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SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30 1000203285

1. REQUISITION NUMBER

2. CONTRACT NO. 3. AWARD/EFFECTIVE

DATE

4. ORDER NUMBER

SPE1C1-25-R-0098

5. SOLICITATION NUMBER

2025 AUG 01

6. SOLICITATION ISSUE

DATE

Sorina Prian-Tanczos DSP0065

a. NAME

Phone: 4457373666

b. TELEPHONE NUMBER (No Collect calls)

2025 SEP 02

8. OFFER DUE DATE/

LOCAL TIME

9. ISSUED BY CODE SPE1C1

DLA TROOP SUPPORT

C AND T SUPPLY CHAIN

700 ROBBINS AVENUE

PHILADELPHIA PA 19111-5096

USA

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS 100UNRESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE: % FOR:

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

8 (A)

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

315250NAICS:

750SIZE STANDARD:

11. DELIVERYFOR FOB DESTINA-

TION UNLESS BLOCK IS

MARKED

12. DISCOUNT TERMS

13a. THIS CONTRACT IS A

RATED ORDER UNDER

DPAS (15 CFR 700)

13b. RATING

14. METHOD OF SOLICITATION

RFQ IFB RFP

15. DELIVER TO CODE 16. ADMINISTERED BY CODE

17a. CONTRACTOR/ CODE

OFFEROR

FACILITY

CODE

TELEPHONE NO.

18a. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE

17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN

OFFER

18b. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK 18a UNLESS BLOCK

BELOW IS CHECKED

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ITEM NO.

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

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QUANTITY

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UNIT

23.

UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

See Schedule

(Use Reverse and/or Attach Additional Sheets as Necessary)

25. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 26. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT (For Govt. Use Only)

27a. SOLICITATION INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-3 AND 52.212-5 ARE ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

27b. CONTRACT/PURCHASE ORDER INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE FAR 52.212-4. FAR 52.212-5 IS ATTACHED. ADDENDA ARE ARE NOT ATTACHED

28. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN

COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

29. AWARD OF CONTRACT: REF. OFFER

DATED . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR 31a. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

30b. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or Print) 30c. DATE SIGNED 31b. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or Print) 31c. DATE SIGNED

SEE SCHEDULE

7. FOR SOLICITATION

INFORMATION CALL:

SEE SCHEDULE

03:00 PM

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

SEE ADDENDUM

EDWOSB

32a. QUANTITY IN COLUMN 21 HAS BEEN

ACCEPTED, AND CONFORMS TO THE CONTRACT, EXCEPT AS NOTED:RECEIVED INSPECTED

COMPLETE PARTIAL FINAL

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012) BACK

36. PAYMENT

PARTIAL FINAL

20.

SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES

21.

QUANTITY

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UNIT

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UNIT PRICE

24.

AMOUNT

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ITEM NO.

32b. SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32c. DATE 32d. PRINTED NAME AND TITLE OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT

REPRESENTATIVE

32f. TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

32g. E-MAIL OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

33. SHIP NUMBER 34. VOUCHER NUMBER 35. AMOUNT VERIFIED

CORRECT FOR

37. CHECK NUMBER

38. S/R ACCOUNT NO. 39. S/R VOUCHER NUMBER 40. PAID BY

42a. RECEIVED BY (Print)

41b. SIGNATURE AND TITLE OF CERTIFYING OFFICER 41c. DATE

42c. DATE REC'D (YY/MM/DD) 42d. TOTAL CONTAINERS

41a. I CERTIFY THIS ACCOUNT IS CORRECT AND PROPER FOR PAYMENT

32e. MAILING ADDRESS OF AUTHORIZED GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE

42b. RECEIVED AT (Location)

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Continuation of Blocks from SF 1449

1. Block 8

Offer Due Date/Local Time: September 2, 2025

Solicitation Number: SPE1C1-25-R-0098 Opening/Closing Date and Time: August 1, 2025 / September 2, 2025 @ 3:00 PM, local (Philadelphia) time - Eastern Standard Time (Philadelphia time), or when applicable, Eastern Daylight Savings Time

NOTE: IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL PROPOSALS, MODIFICATIONS, AND WITHDRAWALS BE

PLAINLY MARKED ON THE OUTERMOST ENVELOPE WITH THE SOLICITATION NUMBER, CLOSING

DATE AND TIME SET FOR THE RECEIPT OF PROPOSALS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS

REQUIREMENT MAY RESULT IN AN OFFEROR'S PROPOSAL NOT BEING PROCESSED PROPERLY AND

ULTIMATELY REJECTED AS UNTIMELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL ACQUISITION

REGULATIONS (“FAR”) CLAUSE 52.212-1(f).

FOR THIS SOLICITATION:

TECHNICAL PROPOSAL DOCUMENT SUBMISSION:

Technical Proposal will be accepted via DIBBS only.

Technical Proposals (documents) WILL NOT be accepted via e-mail, mail or hand-carried (UPS, FedEx, DHL etc…) or hand-carried in-person delivery.

