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What is JCP certification? JCP certification is DLA's approval, granted through the Joint Certification Program and DD Form 2345, that lets a U.S. or Canadian company access export-controlled military technical data, including DLA drawings attached to DIBBS solicitations. You apply online through the JCP Portal, and certification lasts five years. You found a DIBBS RFQ for a p …
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A defense parts RFQ is a buy you can send only when three things are true: you are allowed to quote it, you can deliver in the stated days, and your price is under the last award. Then you build the DIBBS batch file. Allowed. On time. Under the last award. Then the batch file. This is for the quote clerk at a machine shop, fabricator, distributor, or reseller. One person, a pa …
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MIL-STD-2073 packaging codes on a DLA RFQ tell you exactly how each part has to be preserved, wrapped, cushioned, boxed and marked. On military-packaging items these codes are mandatory unless the contract allows options. Find the packaging data on the RFQ, decode each code, price the materials and labor, and ask the contracting officer if anything is missing. Don't assume your …
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