STEM, VALVE
This is a total small business set-aside Navy procurement for a specially designated Level I/SOC “stem” component used in a crucial shipboard system, manufactured to NAVSEA drawing 801-6408529 from QQ-N-286 material. The resulting contract will be rated DX for national defense under DPAS, and past performance will be considered in the evaluation. Contractors must comply with extensive quality assurance, material traceability, testing certification, and configuration control requirements, including maintaining a quality system per ISO-9001 with specified calibration standards. Government quality assurance will be performed at the contractor’s source location, and the place of performance may not be changed without authorization.