FOR THIS SOLICITATION ONLY:

DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS): To submit an offer through DIBBS, search for the solicitation and then click the Red "Offer" button on the search results screen (Note: users must be logged in to DIBBS in order to submit the offer through DIBBS). For additional guidance, refer to https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/refs/help/Solicitations/DIBBS-Upload-Offer-User- Help.pdf.

Entire Technical Proposal documents must be returned.

a. This includes entire solicitation document (all pages) with appropriate clauses filled in; Place of Performance (all places of performance) including name and address of location filled out; Qualified Laboratory and Source Sampling Name and address filled out; and Identification of Sources for All Components for Clothing/Textile Items filled out.

b. Prices must be filled out for all items and all terms (Five (5) Tiers).

c. Vendor's record of Past Performance must be returned with complete information provided in accordance with subject solicitation.

http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/refs/help/Solicitations/DIBBS-Upload-Offer-User-

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A vendor's inability to submit an offer caused by failure of a vendor's hardware, software, any firewalls, unauthorized document transmittal, Internet Service Provider, or the World Wide Web itself, is not cause for extension of a solicitation or acceptance of the technical proposal at a date and time beyond the closing date and time.

A vendor's inability to submit an offer caused by failure of a vendor's commercial carrier or USPS mail service, is not cause for extension of a solicitation or acceptance of the PDM at a date and time beyond the closing date and time.

Receipt of PDM is considered receipt in designated building location, on the military base, with signature.

NOTE: For this solicitation, DIBBS is the required method of submitting an offer.

Email submission for offers (technical proposal) will NOT be accepted for this solicitation.

PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION MODEL SUBMISSION:

Product Demonstration Models are required to be submitted through traceable means via the U.S. Postal Service or a Commercial Carrier (Example: FedEx, Airborne, UPS, DHL, Emery). Due to COVID-19, in-person delivery of PDMs by offerors is not authorized. The Tracking Number of the PDM package shall be provided as part of the proposal submission.

PDMs are to be delivered between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for legal federal holidays as set forth in 5 USC 6103. Packages must be plainly marked ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CARRIER'S PACKAGE with the solicitation number, date, as set forth for receipt of proposals as indicated in Block 9 of the Standard Form 33 (Page 1 of Solicitation).

Ultimately, it is the offeror's responsibility to ensure that its PDMs are received at the correct location at the correct time. Failure to do so will result in the offeror's proposal being deemed untimely and not considered further for the award per FAR 52.215-1 Instruction to Offerors - Competitive Acquisitions.

NOTE: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) is used at this facility and DBIDS requirements shall be followed by all carriers attempting to deliver a proposal and/or package to this facility. Additional information can be obtained via https://dbids/dmdc.mil/.

NOTE: EFFECTIVE 01 OCTOBER 2021 ALL CARRIERS/INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPTING TO DELIVER ANY

PACKAGES/PROPOSALS/ETC. TO DLA TROOP SUPPORT SHALL HAVE PRESENT CREDENTIALS THAT

MEET REAL ID REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO MAKE A DELIVERY. NO EXCEPTIONS

SHALL BE MADE.

The time and date for receipt of Product Demonstration Models is 3:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, or when applicable, Eastern Daylight Savings Time on the return date. If a Product Demonstration Model is not submitted by date and time of the closing, your offer will be considered incomplete.

NOTE: In order for an offer to be considered timely, both Product Demonstration Models and Solicitation Package MUST be received by the date and time identified herein. Partial proposals (e.g., PDM only or Solicitation package only) will not be further evaluated and not eligible for award. Offerors are responsible to ensure timely delivery and/or submittal and timely receipt.

2. Block 9 Address and Submit PDMs to:

DLA Troop Support ATTN: Sorina Prian-Tanczos https://dbids/dmdc.mil/

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Clothing and Textile Building 3-A-4422 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111

Solicitation Number: SPE1C1-25-R-0098

Fill in the carrier and tracking number for the PDM(s) below:

CARRIER:________________________________________

TRACKING NUMBER:______________________________________

Make sure the commercial carrier and driver has DBIDS privileges to enter the Military Base.

Receipt of PDM is considered receipt in the designated building location, on the military base, with signature.

NOTE: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) is used at this facility and DBIDS requirements shall be followed by all carriers attempting to deliver a proposal and/or package to this facility. Additional information can be obtained via https://dbids/dmdc.mil/.

Examples of commercial carriers include Fed Ex, Airborne, UPS, DHL, Emery, other commercial carrier, USPS Express Mail, and USPS Certified Mail.

NOTE: In-person delivery by contractor-Not accepted.

NOTE: For this solicitation, DIBBS is the ONLY authorized method of submitting an offer.

3. Block 17a › Offeror's assigned Unique Entity Identifier Number: _______________ (If you do not have a Unique Entity Identifier number, contact the individual identified in Block 7a of the SF 1449 or see 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors---Commercial Items (paragraph j) for information on establishing a unique entity identifier.)

› Offeror's assigned Contractor and Government Entity (CAGE) Code: _________________

4. Block 17b

Remittance Address: (if different from Contractor/Offeror address in block 17a of the SF 1449.)

