TUBE ASSEMBLY, BEARI

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded E.A. PATTEN CO LLC, a small disadvantaged woman-owned business with CAGE code 05819, a fixed-price contract valued at $85,320.00 for the delivery of two line items of tube assemblies identified by NSN 4710-00-377-1842, with 25 units and 20 units respectively, each priced at $1,896.00. The contract was awarded on July 15, 2026, under solicitation SPE7M4-25-Q-0377, and performance is based on FOB Origin terms with delivery scheduled for December 2, 2026, and January 4, 2027, to the DLA Distribution Depot in Tinker AFB, Oklahoma. Manufacturing occurs at the contractor’s facility in Manchester, Connecticut, while packaging and inspection are performed by PARK CITY PACKAGING, INC. in Stratford, Connecticut, under strict compliance with MIL-STD-2073-1E and RP001 packaging standards. Items must be marked per MIL-STD-129 and MIL-STD-130 with unique identifiers encoded in two-dimensional Data Matrix symbols using ISO/IEC 16022 and ISO/IEC 15434 standards, without issuing agency codes. The contract requires adherence to SAE AS9100 as the higher-level quality standard, with zero non-conformance acceptance criteria during inspection performed at origin by the Government. Several critical clauses are incorporated, including those for employment reporting on veterans, sustainable products, notification of safety issues, and critical safety item protocols defining aviation or ship-related components whose failure could lead to catastrophic consequences, triggering heightened surveillance. The contractor must comply with JCP certification requirements for export-controlled technical data under ITAR or EAR and hold CMMC Level 2 certification for cybersecurity handling of Covered Defense Information. Payment must be submitted exclusively via Wide Area WorkFlow with invoices aligned to the defined accounting data code BX: 97X4930 5CBX 001 2620 S33189. No contractual options or quantity variances are permitted, and all obligations are binding as specified under Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement provisions, including inspection, quality assurance, and reporting mandates governed by a designated contracting officer at DLA.