WHEEL ASSEMBLY, PNEU

The Defense Logistics Agency awarded a fixed-price contract to LARKOS PACKING AND DISTRIBUTION INC (CAGE 6PZL1) for the delivery of one pneumatic wheel assembly (NSN 2530016653350) under solicitation SPE7L1-26-T-858X, with a total contract value of $174.67. The award was issued on July 27, 2026, and the delivery is scheduled for July 17, 2026, to be shipped FOB origin to the Distribution Management Office in Iwakuni, Japan. The contract follows simplified acquisition procedures and is governed by a comprehensive set of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) clauses, including stringent requirements for sustainable products, employment verification, trafficking in persons, cybersecurity, and hazardous material handling. The contractor must comply with MIL-STD-2073-1E for packaging, MIL-DTL-4 for tire-specific preservation, and MIL-STD-129 for marking, labeling, and bar-coding, including a mandatory 60-month non-extendable shelf life designation for this Type I item. All shipments must be labeled with UCC/SCC-14 barcodes and accompanied by appropriate hazard warnings and Material Safety Data Sheets. Acceptance is conducted at destination, and government inspection must verify zero non-conformances using MIL-STD-1916 or ASQ Z1.4 sampling plans under specific verification levels for critical, major, and minor attributes. Invoicing is exclusively through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), and the contractor is required to adhere to electronic payment and reporting standards. The contract includes clauses mandating compliance with cybersecurity safeguards under NIST SP 800-171, prohibition of covered defense telecommunications equipment, safeguarding of defense information, and whistleblower protections, alongside representations concerning small business status, entity identification, and compliance with sanctions on communist Chinese military companies. The contractor must also demonstrate adherence to environmental regulations, including the ban on ozone-depleting substances, and must implement approved preservation and packaging methods designated as Level B with internal materials and methods to be determined by the contractor but fully compliant with defense standards.