Item 0001: Socks, Men's, White, Ctn/NylonNSN's: 8440-00-7191(series) Socks shall conform to the requirements of Specification A-A-50015B. This will be a total Small business Set-Aside commercial acquisition. This will be an indefinite delivery type contract for a quantity of 49,140/Min and 81,900ea/Max for the Base year. Production lead-time is 60 days after award. Evaluation factors for award are the following: 1. PDM's (2). 2. Experience/Past Performance. There will be four (4) one year term option years. 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.dla.mil/home AFTER 11/14/03(Estimated Date). From the Gateway home page, select "Search RFQs" 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 a 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 RFQs. 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 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]. Point of contact: Scott Kromis, Contracting Officer, phone, 215-737-2461,
[email protected] DSCP has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Contracting/. *****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.