This information is for solicitation SP0100-03-R-0068. The item is Coat, Man's, Poly/Wool Serge, Coast Guard Blue Shade 3362. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8405-01-113-2560 (s). The purchase quantity is MIN 5460/ MAX 6552 each with two (2) additional options. The delivery quantity is spread over three (3) delivery increments. The first delivery is due 120 days after the date of award. The destination is DDSP New Cumberland Facility, Building Mission Door 113-134, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5002. 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: Production Demonstration Model (PDM) and Experience/Past Performance. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor with exception of the basic fabric (Cloth, Poly/Wool Serge, Coast Guard Blue Shade 3362), which will be provided as GFM. The cloth is 60 inches wide and weighs 11.3 ounces. The storage facility for the cloth is Burlington Industries Distribution Center located in Hurt, VA. Reference Numbered 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.mil/home AFTER March 5, 2003. 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 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] 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) 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. The Contract Specialist is Ashley Liddle. She can be reached at 215-737-3076 or
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