This solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set Aside, IDTC and is for the acquisition of 60,000 pairs minimum and 120,000 pairs maximum of the Gloves, Intermediate, Men's and Women's, Cold/Wet to be manufactured in accordance with MIL-G-44419. Best Value Source Selection procedures will be used in this solicitation. The following evaluation factors are incorporated: Product Demonstration Model; Past Performance; Industrial Mobilization and DLA Mentoring Business Agreement. Three (3) one-year term options will be included in the solicitation. The solicitation will be issued using FOB Destination. The production leadtime for the 1st delivery order (minimum quantity) is 165 days after date of award and will consist of 6 delivery increments. The destinations involved are New Cumberland, PA and Tracy, CA. Copies of this solicitation will be made available on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.mil/home or hppt://12.3.216.20/home at time of solicitation issuance. From the Gateway homepage, select "search RFPs" from the right hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to download. RFP's are in portable document format (PDF). In order to download and view these documents you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available free at hppt://www.adobe.com. In addition, to receive E-MAIL NOTIFICATION OF SOLICITATION you must register with the USER PROFILE feature of the Gateway. Specifications/patterns can be obtained by contacting Marianne Campbell at 215-737-3089 or e-mail
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