Pre-Sol Notice for Cut Sew.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

M67854-23-R-1048: Next Generation (NEXGEN) Marine Corps

Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU)

NAICS 315210, Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors or 315250 Cut and Sew Manufacturing (except Contractors)

PSC: 8415

This Pre-solicitation Notice is being posted in advance of the solicitation for the NEXGEN Marine Corps Combat Utility

Uniform (MCCUU) Cut and Sew Contract, which is expected to be released in July 2023 on an unrestricted basis.

Information contained in this notice is subject to change. No quotes are being requested at this time.

Product Manager Clothing and Equipment (PdM C&E), Infantry

Weapons (PM IW), Marine Corps System Command (MCSC) is seeking to do a product improvement (PIP) to the Marine Corps

Combat Utility Uniform (MCCUU) with a level of flame resistance (FR) and Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) camouflage and improvements in breathability, comfort and durability to modernize and increase the capabilities of the current uniform. This effort is abbreviated to NEXGEN MCCUU hereafter.

The NEXGEN MCCUU will be constructed in the Marine Corps

Tropical Combat Uniform (MCTCU) blouse (MIL-DTL-32686) and trouser (MIL-DTL-32688) garment design/patterns utilizing improved fabrics identified by the Government.

The government will provide, as government-furnished materials (GFM), a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of six

(6) different fabrics. The contract will be awarded to one

(1) vendor to cut and sew the GFM fabrics into uniforms for evaluation in a Limited User Evaluation (LUE) for consideration for the NexGen MCCUU.

Offerors will be required to submit one product demonstration model (PDM) in the MCTCU blouse and trouser design/patterns, as described above, utilizing the current MCCUU fabric as specified in MIL-PRF-MCCUU or the fabric as specified in MIL-

DTL-32686 and MIL-DTL-32688. PDM’s utilizing the fabric as specified in MIL-PRF-MCUUU can utilize either the lightweight or midweight cloth/fabric listed in the specification or a combination of the two fabrics. The fabric of the PDM can be made from off shade material or seconds and can be either in woodland or desert Marine Pattern (MARPAT). The PDM shall not require insect repellant treatment, such as Permethrin, or appearance chemistries, such as Permanent Press.

The Government anticipates awarding a single Firm Fixed Price

(FFP), Purchase Order to an offeror capable of producing, through cut and sewing, an anticipated minimum of one hundred

(100) uniforms up to a maximum of eight hundred and ten (810) uniforms, blouse and trousers, in the MCTCU patterns utilizing the GFM fabrics. These prototype uniforms will be tested and issued to Marines for an evaluation.

The following draft documentation is referenced in this pre-solicitation notice:

MIL-DTL-32686 (available via ASSIST)

MIL-DTL-32688 (available via ASSIST)

MIL-DTL-32679 (available via ASSIST)

MCTCU blouse (MIL-DTL-32686) and trouser (MIL-DTL-32688) patterns (available upon request)

MCCUU Specification (available upon request)

NEXGEN MCCUU Fabrication Statement of Work

The Government may provide additional attachments to the via the solicitation. Interested offerors are advised that attachments included in this announcement are in DRAFT form and are subject to change. The final versions will be released with the solicitation.

The points of contact for this action are Anthony Fennell, Contract Specialist at e-mail: anthony.fennell@usmc.mil and

Elizabeth Colvin, Contracting Officer at e-mail:

elizabeth.colvin@usmc.mil.

All items, materials, and components thereof submitted shall be in full compliance with the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C.

2533a). Offerors may be required to provide detailed information certifying compliance. To be eligible for award, interested parties must be registered into the System for

Award Management (SAM), http://www.sam.gov.

mailto:anthony.fennell@usmc.mil mailto:elizabeth.colvin@usmc.mil http://www.sam.gov/