5. Blocks 19-22 Item No., Schedule of Supplies/Services, Quantity, Unit:

6. Are you registered in the System for Award Management (SAM.gov)? ( ) YES ( ) NO

CAUTION NOTICES:

The Berry Amendment is applicable for this solicitation.

Offerors are cautioned that all components must be of domestic origin in compliance with clause 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities (APR 2022), as contained in this solicitation.

https://dbids/dmdc.mil/

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Section 833 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 added language to 10 U.S.C. 2533a, requiring that all articles or items of "clothing,” including the materials and components thereof, purchased by the Department of Defense be grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, other than sensor, electronics or other items added to, and not normally associated with, clothing (and the materials and components thereof).

Very Important: The vendor must certify their agreement to these terms by signing the certification located in Section K of this solicitation.

Very Important: Solicitation SPE1C1-25-R-0098 will be issued as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.

The Government intends to make an award for the purchase of the Berets, Various under this solicitation. Orders will be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract and without notice to, or consideration of, any other contractor, or consideration of the terms and conditions of any other contract. The fair opportunity provisions of FAR 16.505(b) will not be applicable to orders under the resulting contract(s).

BEST VALUE TRADEOFF ACQUISITION WITH ADJECTIVAL RATING PDMS

For this solicitation, Past Performance and PDM will be reviewed. Sub-factors of Past Performance are Recency, Relevancy and Quality. Included in the Quality sub-factor will be Quality and Delivery Performance. These sub-factors will be combined to arrive at an overall Performance Confidence Assessment. Technical merit and Past Performance are more important than price.

1. Best Value Source Selection Trade-Off Procedures will be utilized for this solicitation. “Best Value” evaluation will be employed using the following evaluation factors: Past Performance, Product Demonstration Model (PDM) and Price. For award evaluation purposes technical merit is significantly more important in the award evaluation process than price. The Technical proposal will be evaluated to determine compliance with all characteristics listed for evaluation in the solicitation (Additional Source Selection Evaluation Procedures). Failure to furnish this information by the time specified in the solicitation may be cause for rejection of offers if not otherwise acceptable under the provisions for considering late offers.

2. All PDMs will be evaluated using adjectival ratings in accordance with the criteria outlined in the solicitation.

There will be no allowable re-submittals for PDM (Product Demonstration Model). The Government intends to award to the firm who is the best value to the Government with regards to acceptable Past Performance, passing PDMs, and Price. Past Performance and passing PDMs when combined are more important than cost or price. As other evaluation factors become more equal, the evaluated price becomes more important. From among the firms with Passing PDMs, the Government will then select the responsible firm that complies with terms and conditions of the solicitation, and an award to that firm is considered in the best interest of the Government. If the firm fits these criteria, award will be made to them. If not, the Government will review each subsequent technically acceptable offer until one is identified that does meet the criteria, in which case award will be made to that firm.

NOTE: A rating of Unacceptable for PDM will result in the offer being removed from award consideration and the proposal will not be reviewed any further.

A rating of Marginal for PDM may result in the offer being removed from award consideration and the proposal will not be reviewed any further.

NOTE: The Government reserves the right to evaluate past performance up until award.

3. This solicitation will contain a Two-Phase Technical/Price Evaluation.

The Government anticipates that numerous offerors will submit proposals on this solicitation. In the event that

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Form (CONTINUED) eight or more proposals are received, the Government may use a two-phase evaluation process, which allows the Contracting Officer to conduct a preliminary evaluation of all offers, in order to determine which offers are the least likely to be candidates for further consideration. During this preliminary evaluation, all offerors Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) and proposed prices will be evaluated. Certain offerors may be excluded from further consideration at this point, if their PDM ratings and/or offered prices are not competitive when compared with PDM ratings and prices proposed by other offerors. The remaining offers will then be evaluated for the remaining technical and past performance evaluation factors. After the completion of this review, the contracting officer will determine whether to establish a competitive range and enter into negotiations, or to award without discussions.

4. The Government reserves the right to conduct negotiations with a competitive range group of offerors from among firms with most highly rated offers. If negotiations are conducted, award will be made to the offeror (based on final proposal revision) that is the best value to the Government, has a passing PDM or better, and is determined responsible and compliant with the solicitation terms and conditions based on an “integral assessment of PDM, Past Performance and Price".

Solicitation SPE1C1-25-R-0098 will be issued as a Best Value, Trade Off and Source Selection Procedures will be utilized. The Government intends to make ONE (1) award on this solicitation, based upon an integrated assessment of Past Performance, PDM, and Price resulting in the best value to the Government.

Solicitation SPE1C1-25-R-0098 will be issued as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE, which will result in an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract. The resultant contract will have a five-(5) year ordering period. Within the five-(5) year ordering period, there will be five (5) 12-month price tier periods.

Failure to provide a unit price for each tier period in the table set forth below may be deemed as non-acceptance of the solicitation terms and conditions and may result in the rejection of the offeror's entire proposal.

PLEASE NOTE: In accordance with DFARS 208.602-70, as implemented by Section 872 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, a federal supply class which has significant market share of greater than 5% as determined by DoD in consultation with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy must be acquired using competitive procedures.

