Cover, Canteen, 1 QT

This acquisition is for the manufacture and delivery of the Cover, Canteen, 1 QT NSN: 8465-00-860-0256. Manufacturing of the Cover, Canteen, 1 QT shall be in accordance with MIL-C-43742B dated 3 March 1981. The production lead time for initial order is 150 days after award and 90 days for subsequent orders. Deliveries will be made to DLA Distributions Depots Tracy, CA and New Cumberland, PA.
This will be an Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity contract with guaranteed minimum (GM), Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ), and Annual Order Limitation Quantity (AOLQ) as identified below.
                       GM     AEQ          AOLQ*
Base Year     4,912     19,648     329,036
Option 1       4,912     19,648     329,036
Option 2       4,912     19,648     329,036
* Note: The Annual Order Limitation Quantities are inclusive of a 6-month (304,476) surge quantity.

This acquisition will be issued as a Total Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside, and the source selection process shall be Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) in accordance with FAR 15.101-2. The government will make award to the offeror who represents the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Offer meeting the minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. Prospective vendors are advised that Federal Prison Industries will be allowed to submit a proposal in response to this solicitation.

Evaluation Factors for this acquisition is as follows:
1. Product Demonstration Model(s) (PDM)
2. Past Performance

To be technically acceptable, prospective offerors must demonstrate their ability to produce the cover, canteen, 1 QT by identifying relevant experience with same or similar items. Vendors must have met all technical and quality provisions while achieving on-time deliveries.

In addition, to the technically acceptable, past performance information must be Recent as well as Relevant to the cover, canteen, 1 QT. "Recent" is identified as all pertinent information within two (2) years of this solicitation's closing date. Offeror's will also be evaluated in terms of how well the contractor performed on past contracts.

Please note that clause 52.215-9023 Reverse Auction (Oct 2009) DLAD, will be incorporated into the solicitation as a possible price negotiation tool.

Anticipate Solicitation to be issued in July 2012.