TRANSDUCER

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Bell Textron Inc. a firm-fixed-price delivery order under contract number SPE4AC26F0044 for the procurement of 50 transducers, identified by NSN 6620-01-179-4142, at a unit price of $4,737.00, resulting in a total contract value of $236,850.00. The award was issued on July 14, 2026, and performance is governed by FAR Part 12 as a commercial item acquisition, with delivery required to the DLA Distribution Site in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, from Bell Textron’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The contract specifies FOB Origin terms with government payment responsibility, and the item must be delivered in full by April 2, 2029, with a permitted quantity variance of minus ten percent, requiring a minimum delivery of 45 units. Packaging and marking must strictly adhere to MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-STD-129, including barcoding, lot and serial number identification, and the display of the contractor’s and manufacturer’s CAGE codes. The transducer is designated as a Critical Safety Item and source-controlled, requiring adherence to proprietary specifications from Kulite and Bell, with any alternate sourcing requiring a formal Source Approval Request package. Compliance with extensive labor, ethics, and subcontracting regulations is mandated through the inclusion of multiple FAR clauses, including requirements for equal opportunity, combating human trafficking, whistleblower protections, employment eligibility verification, and service contract labor standards, with Alternate I versions applied where specified. The contractor must implement a small business subcontracting plan and report on utilization of small, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, women-owned, and economically disadvantaged women-owned businesses, as indicated by affirmative selections under multiple FAR 52.219-series clauses. Electronic invoicing through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) is mandatory, with payments processed via DoDAAC SL4701 and remitted to a Columbus, Ohio, address. Quality control requires zero non-conformances, with inspection and acceptance performed by the government at the contractor’s facility using MIL-STD-1916 sampling standards and AQL levels of 0.1 for critical defects. The contractor must also complete a CMMC Level 2 self-assessment, safeguard covered defense information as defined by RD002,