The Berets, Various is classified under Federal Supply Classification (FSC) Code 8405. The Department of Defense (DoD) publishes an annual list of product categories for which the Federal Prison Industries' (FPI) share of the DoD market is greater than five percent, which is considered a significant market share and must be competed. FSC 8405 is currently identified on this list, FPI is considered to have a significant market share. In accordance with 8.602(a)(4), agencies shall include Federal Prison Industries, Inc. (FPI), in the solicitation process and consider a timely offer from FPI.

The proposed contract will be issued as 100% Small Business Set-Aside, which will result in an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) firm fixed price contract(s) in accordance with FAR Part 15.

The contract will contain a 60-month period, with five separate twelve month tiers. You are required to offer on the ALL FIVE TIERS. Failure to do so will result in the REJECTION OF YOUR ENTIRE PROPOSAL.

Technical and Past Performance proposals are required to be submitted since this is a BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION ACQUISITION. Failure to submit a technical and Past Performance proposal may result in rejection of your entire offer.

Inspection & Acceptance is at Origin

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The Government reserves the right to change Inspection and Acceptance to Destination should the Government determine a need, and it is in its best interest.

**Tariff size prices are all to be based on FOB Destination only**

Acceleration of delivery is not authorized unless permitted in writing by the Contracting Officer on a delivery order basis via a modification.

The unit prices are required to be based on FOB Destination. Inspection and Acceptance is at Origin.

First Article submission is hereby waived.

The Government reserves the right to require pre-production samples. The Government reserves the right to require First lot samples should the Government determine a need.

*Sampling: Pre-production samples shall be submitted for shade evaluation. DLA Troop Support reserves the right to perform testing on an as needed basis for shade and physical requirements.

NOTE: For Inspection and Acceptance at Origin: Once the contract has been awarded, the contractor will be required to contact the Contracting Officer in writing 10 days before the first lot is ready for presentation for inspection at the manufacturing facility.

Offerors are required to offer a unit price for the specified items for all five tiers. Offers that do not contain offers on all tiers will not be considered.

*By submitting prices for this solicitation, the offeror is indicating capacity to supply the maximum quantity for the item and the offeror is indicating the prices submitted can be sustained for the 60 months of the contract.

NOTE: The delivery schedule, quantities, and sizes will be set forth in individual orders. The quantity at time of award will be determined by using the current demand.

The Government reserves the right to perform conversions under the resultant contract(s), should the Government determine a need. Any conversion will be via modification and issues under the Change Clause.

ONE (1) EACH PDMs are required for the Beret, Wool, Black. PDMs must be submitted for every intended place of performance, including all proposed subcontractors. PDMs will be evaluated for visual, manufacturing, dimensional requirements. Evaluation of the PDMs will effectively indicate the contractor's ability to manufacture the items in accordance with the Government's quality standards. First Article provisions will not be included in this acquisition due to the PDM requirement.

Please see text under title, Instructions for Submitting Product Demonstration Models (PDM) To DLA Troop Support in this solicitation. CAUTION: The PDMs may only be furnished with the offeror's proposal at the time and date of the initial closing of the solicitation. Subsequent submissions will not be permitted, even if deficiencies exist in the submitted PDMs. Therefore, the offeror must furnish its best effort with their proposal. Correction of the PDMs will not be accepted by the Government.

Failure to submit the required PDMs will result in rejection of your entire offer.

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Evaluation of the PDMs will effectively indicate the contractor's comprehension of the item's technical requirements and their ability to manufacture the items in accordance with the Commercial Item Description.

Models will be tested or evaluated to determine compliance with all characteristics specified for such test or evaluation as referenced in FAR 15.3. Failure of models to conform to all such characteristics shall result in the rejection of the entire offer.

Failure to furnish models by the time and date specified in the solicitation shall be cause for rejection of the entire offer if not otherwise acceptable under the provisions for considering late offers.

Please see Instructions for Submitting Product Demonstration Models, in section L and M of this solicitation.

CAUTION: The PDMs may only be furnished with the offeror's proposal at the time and date of the initial closing of the solicitation. Subsequent submissions will not be permitted, even if deficiencies exist in the submitted PDM's. Therefore, the offeror must furnish its best effort with their proposal. Correction of the PDMs will not be accepted by the Government.

DOCUMENTS/REFERNCES BELOW ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS SOLCITATION BY REFERENCE:

A. DLA Troop Support Clothing & Textiles Additional Quality Assurance Requirements, August 2021

B. Item-Level Passive RFID Technology Manufacturer's Information Guide, Revision 2, December 2011.

C. DLA Labeling and Packaging Requirements for Dress Clothing, September 2018

Contractors shall ensure that blocks 2 and 15 of the form DD1222 are updated to reflect the correct information. Historically, both blocks contained the information of the DCMA QAR and their stamp/signature. When contractor's representative samples, these blocks shall include the contractor's representative's information. Block 17 shall still include the DCMA QAR to receive the results of the report even though they may not be sampling the material to be tested.

