See numbered notes 1, 9, 13, and 26. This request for quotations is for the Shield, Stovepipe, Tent, Glass Cloth Silicone Rubber Coated, Elliptical Opening, NSN: 8340-0-896-9053, which shall be manufactured in accordance with Specification number MIL-S-43002, dated September 14, 2000. DSCP shall require a total quantity of 10,203 each within this purchase order. There will be nine deliveries 210 days after the date of award or sooner. Destinations are Defense Distribution Depot Barstow, CA and Defense Distribution Depot New Cumberland, PA. All materials will be furnished by the awardee. FAR Part 12 procedures will not be used. This RFQ will be a total small-business set-aside. All responsible sources may submit a response which, if timely received, must be considered by the agency. Drawings for this solicitation can be requested through the following web page: http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Index.html 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.mil/home AFTER January 6, 2003. 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. 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]. 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.