SEAT, VEHICULAR

The contract is for the procurement of 284 vehicular seats, left-hand, identified by NSN 2540-01-360-8047, under solicitation SPE7L4-26-R-X013, issued by the Department of Defense’s LSO Combat Vehicles and Armament through DLA Land and Maritime. The contract is structured as an indefinite-delivery contract with a one-year base period and four optional years, capped at $350,000, and uses a firm-fixed-price model with zero variance in quantity. Delivery is required within 142 days after delivery order issue, with FOB origin as the point of transfer, and both inspection and acceptance occur at origin. The item must be sourced from approved entities on the source-controlled drawing 12414335, and all components must conform to approved part numbers and specifications listed therein. The seat requires a phosphate coating per MIL-STD-171, MIL-DTL-16232, and TT-C-490 Types I, II, and V, with the coating contractor certified by the Performance Review Institute to the NADCAP standard for phosphate chemical processes. Compliance with MIL-STD-130N is mandatory for identification marking, and packaging must follow MIL-STD-2073-1E and the Special Packaging Instruction AK13608047 Revision B, with palletization governed by DLA requirements. Marking on outer containers must adhere to MIL-STD-129, and for first article submissions, the container must be clearly labeled in bold red letters as “FIRST ARTICLE” with advance notification to the government testing facility. The contract imposes stringent quality and cybersecurity controls. A Certificate of Conformance is required, and sampling follows MIL-STD-1916 or a comparable zero-based method, with acceptance criteria requiring zero non-conformances unless otherwise stipulated. A government source inspection with a first article test is mandatory, and this requirement remains enforceable even if the test is not invoked. The item includes components governed by Qualified Products Lists, and all materials must comply with prohibitions on ozone-depleting chemicals and hexavalent chromium. Cybersecurity compliance is required under CMMC Level 2 self-assessment, and covered defense information is subject to DFARS 252.204-7000 and 252.204-7016