Please be advised the DD1222 has recently been updated. Ensure you are using the latest version which can be found here:

https://www.esd.whs.mil/directives/forms/

Additional information regarding lab submission requirements, including the DLA Troop Support Additional Quality Assurance Requirements (AQAR), is available at the following link:

https://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/CTIndustry/

Offerors are strongly encouraged to review the subject information to ensure they have the most up to date information and can meet all requirements should they receive an award. Failure to follow these requirements will result in lab submission rejections and delays in testing completion. Should this occur, the vendor will be marked delinquent with an inexcusable delay.

NON-GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIAL (GFM)

The Government has recently changed its procedures regarding Government Furnished Material (GFM). GFM will no longer be provided to Contractors that are awarded contracts for end item dress clothing contracts. The Government will still make available to the Contractor, for use in connection with and under the terms of this contract, the material set forth below, and the Contractor shall utilize such materials in the furnishing of supplies hereunder. All other types of materials required in the performance of this contract shall be furnished by the Contractor.

http://www.esd.whs.mil/directives/forms/ http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/CTIndustry/

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Type of Material: FLASH (BLUEBIRD BACKGROUND), FOR BERET, UNITED STATES ARMY

NSN: 8455-01-480-4556

PGC: 27873

Per Unit Cost: $0.38 each

It is now the responsibility of the Contractor to purchase the material listed above from DLA Troop Support as needed. The Government shall be the sole source of the supply of the materials listed above and only such material obtained from the Government under this contract may be used in the performance of this contract.

PAYMENT

Upon the delivery of end items, the Contractor will be paid the agreed upon unit price for the contract. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to pay the balance owed to the Government for the material as end items are shipped and payments are received. The Contractor will receive a bill from DFAS for the amount of the cloth purchased that will outline the procedures for payment. A copy of the bill must be submitted with every payment. The Contractor will only receive one bill and must make copies of it if incremental payments will be made. This ensures there is a copy of the bill linking every incremental payment made. The balance due for the purchase of the cloth must be paid within 180 days after the date of the bill for the purchase of the material. In the case that delivery schedules have been extended, the Government may extend the payment terms beyond 180 days. The Contractor will have a continuing balance owed to the Government for the material until end items are shipped and payments are received by the Contractor and made to the Government. In the case that a Contractor makes a late payment or no payment at all, a standard rate of interest will be charged to the Contractor's account which is determined by DFAS. Failure to make payment may also impact the placement of future delivery orders on this contract and will be considered as a part of any future assessment of past performance. Final payment on this contract will be withheld until all material is paid for. Note that once the sale is made for the cloth, the Contractor assumes all responsibility for the cloth including care and safety.

CONTRACTOR REQUEST FOR MATERIAL

The Contractor shall submit a properly executed DLA Troop Support Form, Prime Contractor's Request for the Purchase of Material, to the Contract Specialist. The procedure for requesting material has not changed. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to request the material in sufficient time to comply with the delivery schedule of the contract. The Government reserves the right to ship partial orders of material depending on the current available stock. The Contractor is not required to purchase the entire amount of material at one time that is required to complete the delivery order. The Contractor may purchase the entire amount of material required to complete the delivery at one time and schedule partial shipments for later dates. If the cloth required to complete a delivery order is purchased all at once, payment is due 180 days after the date of the sale. If smaller increments are purchased, payment is due 180 days from each incremental sale. The Government will not purchase extra fabric leftover after the end of a contract.

SHIPPING ARRANGEMENTS

1. The Contractor shall be solely responsible for making transportation arrangements for the pickup and delivery of this material, using its own truck, or a leased or rental carrier. These arrangements shall be specified by the Contractor on the DLA Troop Support Form, Prime Contractor's Request for the Purchase of Material. The Government material will be available for pickup not later than 21 calendar days after receipt of the original DLA Troop Support Form, Prime Contractor's Request for the Purchase of Material.

2. Prior to pick-up, the Contractor shall contact the storage location to coordinate the exact date for pickup and

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Form (CONTINUED) provide the name of the motor carrier to be used. If such pickup is not made within 10 calendar days after the availability date, or the actual date the material becomes available, whichever date is later, the Government reserves the right to return the material to storage, unless a revised date for its pickup has been requested by the Contractor. If the material has to be returned to storage, the Government will not be liable for any additional expense, delay, or loss incurred by the Contractor as a result of missing a scheduled shipment.

3. Shipping of the material from the Government to the Contractor shall be F.O.B. Origin with all material picked up at the location specified and made available at the shipping platform. Loading into the vehicle will be the responsibility of the Contractor or its representative. Delivery of the material shall be deemed to be accomplished when the material has been picked up and loaded into the vehicle by the Contractor, or its authorized representative.

Title to and risk of loss of or damage to the material shall pass to the Contractor upon delivery.

Note: The BOM is included for reference only. The government has the right to revise the BOM at any time.

