A Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued for Mitten Set, Flyer’s Anti-Exposure, Inflatable HAU-12/P for a quantity of 1,145. NSN: 8475-01-255-7484 shall be in accordance with MIL-M-81844C dated 19 September 1986 & notice 1, dated 16 July 1997. This RFQ will be issued as a Small Business Set-Aside. The destinations for the subject items are: Defense Depot Tracy, CA and Defense Depot New Cumberland, PA. Deliveries are due 120 days after award. First article testing is required. Inspection and acceptance are at origin. All materials are contractor furnished. RFQ closing date of November 18, 2004 is estimated. See Numbered Notes: 1, 9, 13 and 26. 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 October 18, 2004 (estimated). From the Gateway home page, select “Search RFQ’s 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 point of contact. Please reference solicitation number in all e-mail correspondence. An unsuccessful offer may result if prospective offeror FAILS to e-mail the 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 RFQ’s. 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 solicitation 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 status (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.