SUPPORT, AUGMENTER E

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Logistics Agency, awarded Contract SPE4A726F8778 to C. F. Roark Welding & Engineering (CAGE 00518), a Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Small Business, for the procurement of 52 units of SUPPORT, AUGMENTER E (NSN 2840-01-544-9568) at a total contract value of $133,640.00, with an estimated maximum potential value of $1,999,999.99 across all delivery orders. The award, dated July 16, 2026, falls under Delivery Order SPE4A721D0307 and is structured as a fixed-price contract with FOB Destination terms, requiring delivery to Tinker AFB, OK, while manufacturing occurs at the contractor’s facility in Brownsburg, IN. The contract mandates strict compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1D for packaging and preservation, MIL-STD-129 for labeling and machine-readable barcoding, and MIL-STD-130N for item identification, with special markings for First Article and Product Verification Test samples. Inspection and acceptance occur at origin, with adherence to FAR 52.246-2 and FAR 52.246-11, requiring an ISO 9001:2008 quality system and acceptance quality levels of 0.1 for critical, 1.0 for major, and 4.0 for minor defects. The contractor must submit a First Article Test report within 340 days of contract award, followed by a 120-day government evaluation period, with final production delivery due 650 days after FAT approval. The contract incorporates multiple FAR and DFARS clauses governing quality, payment, cybersecurity, and subcontracting, including 52.209-4 for First Article Approval, 52.246-2 and 52.246-11 for inspection and quality standards, 52.232-40 for accelerated payments to small business subcontractors, and 252.204-7020 mandating compliance with NIST SP 800-171 for safeguarding covered defense information and reporting assessments to the Supplier Performance Risk