This opportunity is for the manufacture of a critical shipboard component, designated as Special Emphasis Material (Level I), requiring strict adherence to detailed technical specifications and quality systems. The contractor must provide a quality system per ISO-9001 and meet extensive traceability, certification, and testing requirements, including specific laboratories for a Slow Strain Rate Tensile Test. Final delivery of material is required within 365 days after the effective date of the resulting contract, with certification data due 20 days prior. This is a total small business set-aside, and the place of performance is subject to Government Quality Assurance at the source. The contract will be issued under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) with a DO rating.