Gloves, Knitted Wristlet

THIS IS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT. THE BERRY AMENDMENT AND THE BUY AMERICAN ACT APPLY. CONTRACTOR MUST HAVE A VALID REGISTRATION IN SAM AND MUST HAVE A GOVERNMENT CAGE CODE. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 18, 2021. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. A Request for Quote (RFQ) will be issued on or after 2021 October 18 for Gloves, Knitted Wristlet, PGC: 10195, NSN: 8415-00-268-8350 made in accordance with Commercial Item Description A-A-50016B. The requirement will be issued as Unrestricted. The resulting award will be a firm fixed price, fixed quantity purchase order for 15,000 pairs. The Production Lead Time (PLT) is 105 days after the date of award. Delivery terms: FOB Destination, Inspection and Acceptance at destination. Offerors will be required to provide the following: (*) A courtesy sample consisting of one (1) pair of gloves. The sample must be received by DLA Troop Support by the solicitation closing date and time. (*) A list of all material component suppliers (company name, address, and material component). (*) The location where manufacturing will take place (company name and address). (*) If any portion of manufacturing will be subcontracted, the offeror will be required to provide a letter of commitment from each manufacturer (subcontractor) the offeror intends to utilize affirming that the manufacturer (subcontractor) will only provide Berry compliant items in the performance of the award, in the quantities required, and in time to meet the delivery schedule. The solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ . Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. All offerors MUST be registered in SAM (System for Award Management) to be eligible for award. All responsible sources may submit offers, which DLA Troop Support shall consider. Please note that ALL materials used in the fabrication of this item shall be furnished by the successful offeror. THIS SOLICITATION CONTAINS DOMESTIC RESTRICTIONS, WHICH MEANS ALL COMPONENTS AND ALL MANUFACTURING MUST BE OBTAINED/PERFORMED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZATION ACTS AND OTHER STATUTES (INCLUDING WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS “THE BERRY AMENDMENT”) IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON THE DOD’S ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. GENERALLY, CLOTHING AND TEXTILE ITEMS (AS DEFINED IN DFARS CLAUSE 252.225-7012) AND “SPECIALTY METALS” (AS DEFINED IN DFARS CLAUSE 252.225-7014), INCLUDING THE MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SENSORS, ELECTRONICS, OR OTHER ITEMS ADDED TO, AND NOT NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CLOTHING), MUST BE GROWN, REPROCESSED, REUSED, MELTED OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS POSSESSIONS OR PUERTO RICO, UNLESS ONE OF THE DFARS 225.7002-2 EXCEPTIONS APPLIES. DLA Troop Support has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns, and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for DLA TROOP SUPPORT Clothing and Textiles (C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA TROOP SUPPORT C&T Technical Data Repository area at http://www.troopsupport.dla.mil/Portal/sreqfrm.aspx.