SYNCHRO, CONTROL TRA

DERCO AEROSPACE, INC. (CAGE 8X044), a small business, has been awarded a delivery order under the IDIQ contract SPE4AX-26-D-P001 for seven units of a synchro control transformer (NSN 5990002448442) at a notional unit price of $1.00, resulting in a total contract value of $7.00. The award, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency on July 20, 2026, is structured as a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurement with all performance and inspection occurring at the contractor’s facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, under FOB ORIGIN terms. Delivery must be completed no later than April 16, 2027, with title and risk of loss transferring to the government upon shipment from the contractor’s site. The item is classified as a Critical Application Item, requiring compliance with stringent quality and cybersecurity standards, including CMMC Level 2 certification, safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information per NIST SP 800-171 and DFARS 252.204-7012, and adherence to the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements, which takes precedence over all other standards. Packaging and labeling must conform to MIL-STD-129 for barcode and marking compliance and ASTM D3951 for packaging, supplemented by DLA’s RP001 packaging requirements. Inspection is conducted at origin by the government using MIL-STD-1916 sampling procedures with Acceptable Quality Levels of 0.1 for critical attributes, 1.0 for major, and 4.0 for minor, requiring zero non-conformances for critical items. Payment will be processed by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Columbus, Ohio, using the SL4701 payment code against a government voucher, with no electronic invoicing system specified. The contract includes mandatory clauses for physical item marking, documentation for source approval, and covered defense information requirements, while no options, modifications, or additional line items are currently active. The contract vehicle allows for future negotiated pricing on unpriced NIINs, but this specific order remains fixed at $7.00.