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This solicitation is for 15 electric lighting fixtures. The closing date for offers has been extended to 11:59 PM local time on 7/11/2025. The solicitation remarks have been updated. For critical safety items, DFARS clause **** is incorporated by reference. Government inspection and acceptance will be conducted at the source. A pre-award survey and post-award conference may be required for all new manufacturers. Source approval requests must include specific documentation, including configuration drawings, process operation sheets, purchase orders, shipping documents, and a comparative analysis. Sampling rates and inspection levels are specified. The material is designated as critical material. Equipment such as fixtures, jigs, dies, etc. , are not provided by the government. The contractor is responsible for providing operating and maintenance instructions, spare parts, and repair of the first article during any first article test. The government reserves the right to require an equitable adjustment of the contract price for any extension of the delivery schedule or for any additional costs to the government related to these tests. The contractor shall notify the pco, aco, and qar fourteen 14 days prior to conducting the first article test so that the government may witness such testing. The qar shall be present to witness all first article testing. Additional personnel shall witness the first article testing. The contractor shall submit the first article test report within 15 calendar days from the date of testing. Within 45 calendar days after the government inspects the first article, the contracting officer shall notify the contractor, in writing, of the approval, conditional approval, or disapproval of the first article. If the first article is disapproved, the contractor, upon government request, shall repeat any or all first article tests. All costs related to these tests are to be borne by the contractor. The government reserves the right to require an equitable adjustment of the contract price for any extension of the delivery schedule or for any additional costs to the government related to these tests. If the contractor fails to present any first article on time, or the contracting officer disapproves any first article, the contractor shall be deemed to have failed to make delivery within the meaning of the default clause of this contract. Unless otherwise provided in the contract, and if the approved first article is not consumed or destroyed in testing, the contractor may deliver the approved first article as part of the contract quantity if it meets all contract requirements for acceptance. Before first article approval, the acquisition of materials or components for, or the commencement of production or, the balance of the contract quantity is at the sole risk of the contractor. The contractor shall produce both the first article and the production quantity at the same facility and shall submit a certification to the effect with each first article. The test report (2 copies) shall be in accordance with mil std 831, unless otherwise specified on the ****, and shall be submitted via the cognizant dcmc to navsup, attn: cite name and code in block 10. a of the sf33. The dcmc shall provide comments on form **** (2 copies) which shall be forwarded with the test report. Approval of the test report is the pcos responsibility. Upon notification of approval, condition approval, the aco shall execute the dd250 to indicate government acceptance of the test report. Alternate offers may waive first article approval requirements. Special inspection requirements include magnetic particle, surface, penetrant, radiographic, ultrasonic inspection, high shock, and mechanical vibration test. Representatives of the buying office and the cognizant field activity, nawc lakehurst, shall be notified by the successful contractor at least 14 days prior to presentation to the dcm qar of the items for final inspection so that the