Sole Source to Deval Life Cycle Support LLC for AERO-64 Soft Belt Adapter

This contract is a sole-source award to Deval Life Cycle Support LLC for the AERO-64 Soft Belt Adapter, issued under the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Beach, Florida, with solicitation number N61331-26-Q-JK35. The procurement is structured as a commercial item acquisition under FAR Part 12, with a best value trade-off approach emphasizing price, delivery, quality, and past performance as evaluation factors, rather than a lowest price technically acceptable methodology. The contract requires delivery to NSWC-Panama City, Receiving Building #100, 110 Vernon Ave, Panama City, FL 32407-7001, with deliveries restricted to weekdays between 0900 and 1430 local time, excluding federal holidays. FOB terms are referenced as either origin or destination, though the specific term is not designated. The item must comply with MIL-STD-130 for Item Unique Identification (IUID), requiring permanent machine-readable data matrix barcodes and electronic submission of marking data through the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) system for payment and acceptance. Payment must be made via WAWF, with contractors required to notify both the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative upon submission. Performance is governed by a suite of mandatory FAR and DFARS clauses relating to cybersecurity, supply chain integrity, labor practices, and foreign entity restrictions, including requirements to safeguard covered contractor information systems, prohibit the use of hardware or services from Kaspersky Lab, Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Dahua, or ByteDance applications, and comply with anti-trafficking and anti-discrimination directives. The contractor must affirm representations regarding size status, UEI and CAGE codes, and compliance with Iranian sanctions, while also being subject to strict confidentiality and non-compete obligations under a unique clause C-204-H001 concerning Navy contract file management. Although the contract value is not explicitly stated, the sole-source justification implies the requirement falls below the simplified acquisition threshold of $25,000. The Contract Specialist, Jamell L. Kilgore, serves as the primary point of contact, while no COR or COTR is designated, placing all technical and administrative oversight responsibilities on the Contract Specialist and Procuring Contracting Officer. The absence of detailed pricing, CLIN structure, or explicit period of performance dates suggests the contract may be structured as a time-and-materials or delivery