Attachment_1_Supply_Requirement.pdf

Supply Requirement

August 30, 2018

1. Background:

Background: CTAPS is a soldier head to toe clothing ensemble with -65 to +45F environmental protection. The CTAPS objective shall improve the cold weather soldiers' survivability, mobility and lethality potential in the fewest number of clothing layers with increased utility that allow soldiers to configure the clothing protection to match their activity in environment conditions from -65 to 45F. The analysis to date has identified performance gaps and is now examining new technology and design improvements to quantify capability advancements over the Army's 2000 era Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS Gen III). While NSREDC evaluated April FY17 submissions received from a CTAPS RFI, NSRDEC is now proceeding with concepts and improvements on three experimental cold weather uniforms to quantify what advancements can be achieved over the ECWCS Gen III system. The findings from this effort and others shall lead to a complete integrated clothing ensemble for winter FY20 field testing.

The winter FY19 field test results shall inform the requirements and acquisition entities of CTAPS capability advancements to determine if Army full scale development and fielding will be pursued.

2. Requirements:

The US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center (NSRDEC) plans to award a single fixed priced contract to one innovative clothing design/cut/ sew supplier to produce approximately 84 wet weather experimental uniforms, 78 extreme cold weather experimental parka and trousers, and 100 experimental light weight base layer shirts and trousers. Each ensemble will be comprised of 4 to 6 sizes with a receipt date no later than 21, December 2018 for a winter 18-19 limited field user evaluation. For this RFQ, the Government is furnishing technical drawings of the base layer ensemble, illustrations of the wet weather and extreme cold weather ensemble, and required fabrics list for the wet weather and extreme cold weather ensemble design concept to allow potential suppliers to determine if they are interested in bidding. NSRDEC will be finalizing the design and grading patterns of each ensemble until contract award. NSRDEC will not provide a detailed performance specification and will rely on suppliers to fabricate the garments based upon their experience constructing military garments and utilizing their best commercial production and inspection practices. At contract award, Natick will furnish include detailed technical drawings for each ensemble design and a nest of patterns with an anticipated 4" grade (specify the digital format) and the prototype garments as guide samples. The Government owns all data rights from this effort.

2a. Scope of Work:

The Contractor shall will review the Government furnished patterns to determine if any clarification are needed at the Design Review after award. The Contractor shall make all pattern adjustments over the duration of the contract, if needed after approved in Design Review.

A Design Review will be conducted within five business days of contract award while meeting the required 21, December 2018 receipt date. The supplier may propose alternate designs within the scope of the Government's requirements. Critical requirements that cannot be changed are the materials for the jackets and trousers, base layer, the trouser crotch gusset/stretch panel material, reinforcement material, and insulations. Army OCP camouflage/matching solid colors are preferable where applicable. NSRDEC requires 3 business days for review and a telecom to share results. The sample will be returned tagged with agreements from telecom. The desired design review allows time for a slight design change as follows: The supplier has up to 3 days to review the design and formulate any recommendations to improve its performance or manufacturability and submit findings to NSRDEC. NSRDEC has up to 3 business days to review the recommendations and select none, some or all feature changes which will be conveyed in a telecom with the supplier. If changes are approved by NSRDEC, the supplier has 5 business days to produce and furnish a prototype of the modified design. NSRDEC requires up to 2 days to review the prototype sample and approve none, some or all changes. Natick shall return the prototype garments to the supplier with a tag listing approved and disapproved changes as applicable.

While the contractor orders and waits for materials and findings for production, the contractor shall fabricate a sample of the jacket and trouser, using surrogate materials, based upon the patterns and design agreed upon in the Design Review. The mock up sample shall be furnished to the Government within 2 weeks after contract award including shipper and tracking number. Based upon the contractor’s experience making the sample, they can propose minor modifications to facilitate manufacturing without a cost, price or schedule increase. The Government has 2 business days to review the samples, discuss findings in a telecom and approve the sample configuration for production. The Government shall return the approved sample to the contractor with a tag citing any exceptions via overnight shipment. If time and need permits, a second sample fabrication can be executed, if beneficial.

The contractor shall make two (2) pre-production sample in Size Medium Regular (MR).

If time permits, the Government desires the Contactor make one (1) a pre-production sample in each of the other sizes ordered; SR, ML, LR, LL, XLR. The pre-production must be made in the selected test item fabrics, however, different color fabrics can be used if they are the only ones available while the actual fabric order for fabrication is on-going. The contractor will annotate any adjustments they may have made to facilitate production which differ from the inspected mock up sample. The contractor shall ship the pre-production samples to NSRDEC and furnish tracking number information and

NSRDEC will approve or identify improvements within 2 business days. NSRDEC will return retain one (1) MR pre-production sample and overnight ship the remaining samples to the contractor tagged with approval and clarification as reference. At the end of the contract, all pre-production reference samples will be delivered to Natick.

