This buy will be solicited as a Small Purchase, Total Small Business Set-Aside. This will be a Firm Fixed Price contract. The item is Slacks, Women’s, Blue MC 2319. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8410-01-525-1051 (s). The military specification is MIL-S-29432B dated 06/01/94 and the pattern date is 09/15/04. The purchase quantity is 3,740 each. 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. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor with the exception of the basic fabric, which will be provided as Government Furnished Material (GFM). The GFM material is Cloth, Poly/Wool, Gabardine, 10.6 oz 60”wide type II, Class 12 sky Blue MC Shade 2319, Mothproof Sponged. Reference Numbered Notes 1, 9, and 26. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations in paper form. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home AFTER 05/18/2005. From the Gateway home page, select “Search RFQs” from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFQ you wish to view. Amendments to this solicitation WILL NOT be available via the Gateway. In order to receive notification of amendments to this solicitation you must E-MAIL the Contract Specialist, listed below under Point of Contact, with the name and address of prospective offeror, phone and fax number and a point of contact. Please reference solicitation number in all e-mail correspondence. An unsuccessful offer may result if prospective offeror FAILS to e-mail the Contract Specialist of their intent to offer on this solicitation. In addition, you can enter DSCP C&T FSCs and NSNs to receive notification of RFQs. The Gateway will send all registered users an e-mail notification of RFQ solicitations based on your FSC and NSN profile. The NSN notification will contain a link that can connect users directly to a digital copy of the solicitation on the Internet. 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 for RFQs over 100KThe 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 Tracey O’Donnell. She can be reached at 215-737-7236, Email:
[email protected] Patterns and specifications can be ordered on www.warfighter.net under the contracting page.