RUBBER STRIP

The contract is for the procurement of one roll of rubber strip, unit of issue 1 RO equals 50 feet, identified by National Stock Number 5330-01-6517290 under solicitation SPE7L1-26-T-838G issued by the Department of Defense’s Land Supply Chain. The requirement is for simplified acquisition with a 20-day delivery window after order placement, FOB destination, and performance at FPO 09587. The item must be free of asbestos and any mercury-containing compounds except as specifically exempted for functional applications in batteries, lighting, instruments, sensors, controls, weapon systems, and chemical reagents. Technical and quality specifications are incorporated by reference from the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements using R or I designators, and packaging must comply with MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-DTL-117, Type II, Class C, Style 1, requiring medium duty, waterproof, greaseproof, opaque bags for UV-sensitive materials under Federal Supply Classifications 5330/5331. This applies to Direct Vendor Delivery, Foreign Military Sales, and stock shipments. Identification marking follows MIL-STD-130N and MIL-STD-129, including Special Marking Code 32 for shelf life and palletization per RP001 DLA packaging requirements. Removal of government identification from non-accepted supplies is required per RQ011. The contract mandates compliance with cybersecurity and information safeguarding clauses including DFARS 252.204-7012 and prohibitions on covered defense telecommunications equipment under DFARS 252.204-7018. Offerors must maintain current representations in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov), disclose non-domestic materials under Buy American and Berry Amendment requirements, and certify compliance with whistleblower protections, trafficking in persons, labor standards, and small business program representations. Payment processing must be conducted through Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), requiring contractor registration and use of routing data, with submitting both invoice and receiving report as a combo document unless exempted. The solicitation is not a small business set-aside and carries a priority rating of DO-C9 with deviation 2026-00038 applied to multiple FAR clauses relating to contract type, SAM maintenance, simplified acquisition terms, and small business representations.