting with inverted domestic corporations, entities doing business with the Maduro regime or the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and covered defense telecommunications equipment. Manufacturer data including part numbers, size, and country of origin must be provided for each line item. Packaging and shipping must adhere to ASTM-D-3951 standards, prohibiting materials like asbestos, excelsior, loose fill polystyrene, newspaper, and shredded paper. Non-manufactured wood packaging requires heat treatment to 56°C for 30 minutes with ALSC certification, while manufactured wood like particleboard and plywood is exempt. All packages must be durable enough to withstand crane, forklift, and multi-modal transport without repackaging, with heavy items skid-mounted or crated for even weight distribution and clear lifting points. Marking must include NSN, FSN, or part number, noun nomenclature, quantity, unit of issue, contract number, contractor name and address, and delivery address. UID items must comply with MIL-STD-130 for item marking and MIL-STD-129 for packaging labeling, with all marks machine-readable. Air shipments must meet DTR 4500.9-R and AFMAN 24-605 V2 requirements, including proper blocking,