Specification: CID: A-A-50003C This is a PRE-SOLICITATION notice. The solicitation will be issued on or about 25 Oct 2010. This date is estimated. A Solicitation is anticipated for the purchase of the Drawers, Briefs, Mn's, Sand and Drawers, Briefs, Mn's, White as follows: Item 0001: Drawers, Briefs, Sand Men's; NSN: 8415-01-526-6762(s) QTY: MIN: 336,705/Max: 2,020,230; Item 0002: Drawers, Briefs, White, Men's; NSN 8415-00-009-2347(s) Min: 173,400/Max: 867,000 and Item 0003: Drawers, Briefs, White, Men's, 3-PK; NSN 8415-01-495-1988(s) Min: 5,700/MAX: 28,500. The proposed contract will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set Aside which will result in a firm fixed price contract. The resultant contract will contain a Base year and four (4) one year option terms. This proposed buy will result in a negotiated Indefinite Delivery Type contract. See numbered notes 1 and 9. The annual estimated quantity (AEQ) for Item: 0001 is 1,346,820; Item 0002 is 693,600 and Item: 0003 is 22,800. Item 0001 will be evaluated separately from items 0002 and 0003. An award decision will be made for item 0002/0003 combined. If the same source is found to be the apparent successful offeror for item 0001 and for items 0002/0003, for administrative purposes, one award will be made, otherwise one award will be made for item 0001 and another to a second source for items 0002/0003. It is noted that the only difference in items 0002/0003 is the way they are marked/priced, ie the unit of issue on Item 0002 is PR. and item 0003 is PG, but both are packed in units of 3 PR./PKG. Best Value /Source Selection procedures will be utilized in making an award, and as a result, Technical Proposals are required. Technical Merit is more important than price. Evaluation factors are as follows in descending order of importance: 1) Product Demonstration Model (PDM) and 2) Experience/Past Performance. The first Delivery Order is due to begin 120 days after award with 30 day increments thereafter. Acquisition is FOB Destination to VSTQ, Pendergrass, GA. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. SPECIFICATIONS: Specification: Commercial Item Description (CID) A-A-50003C. Specification will be included at time of solicitation. An advanced copy of the specification can be obtained by e-mailing the Contract Specialist, JoAnn Zirilli, at
[email protected]. Solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. A few highlights of the information that will be found include: 1. On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process. 2. In order to register for access to secure portions of DLA DIBBS, the company you are representing must already be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system. 3. A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed immediately. A User ID will appear on the registration screen and a password will be sent separately to the email address of the Super User. If a CAGE is already registered on DLA DIBBS, the name and email address of the Super User will be provided. The Super User should be contacted to set-up additional accounts, logons and passwords for their CAGE. DIBBS Super User * If your CAGE has already been registered on DIBBS, the name and email address of the person designated as your super user will be provided. * The representative who starts the DIBBS registration process has the option to accept their CCR registration POC as the DIBBS super user, or they can designate themselves or another person to act as the super user for the CAGE. * The super user acts as the account administrator for a CAGE. They can add up to ninety-eight (98) additional users, provide user IDs and passwords, modify existing users, and control the login status of each user for their CAGEs through My Account (Account Maintenance). 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), including the materials and components thereof (other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with clothing), 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. 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 http://www.dscp.dla.mil/Portal/sreqfrm.aspx