PGC 01902 SECTION C D.docx

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION

ITEM DESCRIPTION (SECTION C):

THE BOOTS, FIREMEN, TYPE II SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION A-A-50371B, DATED 28 JULY 2001. THE INTERIM CHANGES ARE LISTED BELOW:

REFERENCE PAGE1, PARA 1, LINE 4, DELETE “FIGHTER’S COVERALL” AND SUBSTITUTE “PROTECTIVE GEAR”.

REFERENCE PAGE 2, PARA 3.1. DELETE (1997

EDITION) LINE 7, ADD: "2000 EDITION".

REFERENCE PAGE 2, PARA 3.1, LINE 5, AFTER “THE” INSERT “TYPE II”.

REFERENCE PAGE 2, PARA 3.1, LINES 7 AND 8, DELETE “PARAGRAPH 1-3 DEFINITIONS, 3.4.1.6 – PRODUCT LABEL REQUIREMENTS, AND 4.48” AND SUBSTITUTE “6.10.8.”

REFERENCE PAGE 2, PARA 3.2.1.1, DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

REFERENCE PAGE 3, PARA 3.3.1, LINE 3, DELETE “AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITGUTE (ANSI) Z41” AND SUBSTITUTE “ASTM F2412”.

REFERENCE PAGE 3, PARA 3.3.3, DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY.

REFERENCE PAGE 3. ADD NEW PARA. 3.5.1 SAFETY BOX

TOE TEST FOR THE FINISHED BOOT. THE STEEL TOE

CAP SHALL MEET OR EXCEED ANSI Z41-PT 99, FOR

IMPACT I/75 AND COMPRESSION C/75, CLASS 75. THE

SAFETY TOE SHALL BE MADE IN SUFFICIENT SIZE

RANGE TO COVER BOOT 5 THROUGH 15.

REFERENCE PAGE 4, PARA 3.8.3, LINE 2 DELETE “THE GENERAL DESCRIPTION PARAGRAPH” AND SUBSTITUTE “3.1”

REFERENCE PAGE 6. SOURCE OF NON-GOVERNMENT

DESCRIPTION 7.2. DELETE (1997 EDITION)LINE 3,

ADD: "2000 EDITION".

REFERENCE PAGE 6, PARA 7.2, LINE 9, DELETE “ANSI Z41 – FOOTWEAR SELECTION AND USER GUIDE FOR PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR”.

REFERENCE PAGE 6, PARA 7.2, LINE 12, DELETE “1997 EDITION”.

INSPECTION LEVELS AND AQLS: THE INSPECTION

LEVELS AND ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVELS (AQL'S)

EXPRESSED IN DEFECTS PER 100 UNITS, FOR VISUAL

AND DIMENSIONAL EXAMINATION, SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS

MAJOR 1.0 INSPECTION LEVEL II

TOTAL (MAJOR AND MINOR COMBINED) 2.5

INSPECTION LEVEL II.

QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS:

THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ASSURE THAT ALL ITEMS ARE FREE OF CONSUMER TYPE DEFECTS SUCH AS: NOT PROPERLY MATED, ANY SPOT, STAIN OR FOREIGN MATTER, NOT SPECIFIED COLOR, FINISH, CHIPPED, STREAKY, CRACKED OR SHOW RUNS ON UPPERS; LINING WRINKLED OR EXCESSIVE FULLNESS; ANY CUT, TEAR, HOLE, REPAIR, ABRASION; ANY COMPONENT OR ASSEMBLY MISPLACED, OPERATION OMITTED OR NOT PROPERLY PERFORMED; ANY OPEN SEAM;

BAR CODE LABLE/TAG OMITTED OR NOT READABLE BY SCANNER, HUMAN READABLE INTERPRETATION (HRI) OMITTED OR ILLEGIBLE, NOT VISIBLE ON PACKAGED ITEM CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE ITEM.

PACKAGING, PACKING AND MARKING (SECTION D)

PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY:

EACH MATED PAIR OF ONE TYPE ONLY SHALL BE SECURED TOGETHER WITH

COTTON TAPE OR TWINE TO PREVENT SEPARATION.

PACKING INSTRUCTIONS:

FIVE PAIRS OF TYPE II BOOTS, OF ONE SIZE ONLY, PACKAGED AS SPECIFIED, SHALL BE PACKED IN A FIBERBOARD SHIPPING CONTAINER,ASSEMBLED, AND REINFORCED ACCORDING TO TYPE CF, CLASS DOMESTIC, VARIETY SW, GRADE 275 OF ASTM D5118/D5118M. CLOSURE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D1974, OF ONE KIND ONLY SHALL BE SECURED TOGETHER WITH

ASTM D1974, COMMERCIAL PRACTICE.

ALL PALLETIZED LOADS SHALL CONTAIN ONLY ONE NSN AND UPC TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE. PALLETS MAY HAVE EXTERIOR CONTAINERS NOT OF THE SAME NSN AND UPC, BUT THE PALLET SHALL BE CLEARLY MARKED "MIXED" AND EACH APPLICABLE NSN/UPC SHALL BE LISTED WITH ITS TOTAL QUANTITY. THE OUTER DIMENSIONS AND STACKING PATTERN OF THE PALLET SHALL BE SUCH THAT IT FORMS A COMPACT, SQUARED LOAD CENTERED ON THE BASE AND SQUARED ON ALL CORNERS.

MARKING:

EACH UNIT PACK AND EXTERIOR CONTAINER SHALL BE MARKED FOLLOWING STANDARD COMMERCIAL PRACTICES. UNIT PACK IDENTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE THE ITEM NAME, NSN AND UPC WITH BAR CODE, CONTRACT NUMBER, SIZE AND WIDTH AND AS AN OPTION, THE CONTRACTOR’S NAME AND/OR LOGO. THE INITIALS ‘’UPC” MUST APPEAR UNDER THE UPC BAR CODE. THE EXTERIOR CONTAINERS SHALL BE MARKED TO IDENTIFY THE NSN WITH BAR CODE, QUANTITY AND UNIT OF ISSUE, DATE OF PACK, CONTRACT NUMBER, SHIPMENT NUMBER, PALLET GROSS WEIGHT AND CUBE AND A VISIBLE MARKING WITH THE WORDS ‘’MADE FOR DLA-TROOP SUPPORT’’.

DEPOT SHIPMENTS FOR BOOTS SHALL BE MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD-129P, AND INCLUDE RFID IDENTIFICATION.

IN ADDITION TO REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED ABOVE, THE FOLLOWING CLAUSE ALSO APPLIES:

52.247-9012 - REQUIREMENTS FOR TREATEMENT OF WOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS

(WPM) - (JULY 2006)