Pallet Cover - Market Research Survey 09082025.pdf

DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

DLA TROOP SUPPORT- PHILADELPHIA

700 ROBBINS AVENUE

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19111-5092

DATE: September 9, 2025

SUBJECT: MARKET RESEARCH

ITEM NAME: Cargo Pallet Cover

NSN: 3990-00-930-1480

Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (DLA) is conducting market research on National Stock Number 3990-00-930-1480, a Cargo Pallet Cover. The Government is interested in awarding a DLA direct contract with stock shipments only. DLA is committed to enhancing warfighter support and determining what your industry will be capable of providing with respect to the required items. For this reason, DLA Troop Support would appreciate your company sharing its expertise and insight into how this item can be most efficiently procured.

DLA Troop Support anticipates issuing a solicitation for the referenced item under an Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery Contract. The contract may be for a term longer than one year. Furthermore, it may contain an option to extend the term of the contract. If an option to extend the term of the contract provision were included in the solicitation, each option term would be one year. However, the total contract term will not exceed five years. The answer to the questions concerning pricing will be one of the factors that will help the Government to determine the term of the contract.

Please note that this inquiry should not be interpreted as a solicitation for offers. No information provided in response to this inquiry will be considered binding between the vendor and the Government. With these facts in mind, it is requested that you review the item and answer the questions on the attached pages. The answers you provide will remain confidential.

Please return this survey to Amanda Breen, by October 3, 2025 via email at Amanda.Breen@dla.mil. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Amanda Breen Contracting Officer mailto:Amanda.Breen@dla.mil

NSN Annual Demand Frequency

(ADF)

Annual Demand Quantity

(ADQ)

PRICE DELIVERY DAYS

3990-00-930-1480 562 80,000 ROLLS

1. Commerciality:

(a) Is the item commercial or modified commercial in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 2.101?

For example: is the item of a type used by the general public; sold or offered for sale to the general public? Is the modification of a type available in the commercial marketplace?

2. Item(s) Required:

(a) Has your company ever produced or supplied these items?

(b) Are these items made of any type of material that is a major cost driver? For example, are these items made of steel, or a petroleum based product?

(c) Do any parts of these items consist of foreign material?

3. Delivery:

The Annual Demand Frequency (ADF), presented above, indicates how many times this item has been ordered in the past year. ADF can be one order per day or 100 orders per day for higher ADF items. There is no guarantee that the ADF is spread evenly throughout the year.

(a) Are you able to deliver the item on an FOB Destination basis?

(b) Can you deliver the item to stock points throughout the Continental United States?

(c) Is your company registered on DLA’s Vendor Shipment Module (VSM)?

NOTE: There is a requirement for all contractors to be registered on VSM. While VSM will not provide transportation for hazardous material, it will provide container labels and unit/intermediate pack labels.

5. Pricing:

(a) Can you provide an estimated unit price based on the AEQ provided?

(b) Would your company be interested in a long-term contract for these items?

(c) If the Government wishes to use an option to extend the term of the contract, a pricing mechanism for the option year(s) needs to be included in any resultant contract. It is anticipated that an Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) would be used to allow the Government to adjust the base contract price to achieve a revised contract unit price for any option year(s). The EPA is based on a formula that is generally tied to the Producer Price Index and is limited to a 10% aggregate increase.

Would you agree that the following index best fits the materials being procured?

PCU325211325211P Plastic Material and Resin Manufacturing

(d) An alternative to the EPA would be to price each term (base period and option terms) up front. Prices would be determined fair and reasonable at time of award and not adjusted.

(e) Do you have a minimum ordering quantity that you require for an individual order and if so what would that quantity be?

(f) Do you have a maximum ordering quantity that you require for an individual order and if so what would that quantity be?

(g) Are there significant price breaks for these items? If so, what are the quantity break points?

(h) Is the pricing stable for these items?

6. Company Description:

(a) What is your company CAGE code?

(b) Is your company registered in the System for Award Management (SAM)?

(c) Are you a large or small business? (Small business being defined as a firm that employs less than 500 people)

(d) Are you a manufacturer of subject materials?

(e) If you are a dealer/distributor, would you be willing to provide an offer? Who is/are your manufacturer(s)?

(f) Has your company done business with the Government and is your company familiar with Government procurements?

7. Miscellaneous:

(a) Delivery orders issued under any resultant contract will be communicated to your company by Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Does your firm have EDI capabilities?

(b) Do you have access to the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/?

https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/