Apparel: men/women tee shirts

The purpose of this amendment is to change the LOGO REQUIREMENT for the SAMPLE and EVALUATION of the SAMPLE:

FROM REQUIRED
TO NOT REQUIRED

NOTE: LOGO WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE AWARDEE PRODUCTS.

OFFEROR QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:

QUESTION 1. SHOULD WE SEND SAMPLES FOR ALL COLOR VARIETIES?

ANSWER 1. NO, ONLY SEND ONE SAMPLE PER ITEM NUMBER RELECTED IN THE SOLICITATION.

QUESTION 2. ARE WE ABLE TO PROPOSE AN ALTERNATE STYLE FOR A SPECIFIED COLOR?

ANSWER 2. NO, BUT YOU MAY PROPOSE A SIMILAR COLOR, PER SOLICITATION, PAGE 4 OF 32, "INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS", IF THE COLOR IS NOT AVAILABLE.

QUESTION 3. TO ACHIEVE A CLEARER LOGO DESIGN, CAN WE INCREASE THE FRONT LOGO FROM 3" TO 3.25".

ANSWER 3. YES, YOU MAY INCREASE THE SIZE .25" TO MAKE A CLEARER LOGO.

QUESTION 4. DO THE SHIRTS HAVE TO BE MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES?

ANSWER 4. PLEASE REVIEW THE BUY AMERICAN CLAUSES REFERENCED IN THE SOLICITATION (SEE 252.225-7001, 252.225-7002, AND 252.225-7036) AND RELATED CLAUSES AND LAWS CITED IN THE REFERENCES.

OFFEROR QUESTIONS AND GOVERNMENT ANSWERS:

QUESTION 1. Once the award is made, what is the turnaround time?

ANSWER 1. Shipment and Delivery should be proposed at the fastest means possible.

QUESTION 2. Can we combine separate solicititations into one proposal/quote?

ANSWER 2. No, you cannot.

QUESTION 3. Regarding the sample orders, do they need to be printed, or are you only looking for various T-Shirts?

ANSWER 3. Refer to the solicitations offeror instructions on Page 3 and evaluation instructions on Page 12. Samples must be actual samples made to the specification descriptions.

QUESTION 4. Is payment made on terms or on delivery?

ANSWER 4. Refer to the solicitation's clauses, to include the WAWF clause and other payment clauses. 

The purpose of this amendment is to answer a vendor question.

Question 1. Can you please provide information of previous awards, when, and at what price?

Answer 1. You may research this information on the FEDBIZOPPS site by inserting the local Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contracting office code (SPMYM1) in the keyword search block, which will bring up all awards. Use the advanced search selection to drill down to more detailed results in the Active and Archived file repositories.

SOLICITATION


The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), DLA Maritime Norfolk, Contracting Division, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price contract to procure clothing apparel. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 315220 (Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing). Items are to be delivered to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, VA. There will be one (1) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), as described below.

 CLIN 0001: TEE SHIRT, MEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, NNSY LOGO, QTY 14,445 EACH

CLIN 0002: TEE SHIRT, MEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, AMERICAN'S SHIPYARD LOGO, QTY 750 EACH

CLIN 0003: TEE SHIRT, WOMEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, NNSY LOGO, QTY 1,800 EACH

 The procurement will be processed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation number is SPMYM118Q0055 and is expected to be posted on or around 2 APRIL 2018.

QUOTES will be due by 23 APRIL 2018, 12:30 PM EST, and shall be emailed to the attention of Theodore Nigro at theodore.nigro@dla.mil.

 QUESTIONS shall be emailed no later than 17 APRIL 2018 to the attention of Theodore Nigro at theodore.nigro@dla.mil.

 PRODUCT SAMPLES will be due by 19 APRIL 2018, and will be physically mailed to the address specified in the solicitation.

 Please ensure that the solicitation number is included on the shipping package for the samples and in the subject line of all email correspondence. Emails without subject lines will not be read because of security issues. Vendors must be responsive to all evaluation factors for their bids to be considered viable.

 Per 52.212-2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items (OCT 2014), the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 

(i)     Technical capability of the item offered meets the Government requirement

(ii)    Price

(iii)   Past Performance: Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) and Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPPIS) will be reviewed to determine vendor responsibility

 The relative order of importance of the evaluation factors are in descending order of importance.

 Vendors are hereby notified that the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at https://www.fbo.gov (Federal Business Opportunities). By submitting a quote, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither it nor its principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal agency.

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), DLA Maritime Norfolk, Contracting Division, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price contract to procure clothing apparel. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 315220 (Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing). Items are to be delivered to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth, VA. There will be one (1) Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), as described below.

CLIN 0001: TEE SHIRT, MEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, NNSY LOGO, QTY 14,445 EACH

CLIN 0002: TEE SHIRT, MEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, AMERICAN'S SHIPYARD LOGO, QTY 750 EACH

CLIN 0003: TEE SHIRT, WOMEN'S SHORT SLEEVE, NNSY LOGO, QTY 1,800 EACH

The procurement will be processed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The solicitation number is SPMYM118Q0055 and is expected to be posted on or around 2 APRIL 2018.

QUOTES will be due by 23 APRIL 2018, 12:30 PM EST, and shall be emailed to the attention of Theodore Nigro at theodore.nigro@dla.mil.

QUESTIONS shall be emailed no later than 17 APRIL 2018 to the attention of Theodore Nigro at theodore.nigro@dla.mil.

PRODUCT SAMPLES will be due by 19 APRIL 2018, and will be physically mailed to the address specified in the solicitation.

Please ensure that the solicitation number is included on the shipping package for the samples and in the subject line of all email correspondence. Emails without subject lines will not be read because of security issues. Vendors must be responsive to all evaluation factors for their bids to be considered viable.

Per 52.212-2 - Evaluation - Commercial Items (OCT 2014), the Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

(i)     Technical capability of the item offered meets the Government requirement

(ii)    Price

(iii)   Past Performance: Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) and Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPPIS) will be reviewed to determine vendor responsibility

The relative order of importance of the evaluation factors are in descending order of importance.

Vendors are hereby notified that the solicitation and any subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available by downloading the documents at https://www.fbo.gov (Federal Business Opportunities). By submitting a quote, the vendor will be self-certifying that neither it nor its principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal agency.