This pre-solicitation notice is for solicitation SPE1C1-16-R-0085 This is for the purchase of the following item: Item: Service, Hat, Drill Instructor, Olive Drab, Army NSN: 8405-01-157-1143 (s) AEQ: 7,860 *NOTE: Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) These items will be purchased in accordance with MIL-DTL-32075;A-A-50526C, Pattern Date 21 February 1995. This will be an indefinite delivery type contract, and there will be a 12 month base term and four (4) 12 month option terms. This acquisition will be 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside. The guaranteed minimum quantity will be 3,144 per term and the maximum quantity will be 49,125 over the life of the contract. Deliveries begin 120 days after date of award. Destination will be Pendergrass, GA. This acquisition will be procured using Best Value Source Selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 for award. The Solicitation will require the submission of a Technical Proposal requiring the submission of PDM(S), and Past Performance. This item is considered noncommercial; therefore, the provisions of FAR Part 12, "Acquisition of Commercial Items", will NOT be used. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. 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/. A few highlights of the information that will be found include: 1. On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process. 2. In order to register for access to secure portions of DLA DIBBS, the company you are representing must already be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (https://www.sam.gov/index.html#1). 3. A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed immediately. A User ID will appear on the registration screen and a password will be sent separately to the email address of the Super User. If a CAGE is already registered on DLA DIBBS, the name and email address of the Super User will be provided. The Super User should be contacted to set-up additional accounts, logons and passwords for their CAGE. DIBBS Super User * If your CAGE has already been registered on DIBBS, the name and email address of the person designated as your super user will be provided. * The representative who starts the DIBBS registration process has the option to accept their CCR registration POC as the DIBBS super user, or they can designate themselves or another person to act as the super user for the CAGE. * The super user acts as the account administrator for a CAGE. They can add up to ninety-eight (98) additional users, provide user IDs and passwords, modify existing users, and control the login status of each user for their CAGEs through My Account (Account Maintenance). ****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.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx If the portal does not provide a control number or if confirmation of the order is needed, send an e-mail to: TrpSptC&
[email protected] DLA Troop Support 700 Robbing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19111 ATTN: Eugenia Bodnar