Membrane Element Assembly

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE DLA Troop Support intends to issue an unrestricted Request for Proposal (RFP) for the acquisition of NSN (National Stock Number) 4440-01-459-4300 (P/N 7001-G501) which is to be manufactured by Howell Laboratories, Inc. (22501) under solicitation number SPE8EB-16-R-0002. Solicitation Period: 30 days. Estimated Issue Date: 28 December 2015; Estimated Closing Date: 28 January 2016. No proposals will be accepted in response to this notice, it is JUST A NOTICE. Please wait for the actual solicitation document. This solicitation will be an Indefinite Quantity Type Contract (IQC) for stock replenishment, which will be awarded in accordance with the policies and procedures outlined in FAR part 15. Large business concerns must submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan along with their proposal. The procurement is being solicited as an unrestricted Indefinite Quantity Type Contract (IQC). The resulting contract will have a 2 year base, with 3 one year options. An IQC is being initiated due to consistent recurring requirements. The guaranteed minimum is 20 EA per year. The guaranteed minimum for the base period (2 years) is 40 EA. The contract maximum value is $10,000,000.00. The Government will make an award, as a result of this solicitation, to the responsible offeror, offering the lowest price, whose offer conforms to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this solicitation. The required delivery schedule for the contract will be 360 days. The contract will be required Inspection and Acceptance at Destination. FOB Origin delivery will be made to the Defense Distribution Depot. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) will be required. Certified cost and pricing data will be required per FAR 15.403-4(B) (3) This acquisition is subject to the requirements of the Trade Agreement Act of 1979. All offers shall be in the English language and in U.S. dollars. All proposals must include a hard copy of a completed solicitation with price and delivery data. Follow directions as outlined in the solicitation. Offerors responding to the solicitation must submit their proposal to the Business Opportunities Office (BOO); address will be shown on page 3 of the solicitation. DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. Proposals will not be accepted until after the solicitation has been issued. This agency will consider proposals submitted by all responsible sources. After the solicitation issue date, a copy of this solicitation can be obtained through the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS). Interested parties will be able to obtain and view all required information to respond to the solicitation. NOTE: Copies of the solicitation package will be available after the solicitation issue date; copies will be made available on the DLA Internet Bid Board System at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil. From the DIBBS Homepage, select "RFP/IFBs" from the top toolbar. Then search by the subject solicitation number. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). In order to download and view these documents, you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at http://www.adobe.com . This solicitation will not be made available through electronic data interchange (EDI). No hard copies of the solicitation will be made available.