Fabricate approximately 84 wet weather experimental uniforms, 78 extreme cold weather experimental parka and trousers, and 100 experimental light weight base layer shirts and trousers (expect this to change), using the supplier equipment and staff. The supplier shall implement best commercial fabrication and quality practices to minimize defects that cause failure in the military field use.

o The wet weather experimental garment will be divided into two subsets of garments which shall be referred to as wet weather concept uniform A and wet weather concept uniform B. These two subsets shall utilize a common design but will incorporate different body shell materials listed in the CTAPS fabrics spreadsheet provided.

o The extreme cold weather experimental garments will be utilizing two types of insulation that shall be quilted together to form the garments. The arrangement of the materials beginning with those closest to the body and moving outward shall the liner fabric, the Climashield insulation, the Primaloft insulation, and then the outer shell material. Material details are provided in the CTAPS fabrics spreadsheet. Organizations submitted to this RFQ should provide details on their quilting equipment to include quilting patterns capable of being produced on said equipment.

o The fabric to be utilized in the base layer garments does not come dyed. The contractor shall make the necessary arrangements to have these items dyed either Tan 499 or Desert Sand. The fiber composition of the base fabrics is 80% Polyamide 20% Elastane. The patterns for these garments are the same as the current EWCWS Gen III light weight base layer but shall include the addition of a shoulder yoke that covers the areas between the shoulder seam to the should blade and elbow and knee patches.

Each garment shall include a label with Garment identification as either CTAPS Wet

Weather Jacket Concept 18 CTAPS Wet Weather Jacket Concept 18-A, CTAPS Wet Weather Jacket Concept 18-B, CTAPS Parka concept 18, or Superfine Knit Shirt concept 18 and either CTAPS Wet Weather Trouser Concept 18-A, CTAPS Wet Weather Trouser Concept 18-B, CTAPS Insulated Trouser Concept 18, or Superfine Knit trouser concept 18, Size, and Contract Number. The label shall be positioned at the center back of the coat neckline and center back of the trouser waist band and shall not cause wearer discomfort.

The supplier shall perform a 100% finish garment quality inspection and make any repairs necessary to prevent latent defects causing failure in military field use. The Government reserves the right to participate in the suppliers end item inspection at their location.

The supplier shall furnish finished garment dimensions identified by the Government and their quality inspection record. The supplier shall provide the Government a list of proposed changes to improve manufacturability based upon their experience fabricating the garment sets.

Jackets and trousers shall be boxed and marked separately and ship to U.S. Army Natick

RD&E Center. Cartons containing mixed sizes are permitted provided they are clearly marked on the exterior.

The contractor shall furnish NSRDEC the nest of patterns used in production in

Accumark Version 9 electronic format and paper print out of each size.

At the end of the fabrication effort, the contractor shall delineate what they expect is a fair and reasonable price to produce and deliver the item on a large scale. The total unit cost shall be broken down into material and labor costs. The contractor shall include recommendations for cost reduction if and where applicable.

2b. Evaluation Factors:

The factors that shall be used to determine best value, in order of importance are as follows:

Technical Capability, Current or Past Performance, and Price. Technical Capability and Current or Past Performance when combined are more important than Price. These factors are further described below:

1. Technical Capability: The Offeror must be able to demonstrate the ability to perform the tasks described in the scope of work while meeting the required delivery date of 21, December 2018.

2. Current or Past Performance: The Government will evaluate the Offeror's record of current or past performance in work relevant to the type called for in the Supply Requirement. Offerors are advised that, in addition to the Current or Past Performance information requested in the Submission Requirements above, the Government may obtain Current or Past Performance information from interviews/questionnaires tailored to the circumstances of this acquisition and/or any other sources available to the Government, to include, but not limited to, the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity

Information System (FAPIIS), Electronic Subcontract Reporting System (eSRS), or other databases; interviews with Program Managers, Contracting Officers, and Fee Determining Officials; and the Defense Contract Management Agency.

3. Price:

The Government will evaluate the pricing proposed by the Offeror for fairness and reasonableness based upon comparative pricing received from other offerors and upon the Government's knowledge of and previous experience with these products, to include comparisons with available GSA Schedule pricing for similar products. Critical requirements to include materials for the jackets and trousers, base layer, the trouser crotch gusset/stretch panel material, reinforcement material, and insulations cannot not changed.

4. Deliverables: Quantities listed below for both jackets and trousers

Size

Wet Weather Ensemble Quantity

Extreme Cold Weather Ensemble Quantity

Light Weight Base Layer Ensemble Quantity

Small Regular 4,4 7 20 Medium Regular 16,16 33 25 Medium Long 4,4 0 10 Large Regular 11,11 31 25 Large Long 3,3 0 10 XLarge Regular 4,4 7 10 total 84(42 of materials A&B) 78 100

5. Invoicing:

The Contractor shall bill in WAWF after NSRDEC confirms receipt of items.

6. Delivery Date:

21, December 2018

7. Ship to DODAAC and Shipping Address:

U.S. Army Natick RD&E Center, ATTN: William Causey, NSRDEC, 15 General Greene Ave, Warehouse 20, Natick MA, 01760-5000. DODAAC: W911QY

8. WAWF Inspection & Acceptance POC:

POC: William Causey

Email: william.d.causey7.civ@mail.mil Phone: (508) 233-5608