**Solicitation Number SP0100-05-Q-4197, Welders Jackets is cancelled and reissued under this solicitation as an UNRESTRICTED Acquisition**ITEM: Welders Jackets, NSN: 8415-00-268-8262 (lead), Quantity: 944, delivery beginning 90 days ADA (4 delivery increments). Destination: Defense Distribution Depot, New Cumberland PA and Defense Distribution Depot, Tracy CA, destination First Article Testing Required. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations in paper form. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home approximately 21 November 2005. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation. 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. Reference solicitation number in all e-mail correspondence. An unsuccessful offer may result if prospective offeror fails to e-mail 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 email notification of RFQ solicitations based on your FCN and NSN profile. The NSN notification will contain a link that connects users directly to a digital copy of the soliciation on the internet. The solicitation will be in a downloadable, printable format when viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free software is available at http://www.adobe.com. Gateway technical assistance is available at
[email protected]. DSCP has developted a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability TO REQUEST SPECIFICATIONS, PATTERNS AND DRAWINGS on our contracting home page http://warfighter.dla.mil. ************Important Note on Foreign Content for RFQs over 100K. 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.