REDUCER, PIPE

The contract is for the procurement of 81 piping reducers manufactured via metal casting, with the NSN 4730-01-096-3177 and solicitation number SPE7M3-26-T-7876, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency’s Fluid Handling Division. Delivery is required 226 days after award to the DDFS New Cumberland facility in Pennsylvania, with pricing based on FOB origin terms. The supplier must comply with stringent packaging and marking standards per MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-STD-129, including use of D3 unit containers, corrosion inhibiting wrap, and UCC/ANSI-117-1 or EAN-128 compliant barcoding. Preservation requires dry storage only, with no active inhibitors or desiccants. Quality assurance mandates the submission of a Certificate of Quality Compliance (COQC) for each manufacturing lot, prepared in accordance with the Supplemental Quality Assurance Provision and uploaded electronically via iRAPT, with a physical copy provided at acceptance. Government inspection may occur at origin or destination, and acceptance is contingent upon verification of COQC compliance and system documentation. The contract is fixed-price and subject to numerous FAR and DFARS clauses governing cybersecurity, hazardous materials, trafficking in persons, employment eligibility, sustainable products, and safeguarding of defense information, including the strict requirements of FAR 52.227-1 Alternate I and II and DFARS 252.204-7012 for cyber incident reporting. Contractors must maintain a UEI and CAGE code, disclose socioeconomic status for small business preferences, and comply with prohibitions on use of covered defense telecommunications equipment and hazardous substances such as hexavalent chromium. All invoicing must be conducted through WAWF, and the supplier is obligated to adhere to DLA packaging requirements, with all associated data included in the item price. No pricing details are available in the solicitation, and award is likely to be on a lowest price technically acceptable basis.