This information is for solicitation SP0100-05-R-0107. The item is Frame, Men’s, Service Cap, Black Vinyl, MC. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8405-01-530-8034(s). The Military Specification is MIL-F-20268G dated October 26, 1989. The frame, service cap, balck shall be made in accordance with Type I, Class 1 of MIL-F-20268G (MC) dated October 26, 1989. Standard sample of sweatband, artificial leather is available and applicable for shade, finish and colorfastness, Roll No. 3015. The purchase quantity is for a Minimum of 28,770 each and a Maximum of 48,000 each. This procurement will consist of a Base Year and Four (4) One (1) Year Term Options. It is the Government’s intent to spread the quantity over three (3) deliveries for the first delivery order. The first delivery is due 120 days after the date of the award. FOB Destination – New Cumberland, Pa (W25G1U) and San Joaquin, CA (W62G2T) is required. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set Aside that will result in a firm fixed price contract. This is a Best Value Acquisition with Source Selection Procedures. The following factors will be utilized in descending order of importance: (1) Product Demonstration Model (PDM); (2) Past Performance/Experience; and (3) DLA Mentoring Business Agreement. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor. The Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. Reference Number Notes 1, 9, and 26. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102 (d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation or solicitation amendments. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home/ AFTER SEPTEMBER 15, 2005. From the Gateway homepage, select “Search RFP’s” from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFP’s. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFP’s, prospective vendors MUST go to the RFP Information Page and select DSCP Clothing & Textiles (C & T) as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The solicitations will be in a downloadable, printable format when viewed with an Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free software is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat,readstep2.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at
[email protected]. DSCP has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings either on our contract page http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Contracting/ or through http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch. Important Note on Foreign Content, the Defense appropriations and authorization acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as “The Berry Amendment”) imposes 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) 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.