This procurement is a total small business set-aside for MSA cartridges (eluent generator EGC-III MSA cartridge) manufactured by Thermo Electron North America LLC, with the part number fully descriptive and no associated technical drawings. The item must meet MIL-STD-129 marking requirements, have at least 85% of its 24-month shelf life remaining at time of shipment, and comply with specified quality assurance and packaging standards. Offerors must submit Safety Data Sheets and GHS-compliant product labels to the contracting officer prior to award, and pricing quoted must remain valid for 60 days after the closing date. Certificates of compliance and cure date certificates are required for submission at the time of material delivery. Standard government contract clauses apply, including inspection, acceptance, stop-work, and Wide Area Workflow payment instructions.

The contract is for 18 units of NSN 1H-6625-016544043-X3, with delivery to DLA Distribution in New Cumberland, PA. The government does not own the data rights for this part and reverse engineering is uneconomical, so it intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under FAR 6.302-1. All responsible sources may submit capability statements for consideration. The government will determine whether to compete based on responses.