The Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Maritime Norfolk Contracting Division intends to negotiate a firm-fixed-price contract, in which this material will be used at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 331110: Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing. This procurement will be solicited as a 100% total small business set-aside.

The contract line item (CLIN) is as follows:

CLIN 0001 (350) bags, 1.5% LANTHANATED TUNGSTEN

ORDERING DATA:

•A.     TUNGSTEN ORDERED SHALL MEET AWS 5.12 M FOR EWLa-1.5

•B.     LOT CLASSIFICATION - S3 FROM AWS A5.01M

•C.     LENGTH = 1 3/8'' +/- 1/64''

•D.     DIAMETER = 0.093'' +/- 0.003''

•E.      ONE END TAPER = 25 DEGREE +/- 1 DEGREE

•F.      TIP DIAMETER = 0.030'' + 0.005'' / -0.001''

•G.     LEVEL OF TESTING - SCHEDULED 5 OR J FROM AWS A.501M

•H.     BLUNT END PAINTED GOLD

•I.        MATERIAL TYLE = 1.5% LANTHANATED TUNGSTEN

•J.       BATCH/LOT NUMBER AND NNSY PURCHASE DOCUMENT NUMBER TO BE PRINTED ON EACH PLASTIC RESEALABLE BAG

•K.     25 PIECES PER BAG

•L.      EACH BAG SHALL BE IDENTIFIED WITH THE AWS NUMBER, LENGTH, ELECTRODE DIAMETER, TAPER ANGLE, TIP DIAMETER, AND MATERIAL TYPE (1.5% LANTHANATED)

•M.    CHEMICAL CERTIFICATION FOR EACH BATCH/LOT NUMBER IN EACH ORDER REQUIRED WITH ORDER.

•N.     PAINT THICKNESS MUST NOT INTERFERE WITH TUNGSTEN INSERTION.

•O.     POLISHED FINISH; GRINDING OF TUNGSTEN ELECTRODES SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE AXIS OF THE ELECTRODE PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE GRINDING WHEEL.

•P.      BULK INSPECTION NO LONGER REQUIRED PER CODE 105.11 JIM HORNE

**MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET REQUIRED WITH MATERIAL.**

All items/boxes over 40 lbs. under this solicitation and/or contract is required to be palletized. Delivery will not be accepted to any material that IS NOT palletized. The shipment will not be offloaded and will be returned.

All quotes shall include price(s), FOB Point, (estimated freight charge to ZIP 23709 if not destination), TAX ID #, DUNS #, CAGE code, business size, payment terms, and delivery time.

This procurement will be processed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Items. The solicitation number is SPMYM1-16-Q-0045 and it is expected to be posted on or about 3 March 2016 and posted in FedBizOpps, https://www.fbo.gov/. Quotes will be due by 12:00 PM EST on 9 March 2016 and may be e-mailed to the attention of Elizabeth Crocker at [email protected]. Please make sure that the solicitation number (SPMYM1-16-Q-0045) is included in the subject line of any e-mail correspondence. E-mails without subject lines will not be read because of security issues.

Vendors are hereby notified that the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at https://www.fbo.gov (Federal Business Opportunities). By submitting a quote, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither it nor its principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal agency.