SCREW, CAP, SOCKET HEAD

This contract specifies the procurement of socket head cap screws meeting precise military and industry standards, with detailed technical, quality, and packaging requirements enforced throughout manufacturing and delivery. The item is defined by a recognized part standard, and only hardware manufactured to the current revision of that standard is acceptable; past revisions are grandfathered only for previously produced items. The screw is made of nickel copper per QQ-N-281 Class B, sized 1/4-20 UNC 3A x 1/2, and is subject to stringent dimensional inspection per System 22 of Fed-Std-H28/20 for all 3A and 3B threads, excluding small internal and external threads. It is classified as a critical item with mandatory source inspection, and is part of the Navy’s Industrial Material Quality Improvement Program, requiring full compliance with the Certificate of Quality Compliance (CoQC) clause. Zero defect sampling is mandated under MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331, with critical, major, and minor attributes assigned verification levels VII, IV, and II or AQLs of 0.1, 1.0, and 4.0 respectively. The item is designated as a commercial item of a type and falls under the Plastics Removal in the Marine Environment (PRIME) program, requiring strict adherence to packaging standards per MIL-STD-2073-1E, with mandatory marking according to MIL-STD-129 and additional identification per MIL-STD-130N. All packaging and preservation methods must exclude mercury or mercury-containing compounds, with exceptions only for specific functional applications approved by NAVSEA, and portable devices containing mercury must include secondary containment. The screw must be palletized per DLA packaging requirements, with no special marking code applied, and delivered FOB origin to the DLA distribution facility in New Cumberland, PA, by January 3, 2027, against a 384-unit order. Inspection and acceptance both occur at origin, with zero variance allowed in quantity, and all documentation must align with the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements, referenced through CDRLs including COQCCDRLs, RQ006, RQ011, and RQ017.