SPACER, SLEEVE

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a fixed-price contract to SPEC TECH USA INC (CAGE 3LRU1) for the supply of 176 units of a SPACER, SLEEVE (NSN 5365001748620) under solicitation SPE4A7-26-T-585N, with a total contract value of $1,499.52. Delivery is required 171 days after receipt of order, with an original delivery date of October 20, 2026, and a need ship date of January 17, 2027, to the DDSP NEW CUMBERLAND FACILITY in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. FOB terms are origin, and the contractor must comply with all applicable military and federal standards including MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging, MIL-STD-129 for marking and 2D Data Matrix barcoding, and RP001 for palletization. Preservation requirements mandate a clean and dry state with no preservative material, and all labeling must adhere to 29 CFR 1910.1200 and DFARS 252.223-7001 for hazardous materials, including compliance with FIFRA and FFDCA where applicable. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination by the government using MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ H1331 sampling methods with strict acceptance criteria—AQL 0.1 for critical attributes and AQL 1.0 for major attributes—and the manufacturer must maintain an inspection system compliant with SAE AS9003 or ISO 9001 tailored to AS9003. The contract incorporates numerous FAR and DFARS clauses, including those on equal opportunity for workers with disabilities, combating trafficking in persons, employment eligibility verification, sustainable products, hazardous material identification, unauthorized obligations, accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, safeguarding contractor information systems, changes, subcontracting for commercial products, inspection of supplies, default, restrictions on mandatory arbitration, prohibition of hexavalent chromium, restrictions on acquiring items from communist Chinese military companies, export control, electronic payment submissions, wide area workflow instructions, levies on payments, and NIST SP 800-171 DOD assessment requirements. The contractor must submit payment requests via WAWF and adhere to the prohibition on using foreign-flag vessels for