deocoration set joint service commendation consisting of the following: Joint service commendation medal, lapel button, service ribbon, Type II and Case presentation Type XVI and 1/2 Polyurethane Pad. Case interior may be either pad with pocket or optional pad with plastic bubble cover. Specification MIL-DTL-3943E applies. Also Spec A-A-52094. First article is required after award. Production leadtime 150 days after award. Six deliveries destinations: New Cumberland, PA and Phoeniz, AZ. Quantity: Minimum 15,000 and Maximum 50,000 for basic. Two option years are also included. Indefinite Type contract provisions apply. Total Small Business Set-Aside. Previous history: Awarded June 2003 @ $5.25 per set total 48,900 units.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 (Gateway) at http://progate.daps.mil/home after (Estimated Date). 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]. 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) 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 A system for contractors to request their specs, patterns, drawings, etc. from our web site. The contractorfills out an on-line form and the request is automatically E-mailed to the TDR area and stored in a database table. Important links: http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Index.html and gov't contracting page: http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Contracting/