CWGS IFB Questions_Answers through 14 March.docx

CWGS IFB W911QY-24-B-0001 Questions and Answers 14 March

1. Follow-up question: You wrote on March 7th:

Answer: There is a leather pinky gusset which is seamed along the side of the ring finger. Due to the visual angle of the drawn figure (below), it is not pictured.

Can the government confirm that this is ALSO a single needle topstitch?

Answer: It is also a single needle topstitch for the stitch within the green circle.

13 March

1. Do you by chance have the ability to send the patterns in a DXF or DXFMA format?

Answer: Pattern files for CWGS will only be provided in Gerber AccuMark format. Please refer to Section L.2.1.1. of the solicitation: “Government patterns will be provided in electronic format in a recent Gerber AccuMark version. For contractors without access to compatible AccuMark CAD and/or plotting capabilities it is recommended to utilize a 2nd party Pattern Service for pattern conversion and/or plotting.”

2. (Grammatical edit to answer of previous question on March 6th) - Can the government please read the bolded statements below pulled from the solicitation and clarify exactly how they would like everything to be packaged?

D.1 PACKAGING AND MARKING

Contractor shall package the CWGS as complete kits. A CWGS kit shall contain one pair (a pair consists of one left and one right component) of each of the four CWGS components of matching sizes. The CWGS kits shall be packaged in clear plastic bags.

The plastic bags shall have a white sticker label stating the item nomenclature (“Cold Weather Glove System”), contract number, Delivery Order number, and the CWGS kit Management Control Number (MCN) in human readable and barcode formats. Each CWGS kit shall include a Graphic Training Aid (GTA) as outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW).

Once bagged, the CWGS kits shall be packaged in accordance with the Attachment 0005 – Shipping Instructions) included in Section J.

The individual component pairs shall be packaged in clear plastic bags. The plastic bags shall have a white sticker label stating the component nomenclature, contract number, Delivery Order number, and appropriate National Stock Number (NSN) in human readable and barcode formats. Only Intermediate Cold Weather Glove pairs shall be packaged with a GTA as outlined in section C.3 of this SOW.

Once bagged, the individual component pairs shall be packaged in accordance with the Shipping Instructions included in Section J.

All kits and components must include labeling in accordance with labeling instructions provided in Section J. Individual components do not need to be bagged separately within a kit It says that individual components do not need to be bagged separately at the end, but above that, it says that each bag has to have the NSN and other info on the outside of the bag. In that case, that would suggest that in order to adequately label everything, each part of the CGWS DOES need to be bagged separately inside one large bag that also has a label indicating CGWS Kit.

Answer: The gloves will be required to be delivered in two possible configurations: 1. Complete Kits or 2. Individual Components. This is outlined in the CLIN structure. When delivered as Complete Kits, the individual components do not have to be individually bagged. Instead, all the components are packaged in one large kit bag that includes the four unbagged components. When delivered as Individual Components, then each pair must be packaged in a bag.

11 March

1. Can you confirm that patterns are available on DIBBs?

Answer: They are not available on DIBBs. Pattern requests shall follow the procedures listed in Section L.2.1.1. of the IFB.

7 March

1. The stitch circled in RED appears to be a single-needle topstitch, but is not referenced anywhere in the specification MIL-DTL-32709A. Can your team confirm that this is supposed to be a single needle topstitch, double needle topstitch, or clean finish?

Answer: This should be a single needle topstitch

2. Look at the green circle. The pattern file shows a seam here. Can you confirm whether or not there should be a seam here? Can you also confirm the date of the most recent pattern file (and send to me if possible)?

Answer: There is a leather pinky gusset which is seamed along the side of the ring finger. Due to the visual angle of the drawn figure (below), it is not pictured.

6 March 1 Is the Government able to update the specifications in a way that allows us to copy and paste text? It appears that the text in all three specs for the CGWS is rasterized as outlined paths instead of text that you can highlight. This makes it extremely challenging to navigate the document as we cannot use the Find feature to search for keywords.

Answer: Vendors can use the text recognition function in PDF in order to make the files searchable. Additionally, vendors can choose to use PDF to convert the files to Word format if they wish to copy/add text as they work on their proposals. We put two identical files for Attachments 0002, 0003 and 0004 are posted on SAM. One larger file has already gone through text recognition.

2 Can the government please read the bolded statements below pulled from the solicitation and clarify exactly how they would like everything to be packaged?

D.1 PACKAGING AND MARKING

Contractor shall package the CWGS as complete kits. A CWGS kit shall contain one pair (a pair consists of one left and one right component) of each of the four CWGS components of matching sizes. The CWGS kits shall be packaged in clear plastic bags.

The plastic bags shall have a white sticker label stating the item nomenclature (“Cold Weather Glove System”), contract number, Delivery Order number, and the CWGS kit Management Control Number (MCN) in human readable and barcode formats. Each CWGS kit shall include a Graphic Training Aid (GTA) as outlined in the Statement of Work (SOW).

Once bagged, the CWGS kits shall be packaged in accordance with the Attachment 0005 – Shipping Instructions) included in Section J.

The individual component pairs shall be packaged in clear plastic bags. The plastic bags shall have a white sticker label stating the component nomenclature, contract number, Delivery Order number, and appropriate National Stock Number (NSN) in human readable and barcode formats. Only Intermediate Cold Weather Glove pairs shall be packaged with a GTA as outlined in section C.3 of this SOW.

Once bagged, the individual component pairs shall be packaged in accordance with the Shipping Instructions included in Section J.

All kits and components must include labeling in accordance with labeling instructions provided in Section J. Individual components do not need to be bagged separately within a kit It says that individual components do not need to be bagged separately at the end, but above that, it says that each bag has to have the NSN and other info on the outside of the bag. In that case, that would suggest that in order to adequately label everything, each part of the CGWS DOES need to be bagged separately inside one large bag that also has a label indicating CGWS Kit.

Answer: The gloves will be delivered to be delivered in two possible configurations: 1. Complete Kits or 2. Individual Components. This is outlined in the CLIN structure. When delivered as Complete Kits, the individual components do not have to be individually bagged. Instead, all the components are packaged in one large kit bag that includes the four unbagged components. When delivered as Individual Components, then each pair must be packaged in a bag.

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