V Corps Portable Hearing Test System

The U.S. Army’s V Corps Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion at Camp Kosciuszko, Poland is soliciting two portable hearing test systems under contract W912PB26QA062, with a firm fixed price structure and a required delivery date of July 1, 2026. The procurement is classified under NAICS code 339112 for electrotherapeutic apparatus manufacturing and is not subject to any set-aside provisions. The contract mandates full compliance with Department of Defense and federal acquisition regulations, including mandatory unique item identification per MIL-STD-130 using 2D Data Matrix symbols compliant with ISO/IEC 16022, and shipment labeling per MIL-STD-129. All deliverables must be marked with machine-readable identifiers that include application and data identifiers as defined by MIL-STD-15418 and MIL-STD-15434, with the issuing agency code derived internally and not physically marked. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination, FOB Destination, at Forward Company APO AE 09103-3121, with Fort Knox, Kentucky serving as a central receiving point. The systems must meet ANSI S3.1-1999 (R2018) ambient noise standards and comply with DoDI 6055.12 for hearing protection fit testing. Offers are evaluated based on warranty, annual maintenance coverage for four years, and price, with award determined through a trade-off process favoring the most advantageous proposal rather than lowest price technically acceptable. The contract incorporates numerous FAR and DFARS clauses, including prohibitions on contracting with inverted domestic corporations, Kaspersky Lab products, and Chinese telecommunications equipment, along with requirements for security clearances, trafficking in persons compliance, electronic funds transfer payments, and subcontractor reporting. Payment is exclusively processed through Wide Area WorkFlow using invoice types including Invoice 2in1, and all invoices must be submitted to the designated DoDAAC HQ0490. The contracting officer is MAJ Benjamin Garner, with MAJ Zachary Hawkins serving as the primary point of contact and LTC Kevin Vogt as the contracting officer’s representative. The solicitations closed on May 15, 2026, following a two-day extension, and no completed offeror representations regarding size status, socioeconomic certifications, or covered telecommunications equipment disclosures were provided in the documentation.