53 -- Specialty Metals Compliance

The Department of Defense is looking for manufacturers/distributors of fasteners who can demonstrate compliance of the Specialty Metals provision of DFARS 252.225-7014 Alt. 1. To be compliant with this provision, the metal used to fabricate the item must be melted in the United States or a qualifying country, or the item must be manufactured in a qualifying country. This solicitation includes FSC categories: 5305 Screws 5306 Bolts 5307 Studs 5310 Nuts and washers 5315 Nails, Machine Keys and Pins 5320 Rivets 5325 Fastening Devices The manufacturer or distributors must be willing to demonstrate that items sold to DoD Prime Contractors are compliant with the Specialty Metal provision of DFARS 252.225-7014 Alt. 1 as stated in current DoD policy guidance. List A - 252.225-7014 Preference for Domestic Specialty Metals ?Specialty metals? means? (i) Steel? (A) With a maximum alloy content exceeding one or more of the following limits: manganese, 1.65 percent; silicon, 0.60 percent; or copper, 0.60 percent; or (B) Containing more than 0.25 percent of any of the following elements: aluminum, chromium, cobalt, columbium, molybdenum, nickel, titanium, tungsten, or vanadium; (ii) Metal alloys consisting of nickel, iron-nickel, and cobalt base alloys containing a total of other alloying metals (except iron) in excess of 10 percent; (iii) Titanium and titanium alloys; or (iv) Zirconium and zirconium base alloys. List B - DFARS 225.872-1 Australia Luxembourg Belgium Netherlands Canada Norway Denmark Portugal Egypt Spain Federal Republic of Germany Sweden France Switzerland Greece Turkey Israel United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Italy The following countries may be included as approved on a purchase-by-purchase basis: Austria Finland Points of Contact Brenna Goode ([email protected]) at PRICEFIGHTERS P.O. Box 15129, Norfolk, Virginia 23511-0129 Additional Information This is a market survey to determine possible sources.