[Kevin Sevcik]

As for your chain counting against withholding, if you bring in chain that hasn't ever been broken, that's obviously COTS material. If you bring in chain that's pre-broken to the exact lengths you need, that's obviously a fabricated item. If you have a box full of random lengths of chain from previous years? Technically a fabricated item, but it's a pretty gray area. I'd personally consider it COTS, since it's not specifically fabricated for your robot, and you're going to gain approximately zero advantage by using it. Also, I'm pretty sure next to no one even thinks about random lengths of chain being fabricated items, so everyone hauls in tons of chain anyways.