This information is for solicitation SP0100-05-R-0028. The item description is CLOTH, POLY/WOOL SERGE, AF 1620, TYPE 3, CLASS 4, 9.5 OZ. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8305-01-376-9471. The military specification is MIL-C-823K dated 12 September 1990 and moth proof in accordance with MIL-C-43665C. The purchase quantity is minimum 300,000 yards/maximum 600,000 yards with four (4) additional options. This purchase requires Bill and Hold. The destination is the Contractor's plant. The delivery period is 330 days after the date of award. If the first article is waived then the delivery period is 210 days after the date of the award. The first delivery order will be for 6 deliveries. This solicitation will be issued as an unrestricted purchase that will result in a firm fixed price contract. This is a Best Value acquisition with Source Selection Procedures. The following factors will be utilized in descending order of importance: Past Performance, Quality Assurance Plan, Bill and Hold, Socioeconomic Consideration, DLA Mentoring Business Agreements (MBA) Program, and Javits-Wagner-O’Day Entity Proposal (JWOD). Availability of solicitation, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Offerors 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 December 15, 2004. 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]. 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 the 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.