Indefinite Delivery Contract SPE1C124D0046

The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Clothing and Textiles division has awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) to Special T Hosiery Mills Inc., a small business manufacturer of socks and hosiery located in Burlington, North Carolina. The $13,050,000 IDC covers the procurement of boot, antimicrobial, and green socks to support the clothing and textile needs of U.S. armed forces personnel. In addition to this IDC, Special T Hosiery Mills Inc. holds several other IDCs with DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles, including a $6,480,000 IDC for athletic socks, a $2,015,145 IDC for various sock stock keeping units, and a $1,004,850 IDC for additional sock types. These IDCs, which are predominantly set aside for small businesses, allow the DLA to efficiently manage its sock supply chain by issuing firm fixed-price delivery orders as required. Under these contract vehicles, Special T Hosiery Mills Inc. has received numerous delivery orders ranging from approximately $5,000 to $400,000, demonstrating the company's critical role as a key supplier of socks and hosiery products to the U.S. federal government.

The original solicitation, set aside for small businesses, sought proposals to award one or two IDCs for boot, antimicrobial, and green socks, with a minimum of 500,000 pairs and a maximum of 3,000,000 pairs to be delivered over a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. The solicitation specified that technical proposals would be evaluated based on the acceptability of product demonstration models and past performance/performance confidence assessments, which were the most important evaluation factors. The place of performance for the resulting contracts is Travis Association for the Blind in Austin, Texas, and Pendergrass Distribution Center in Pendergrass, Georgia.