Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green

Pre-solicitation Notice / Synopsis for
Solicitation No: SPE1C1-19-R-0155

Item: Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green, NSN: 8410-01-542-3737(s), specification is MIL-C-29431 and a pattern dated 8 September 2006

This acquisition will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside for the manufacture and delivery of the Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green (PGC 03343). The Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green shall be manufactured in accordance with the appropriate specification.

This acquisition will result in one award of an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price Type contract with a one (1) year base term and four (4) one-year option terms. The Guaranteed Minimum Quantity will be 465 each per term. The Annual Estimated Quantity is 5,580 each. The Maximum Quantity will be 6,975 each per term.

Government Furnished Material (GFM) will no longer be provided to Contractors that are awarded contracts for end item dress clothing contracts. It is now the responsibility of the Contractor to purchase the Cloth, Serge, Poly/Wool, Green Shade 2212 (NSN: 8305-01-247-6550) from DLA Troop Support as needed for the manufacture of the Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green. The Government shall be the sole source of the supply of the Cloth identified above and only such cloth obtained from the Government may be used in the manufacture of the subject item. The Cloth, Serge, Poly/Wool, Green Shade 2212 (NSN: 8305-01-247-6550) is valued at approximately $19.80 per yard. All other materials are to be contractor furnished.

Under the initial delivery order there will be three (3) monthly deliveries that will be required starting 120 days after the date of award with subsequent orders due in 90 days. The delivery destination for this item is Travis Association for the Blind 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 Past Performance - Performance Confidence Assessment, Product Demonstration Models (PDM) and Proposed Price in that order. The Government intends to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. All items must be 100% U.S. Made out of 100% U.S. Materials.

Offerors will be required to submit one (1) Product Demonstration Model (PDM) of the Cap, Garrison, Women's, MC, Green size 22 ½ (NSN: 8410-01-542-3847) and it shall be manufactured in accordance with the appropriate specification. Offerors will also be required to submit 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. Past Performance will be the most important evaluation factor, followed by PDM(s) which will be evaluated for conformance to the specification, then price.

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

The Solicitation will be posted on Dibbs or Fedbizopps. 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.

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 DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (C & T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support C & T Technical Data Repository area at:

http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx

The point of contact for subject acquisition is:
Earl Joyner; Acquisition Specialist; Phone (215) 737-6040;
Email: Earl.Joyner@dla.mil

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