The Additional Documents - Clothing and Textiles (Dec 2008) DLA Troop Support are available as shown below:

DLA Troop Support Directorate of Clothing and Textiles ATTN: DSCP-CBTC 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111-5092 Telephone [215] 737-8439

NOTICE TO DLA SUPPLIERS: DLA Troop Support has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for this solicitation, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support C&T Technical Data Repository area at:

http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx Please ensure the following required fields are entered when submitting your request:

Spec/Cid Number: A-A-55184A Spec/Cid Date: 21 April 2020 Pattern Date: 26 March 2025 Item Description: Beret, Wool, Various Solicitation Number: SPE1C1-25-R-0098

Upon submission of a technical data request, please notify the Contract Specialist, Sorina Prian-Tanczos, via e-mail at Sorina.

Prian-Tanczos@DLA.mil

PLEASE ENSURE ALL CLAUSE FILL-INS ARE COMPLETE BEFORE SUBMITTING PROPOSAL.

The Government intends to award a single Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Type Contract from this solicitation with a 60-month period, with five (5) separate twelve (12) month price tiers. Delivery orders will be placed against the Basic Contract via separate Form DD 1155.

Offerors are required to submit offers on all five (5) price Tiers. Failure to offer on all Tiers will result in rejection of your entire proposal.

Offerors are reminded to complete all applicable representation and certifications appearing in FAR 52.212-3 section of this solicitation. In addition, all offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the Online Representations and Certifications Application (website at: http://www.sam.gov).

Offerors are cautioned to make their original offer their best offer, as the Government reserves the right to make an award based on the initial offers without further discussions or negotiations.

http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx

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Offer must provide fill-in information throughout the solicitation. Please sign page one of this solicitation and return the entire completed solicitation as your offer.

NOTE: THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZATIONS ACTS AND OTHER STATUTES (INCLUDING WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS "THE BERRY AMENDMENT") IMPOSES RESTRICTIONS ON THE DOD'S ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PRODUCTS. GENERALLY, CLOTHING AND TEXTILE ITEMS (AS DEFINED IN DFARS 252.225-7012) MUST BE GROWN, REPROCESSED, REUSED, OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES UNLESS ONE OF

THE DFARS 252.225-7002-2 EXCEPTIONS APPLIES.

AUTHORIZED NEGOTIATORS:

The offeror represents that the following persons are authorized to negotiate on its behalf with the Government in connection with this request for proposal. Please list names, titles, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers for each authorized negotiator.

Name: __________________________

Title: __________________________

Email: __________________________

Phone: __________________________

Section B

Schedule of Supplies/Services

The solicitation will result in one (1) Firm-Fixed price, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract for the Berets, Wool, Various. Contract will be 100% Small Business Set Asides. The fair opportunity provision of FAR 16.505(b) will not be applicable to orders under the resulting contracts.

All F.O.B. Destination prices inclusive of the cost of material are to be entered below for each item. There is a term of 60-months, with five (5) separate twelve (12) month price Tiers included in the solicitation. You are required to offer on all Tiers. Failure to offer on all Tiers will result in rejection of your entire proposal.

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TOTAL COMBINED REQUIREMENTS

The Contract Guaranteed Minimum Quantity is 69,360 each The Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) per tier is 173,400 each The Contract Maximum Quantity is 1,213,800 each

Guaranteed Minimum is 69,360 EA for an aggregate of items for the life of the contract. Maximum Quantity is 1,213,800 EA. The annual guaranteed minimum and maximum quantities may consist of any combination of the above listed berets. The Government has no obligation to order a minimum of any specific CLIN.

The estimated Guaranteed Minimum dollar value for this acquisition is calculated as follows: The lowest offered unit price multiplied by the Minimum contract quantity of total for the new acquisition of 69,360 units.

Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) refers to the Government's good faith estimate of the requirements for each item during a specified contract year.

Under the terms of this solicitation, the Government is only obligated to order the Minimum quantity. However, in order to provide

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Form (CONTINUED) maximum flexibility in meeting our customer demands, the Government reserves the right to place orders up to the maximum quantity, or annual order limitation quantity for each item per term, for the lifetime of the contract (five (5) twelve (12) month Tiers).

Delivery orders may require concurrent deliveries. The production lead time for the initial order is 150 days after the date of the initial order and all subsequent orders are 90 days. The Government intends to issue delivery orders that will allow for uninterrupted delivery between orders, when possible. However, failure to do so shall not be cause for any price adjustment under the FAR clause 52.212-4(c), Changes.

Inspection and Acceptance: at Origin for depot stock orders

FOB Destination. All prices are to be based on F.O.B. DESTINATION basis only.

Quality System Requirements, DLA Labeling and Packaging Requirements for Dress Clothing (September 2018) and changes as noted in Section A.

Acceleration is authorized only with written permission of PCO.

Period for acceptance of offers:

If this offer is accepted within 180 calendar days from the date for receipt of offers specified on Page 1 of subject solicitation, signee agrees to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the designated point (s), within the time specified in the schedule.

