Pre-solicitation Notice / Synopsis for Solicitation No: SPE1C1-25-R-0138

This is for the purchase of the following:

(1) Item Description: Marine Corps (MC) Men’s Dress Green Coat NSN: 8405-01-279-5579 (s) each (EA) PGC: 02049 Spec: MIL-DTL-29424B Dated 10 December 2024 Pattern Date: 8 June 2016

(2) Item Description: MC Green Belt NSN: 8405-01-279-5565 (s) EA PGC: 02051 Spec: A-A-55222 Dated 6 July 1993

(3) Item Description: MC Green Keeper NSN: 8315-01-314- 7021 (s) EA PGC: 20825 Spec: A-A-55222A Dated 6 July 1993

This acquisition will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside for the manufacture and delivery of the Marine Corps Green Men’s Dress Coat, Belt and Keeper.

This procurement will result in one award of an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price Type contract with five-(5) pricing tiers where each tier period will be for a 12-month performance period resulting in a 60-month contract.

The quantities provided below are estimates and may change at the time of solicitation based on changes in demand and supply position.

• The combined minimum for all five (5) pricing tier periods: 17,240 EA

• Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) for each of the five (5) pricing tier periods: 43,068 EA

• The combined maximum quantity over the anticipated 60-month contract is 350,536 EA

Note: The resulting ordered quantities will be of any combination of the three items.

The items being procured will require source inspection and price will be FOB Destination. The first delivery order is due 120 days after the date of award with subsequent orders due in 90 days. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor except for the basic fabric, (USMC Green Cloth Shade #2212) which will be sold to the Contractor by the Government. The storage facility for the cloth is located in a depot (Peckham) in Lansing, MI. The delivery destination for these items is Travis Association for the Blind located in Austin, TX 78744. Source Selection criteria will be used for award evaluation purposes in accordance with FAR 15.101-1. For award evaluation purposes technical merit is more important than price. Evaluation Factors for award are Product Demonstration Models (PDM), Past Performance Confidence Assessment, and Proposed Price in that order.

All items must be 100% U.S. Made out of 100% U.S. Materials.

Offerors will be required to submit a total of three (3) Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) from each proposed place of performance; one (1) size 40R of the MC Men’s Green Coat, one

(1) size 40R of the MC Green Belt and one (1) size 2 1/8” x 1/2” of the MC Green Keeper; and a history of their experience/past performance record from the period three years prior to the solicitation closing date. PDMs must be submitted with offers.

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

The Solicitation is expected to be posted on DIBBS and sam.gov. Please check both.

Refer to the following when viewing solicitation on DIBBS:

The 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)(https://www.sam.gov). 3. A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed immediately. 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 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) and “specialty metals” (as defined in DFARS clause 252.225-7014), 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.

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 above specification information is entered when submitting your request.

Upon submission of a technical data request, please notify the Contract Specialist, Robert Rounay, via e-mail at Robert.Rounay@dla.mil.

http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx mailto:Robert.Rounay@dla.mil

The point of contact for subject acquisition is:

Robert Rounay; Contract Specialist Email: Robert.Rounay@DLA.mil mailto:Robert.Rounay@DLA.mil