WASHER, RECESSED

AAR SUPPLY CHAIN, INC. has been awarded a delivery order under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract SPE4A726D5269, issued by the Defense Logistics Agency, for the procurement of 70 recessed washers (NSN 5310011639593) at a total price of $14,541.10, with delivery scheduled for August 16, 2027. The contract operates under a three-year base period extending from March 2, 2026, to March 1, 2029, with two optional years containing pre-negotiated unit price escalations to $215.60 in Year 2 and $223.72 in Year 3, and a total contract value ceiling of $349,999.99 across all periods. The item is to be delivered FOB origin from the contractor’s facility in Wood Dale, Illinois, to the destination address at DLA Distribution’s New Cumberland Facility in Pennsylvania, with government responsibility for transportation costs. Inspection and acceptance occur at the destination per FAR 52.246-2, and compliance with MIL-STD-129 is mandatory for all packaging, labeling, and 2D Data Matrix barcoding requirements. Packaging must conform to ASTM D3951 or the DLA Master List of Technical and Quality Requirements and adhere to RP001 for palletization. The contract includes numerous FAR and DFARS clauses addressing labor practices, equal opportunity, termination for convenience, default, ordering limitations, indefinite quantity terms, cybersecurity controls per NIST SP 800-171, prohibition of toxic materials and hexavalent chromium, Buy American Act compliance with Alternate I, restrictions on foreign purchases and Communist Chinese military companies, and flowdown obligations to subcontractors. The contractor is required to use Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF) for all invoicing, and the contracting officer is Marian Edwards of DLA Aviation. Although the contractor is not represented as a small business under NAICS code 332722, the contract includes specific representations on size status and socioeconomic categorization, and HUBZone joint venture clauses with fill-in requirements remain applicable. Cybersecurity compliance, including CMMC Level 2 or above, cyber incident reporting within 72 hours, and safeguarding of Controlled Unclassified Information, is