The destinations for these items are:

DoDAAC: SD0131 RIC: VSTZ

Name and Delivery Address: Travis Association for the Blind AF & MC 3PL - Distribution Services 4512 South Pleasant Valley Road Austin TX, 78744

DoDAAC: SC0105 RIC: VSTQ

Name and Delivery Address: LVI - Army 3PL Pendergrass Distribution Center 596 Bonnie Valentine Way - DOOR 20-23 Pendergrass, GA 30567

SEE SOLICITATION ATTACHMENTS FOR NSN LIST

NOTES REGARDING SUBMISSION OF DELIVERY TERMS AND UNIT PRICES

Each Price Tier Period represents a 12-month period.

The Government is only bound to order the Contract Guaranteed Minimum Quantity of 69,360 each.

The AEQ refers to the Government's good faith estimate of the requirements during a specified contract price tier period. The AEQ does not obligate the Government to order a specific quantity. It is provided for information purposes only.

The Maximum Contract Quantity reflects the sum of 140% of the AEQ for each price tier period (a total of 5 tiers). The Government reserves the right to place orders up to the Maximum Contract Quantity, but not to exceed the order limitation of FAR clause 52.216-19, which is also stated below.

The Government is not obligated to order the Contract Maximum Quantity; however, the Government has the legal right to

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Form (CONTINUED) order up to this quantity prior to the final expiration of the resultant contract. The Government is only required to order the Contract Guaranteed Minimum Quantity listed above for each item.

Production Lead Time (PLT): The initial PLT is 150 days, and all subsequent orders are 90 days. The Government intends to issue delivery orders that will allow for uninterrupted delivery between orders, when possible. However, failure to do so shall not be cause for any price adjustment under the “Changes” Clause.

Price Sustainability

As part of the United States Defense Industrial Base, offerors are strongly encouraged to develop pricing that adequately accounts for market risk and volatility, includes sufficient margins to withstand future unforeseen contingencies, and allows for long term viability. Offerors are advised to refrain from submitting any offers or bids with the anticipation that in the event costs increase that there may be a price adjustment and/or cancellation of the contract. Offers are reminded that the awardee is expected to, and will be contractually bound to, perform at the final pricing submitted for the duration of the contract performance period(s) established in this solicitation. The successful performance of your contract is critical to the continued support of our nation's warfighters.

Inspection and Acceptance are at ORIGIN FOB: Destination

Quality Systems Requirements: DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Additional Quality Assurance Requirements, dated October 2018 and updated April 2019, (formerly DSCP M 4155.3, Quality Systems Requirements (Nov 1997)), as well as Identification of Qualified Laboratory and Source Sampling are incorporated into subject solicitation.

The revised document incorporates major changes to the previous revision. Please read it in its entirety.

Copies of this document can be found on the web at:

(1) http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/CTIndustry/ (Under C&T Additional Quality Assurance Requirements)

(2) http://www.dla.mil/Portals/104/Documents/TroopSupport/QA%20Req.pdf?ver=2018-11-16-132731-770

NOTICE TO DLA SUPPLIERS

PASSIVE RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION

(a) Definitions. As used in this provision -- “Advance shipment notice” means an electronic notification used to list the contents of a shipment of goods as well as additional information relating to the shipment, such as passive radio frequency identification (RFID) or item unique identification (IUID) information, order information, product description, physical characteristics, type of packaging, marking, carrier information, and configuration of goods within the transportation equipment.

“Bulk commodities” means the following commodities, when shipped in rail tank cars, tanker trucks, trailers, other bulk wheeled conveyances, or pipelines:

(1) Sand.

(2) Gravel.

(3) Bulk liquids (water, chemicals, or petroleum products).

(4) Ready-mix concrete or similar construction materials.

(5) Coal or combustibles such as firewood.

(6) Agricultural products such as seeds, grains, or animal feed.

“Case” means either a MIL-STD-129 defined exterior container within a palletized unit load or a MIL-STD-129 defined individual shipping container.

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“Electronic Product Code™ (EPC)” means an identification scheme for universally identifying physical objects via RFID tags and other means. The standardized EPC data consists of an EPC (or EPC identifier) that uniquely identifies an individual object, as well as an optional filter value when judged to be necessary to enable effective and efficient reading of the EPC tags. In addition to this standardized data, certain classes of EPC tags will allow user-defined data. The EPC Tag Data Standards will define the length and position of this data, without defining its content.

“EPCglobal®” means a subscriber-driven organization comprised of industry leaders and organizations focused on creating global standards for the adoption of passive RFID technology.

“Exterior container” means a MIL-STD-129 defined container, bundle, or assembly that is sufficient by reason of material, design, and construction to protect unit packs and intermediate containers and their contents during shipment and storage. It can be a unit pack or a container with a combination of unit packs or intermediate containers. An exterior container may or may not be used as a shipping container.

“Palletized unit load” means a MIL-STD-129 defined quantity of items, packed or unpacked, arranged on a pallet in a specified manner and secured, strapped, or fastened on the pallet so that the whole palletized load is handled as a single unit. A palletized or skidded load is not considered to be a shipping container. A loaded 463L System pallet is not considered to be a palletized unit load.

Refer to the Defense Transportation Regulation, DoD 4500.9-R, Part II, Chapter 203, for marking of 463L System pallets.

