TUBE ASSEMBLY, METAL

This solicitation, numbered SPE4A5-26-T-150H, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency’s ASC Supplier Operations OEM Division, seeks the procurement of two line items of metal tube assemblies with NSN 4710-01-612-3418, totaling eight units across two quantities (3 and 5 units). Offers must be submitted electronically through the DIBBS platform by the close of business on May 22, 2026, with delivery required at Cherry Point, North Carolina, within 169 days after date of order under FOB Destination terms. The solicitation explicitly prohibits Fast Pay and strongly encourages offerors to provide quoted quantity ranges to accommodate fluctuating demand and avoid administrative re-solicitation, though this flexibility does not extend to Auto IDC. All offerors must confirm compliance with the prohibition on using covered telecommunications equipment or services under FAR 52.204-24 and DFARS 252.204-7018, and must adhere to domestic sourcing restrictions including the Berry Amendment (threshold reduced to $150,000), the Buy American Act, and applicable DFARS clauses 252.225-7006, 252.225-7012, and 252.225-7015, submitting disclosure information if non-domestic materials are proposed. Small business joint ventures must submit required representations per FAR 52.212-3 and 52.219-1 for applicable socioeconomic categories. The successful contractor must implement a quality management system compliant with SAE AS9100 or equivalent and comply with exhaustive packaging and labeling requirements under MIL-STD-2073-1E and MIL-STD-129, including mandatory Data Matrix and linear barcodes with specific marking elements like NSN, contract number, CAGE codes, and lot number. All shipments must be palletized per DLA’s RP001 guidelines with clean/dry preservation (Method 10) and no chemical preservatives. Contractors must register via the new DLA Account Management & Provisioning System (AMPS) within two months to retain access to the Vendor Shipment Module (VSM), and those using VSM WebServices must update their internal schema to avoid service disruption. Cybersecurity obligations are enforced through DFARS 252.20