Shoe, Men’s Dress Poromeric, Quantity: Minimum 158,712 Pr; Maximum 314,634 Pr with four term options. Opts 1-4-Minimum 158,712 Pr; Maximum 314,634 Pr. One unrestricted award, based on best value evaluation, will be made at 50% of the total quantities listed above. One Small Business set-aside award, based on best value evaluation, will be made at 50% of the total quantities listed above. Destination: Contractor Bill & Hold Facility. Items to be manufactured in accordance with Bates Style 941 or equal. Procurement will be issued on an unrestricted & set-aside basis and will be evaluated under Best Value procedures with the following evaluation factors; Product Demonstration Model, Experience/Past Performance, Bill & Hold, Socio-Economic Support, & Javits-Wagner-O’Day Entity Support. 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 April 24, 2006. From the Gateway homepage, select "Search RFPs" from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFPs. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFPs, 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 on our contracting page. To request technical data for DSCP Clothing and Textiles (DSCP C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DSCP C&T Technical Data Repository area at https://phl1s410.dscp.dla.mil/pls/portal/CUSTOM_DSCP_APP.CTSREQ_DYN_PATTERN.show Important Note on Foreign Content 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. *Please note that DSCP has a current domestic non-availability determination for Poromeric material.