“Passive RFID tag” means a tag that reflects energy from the reader/interrogator or that receives and temporarily stores a small amount of energy from the reader/interrogator signal in order to generate the tag response. The only acceptable tags are EPC Class 1 passive RFID tags that meet the EPCglobal™ Class 1 Generation 2 standard.

“Radio frequency identification (RFID)” means an automatic identification and data capture technology comprising one or more reader/interrogators and one or more radio frequency transponders in which data transfer is achieved by means of suitably modulated inductive or radiating electromagnetic carriers.

“Shipping container” means a MIL-STD-129 defined exterior container that meets carrier regulations and is of sufficient strength, by reason of material, design, and construction, to be shipped safely without further packing (e.g., wooden boxes or crates, fiber and metal drums, and corrugated and solid fiberboard boxes).

(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (b)(2) of this provision, the Contractor shall affix passive RFID tags, at the case- and palletized-unit-load packaging levels, for shipments of items that -

(i) Are in any of the following classes of supply, as defined in DoD Manual 4140.01, Volume 6, DoD Supply Chain Materiel Management Procedures: Materiel Returns, Retention, and Disposition:

(A) Subclass of Class I - Packaged operational rations.

(B) Class II - Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, organizational tool kits, hand tools, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment.

(C) Class IIIP - Packaged petroleum, lubricants, oils, preservatives, chemicals, and additives.

(D) Class IV - Construction and barrier materials.

(E) Class VI - Personal demand items (non-military sales items).

(F) Subclass of Class VIII - Medical materials (excluding pharmaceuticals, biologicals, and reagents - suppliers should limit the mixing of excluded and non-excluded materials).

(G) Class IX - Repair parts and components including kits, assemblies and subassemblies, reparable and consumable items required for maintenance support of all equipment, excluding medical-peculiar repair parts; and

(ii) Are being shipped to one of the locations listed at https://www.acq.osd.mil/log/sci/RFID_ship-to-locations.html or to --

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(A) A location outside the contiguous United States when the shipment has been assigned Transportation Priority 1, or to -

(B) The following location(s) deemed necessary by the requiring activity:

Contract Line, Subline, or Exhibit Line Item Number Location Name City State DoDAAC

(2) The following are excluded from the requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this provision:

(i) Shipments of bulk commodities.

(ii) Shipments to locations other than Defense Distribution Depots when the contract includes the clause at FAR 52.213-1, Fast Payment Procedures.

(c) The Contractor shall -

(1) Ensure that the data encoded on each passive RFID tag are globally unique (i.e., the tag ID is never repeated across two or more RFID tags and conforms to the requirements in paragraph (d) of this provision;

(2) Use passive tags that are readable; and

(3) Ensure that the passive tag is affixed at the appropriate location on the specific level of packaging, in accordance with MILSTD- 129 (Section 4.9.2) tag placement specifications.

(d) Data syntax and standards. The Contractor shall encode an approved RFID tag using the instructions provided in the EPC™ Tag Data Standards in effect at the time of contract award. The EPC™ Tag Data Standards are available at http://www.gs1.org/epc-rfid.

(1) If the Contractor is an EPCglobal™ subscriber and possesses a unique EPC™ company prefix, the Contractor may use any of the identifiers and encoding instructions described in the most recent EPC™ Tag Data Standards document to encode tags.

(2) If the Contractor chooses to employ the DoD identifier, the Contractor shall use its previously assigned Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and shall encode the tags in accordance with the tag identifier details located in the DoD Suppliers' Passive RFID Information Guide at http://www.acq.osd.mil/log/sci/ait.html. If the Contractor uses a third-party packaging house to encode its tags, the CAGE code of the third-party packaging house is acceptable.

(4) Regardless of the selected encoding scheme, the Contractor with which the Department holds the contract is responsible for ensuring that the tag ID encoded on each passive RFID tag is globally unique, per the requirements in paragraph (c)(1).

(e) Advance shipment notice. The Contractor shall use Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF), as required by DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, to electronically submit advance shipment notice(s) with the RFID tag ID(s) (specified in paragraph (d) of this clause) in advance of the shipment in accordance with the procedures at https://wawf.eb.mil/.

G01 Additional Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) Information (AUG 2017) Contractors shall include the Transportation Control Number (TCN) and carrier shipment tracking information when submitting the DD250/iRAPT Receiving Report in Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) in order to assist with material inspection and acceptance.

Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACS) are available to deliver passive RFID assistance to DOD suppliers.

See http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm to identify your local PTAC and obtain information on upcoming workshops and other training/outreach services.

RFID HANGTAG:

An RFID inlay shall be added to the barcode paper hang tag attached to each item. Where the use of self-adhesive bar-code labels are authorized, the RFID inlay may be added to the self-adhesive label in lieu of a paper hang tag. All other contract barcode and hang tag requirements still apply.

http://www.gs1.org/epc-rfid

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The RFID inlay should be passive Gen2 with a frequency range between 860 and 960 MHz. The RFID antenna should be Avery/ Dennis AD222 or comparable with ISO/IEC 18000-C EPCglobal C1G2 Protocol and an EPC memory allocation containing a 96 bit EPC Number.