Synopsis-SPE1C1-24-R-0001.pdf

Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice

This acquisition is for the manufacture and delivery of the Anti-Gravity Suits, CSU-13B/P and CSU-15A/P. The CSU-13B/P NSNs are: 8475-00-545-8197, 8475-00-545-8204, 8475-00-545- 8211, 8475-00-550-7394, 8475-00-545-8221, 8475-00-545-8227, and 8475-00-545-8248. The CSU-15A/P NSNs are: 8475-01-536-7179, 8475-01-536-7181, 8475-01-536-7180, 8475-01-536- 7182, 8475-01-536-7183, 8475-01-536-7185, and 8475-01-536-7188. The solicitation number is

SPE1C1-19-R-0121.

The CSU-13B/P Suit is to be manufactured in accordance with MIL-DTL-0083406D, dated 15 April 2010 and all Interim Changes. The CSU-15A/P Suit is to be manufactured in accordance with MIL-DTL-81905H dated 1 December 2016. These items are a Qualified Products List (QPL) item and offerors must be qualified sources at time of award. All material shall be contractor furnished.

This acquisition is for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and will be issued as unrestricted. The award will result in a four-year tiered contract, consisting of four 12-month tiers. The quantities are estimated to have a Guaranteed Minimum quantity of 1,413 each, an Order Limitation Quantity (OLQ) of 28,260 and an Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) of 5,652 each, for each of the four years. The Government intends to make one (1) award.

Deliveries are FOB Destination and the destinations are Peckham, Lansing, MI, Travis Association for the Blind, Austin, TX, and Pendergrass, GA. Production Lead time is 390 days, to include 180 days for First Article Test (FAT) submittal, 30 days for Government Review, and 180 days for first delivery. If the First Article Test is waived, the Production Lead Time for the first delivery order is 180 days. Production Lead Time for all subsequent delivery orders is 180 days. Best Value Source Selection, Trade-Off procedures will be utilized. The estimated release date of the solicitation is 3 January 2024.

Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form.

Solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. A few highlights of the information that will be found include: 1. On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process. 2. In order to register for access to secure portions of DLA DIBBS, the company you are representing must already be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). 3. A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed within five business days. A User ID will appear on the registration screen and a password will be sent separately to the email address of the Super User. If a CAGE is already registered on DLA DIBBS, the name and email address of the Super User will be provided. The Super User should be contacted to set-up additional accounts, logons and passwords for their CAGE. DIBBS Super User

* If your CAGE has already been registered on DIBBS, the name and email address of the person designated as your super user will be provided. * The representative who starts the DIBBS registration process has the option to accept their SAM registration POC as the DIBBS super user, or they can https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ designate themselves or another person to act as the super user for the CAGE. * The super user acts as the account administrator for a CAGE. They can add up to ninety-eight (98) additional users, provide user IDs and passwords, modify existing users, and control the login status of each user for their CAGEs through My Account (Account Maintenance).

The Defense appropriations and authorization acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as “The Berry Amendment”) impose restrictions on the DoD’s acquisition of foreign products and services. Generally, Clothing and Textile items (as defined in DFARS clause 252.225-7012), including the materials and components thereof (other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with clothing), must be grown, reprocessed, reused, melted or produced in the United States, its possessions or Puerto Rico, unless one of the DFARS 225.7002-2 exceptions applies.

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