TRANSFORMER, LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded Woodward HRT Inc. a delivery order under contract SPE4A124G0010 for a single Linear Variable Differential Transformer (NSN 1650003935080) at a fixed price of $724,586.25, with an award date of July 17, 2026. The solicitation, SPE4A5-26-T-1747, was issued under a Federal Acquisition Regulation framework that includes the mandatory inclusion of FAR 52.222-90, Addressing DEI Discrimination by Federal Contractors, implemented via DoD Class Deviation 2026-00040, Revision 1. This clause requires the contractor to refrain from engaging in race-based discrimination in employment or contracting practices, to report any noncompliance by subcontractors, to notify the contracting officer of any legal challenges to the clause by subcontractors, and to flow the provision down to all applicable subcontracts, with limited exceptions for performance outside the United States. The contract was awarded following a competitive process, though no evaluation factors, source selection methodology, or technical performance criteria are documented, and the award appears based on a single-line item with no option quantities or variable pricing. Delivery is to be made from the contractor’s facility located at 25200 Rye Canyon Rd, Valencia, CA 91355-1204, with no FOB terms, shipping instructions, or packaging requirements specified. The contracting officer is Dean Allen of DLA Aviation in Richmond, VA, who also serves as the point of contact for payment and administrative matters, though no Contracting Officer’s Representative or technical point of contact is identified. There are no references to inspection or acceptance procedures, quality standards, or military packaging specifications such as MIL-STD-129 or MIL-STD-130, nor are there any details regarding invoicing methods, payment office banking information, or appropriation data such as AAC, TAS, or ACRN line values. The contractor is identified by its CAGE code 81873 and is presumed compliant with unique entity identifier requirements, but no socioeconomic status representation or size certification is included in the documentation. The contract modification P00001 formalized the inclusion of the DEI clause, and while the issuance date of the solicitation was November 20, 2025,