Men and women's short and long sleeve dress shirts, Space Force

Pre-solicitation Notice / Synopsis for Solicitation No: SPE1C1-26-R-SFTBA

DLA Troop Support is planning an acquisition for the following items:

Item 0001:

Item Description: Shirt, Woman's Overblouse (Long Sleeve), Type I, Gray 1698

PGC: 00613 / NSN: 8410-01-720-6178 (s)

PD/CID/Spec: 11-PD-24-010A dated 21 Aug 2024

Pattern Dated: 5 March 2024

Sample Size: 10R

Item 0002:

Item Description: Shirt, Man's (Long Sleeve), Type I, Gray 1698

PGC: 00614 / NSN: 8405-01-719-8092 (s)

PD/CID/Spec: 11-PD-24-011A dated 23 July 2024

Pattern Dated: 5 March 2024

Sample Size: 16.5 x 32/33

Item 0003:

Item Description: Shirt, Woman's Overblouse (Short Sleeve), Type I, Gray 1698

PGC: 00648 / NSN: 8410-01-720-7069 (s)

PD/CID/Spec: 11-PD-24-010A dated 21 Aug 2024

Pattern Dated: 5 March 2024

Sample Size: 10R

Item 0004:

Item Description: Shirt, Man's (Short Sleeve), Type II, Gray 1698

PGC: 00615 / NSN: 8410-01-720-0234 (s)

PD/CID/Spec: 11-PD-24-011A dated 23 July 2024

Pattern Dated: 5 March 2024

Sample Size: 16.5 Reg

This acquisition will be issued as a 100% Total Business Set Aside. The NAICS code applicable to the acquisition is 315250 for Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 750 employees. An Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price Type contract for a term of 36 months is planned.  The contract will have three (3) separate, twelve (12) month pricing periods:

PRICING PERIOD TIER ONE: Period one (1) will have a performance period from the date of award through 365 days thereafter.

PRICING PERIOD TIER TWO: Period two (2) will have a performance period immediately following period one (1) through 365 days thereafter.

PRICING PERIOD TIER THREE: Period three (3) will have a performance period immediately following period two (2) through 365 days thereafter.

The quantities provided below are estimates and may change at the time of solicitation based on demand and supply position. Itemized quantities are provided for informational purposes only.

Item

Type

Min Qty

AEQ

Max Qty

Shirt, Woman's Overblouse

Long Sleeve

1,738

4,344

18,245

Shirt, Man's

Long Sleeve

5,746

14,364

43,092

Shirt, Woman's Overblouse

Short Sleeve

1,738

4,344

18,245

Shirt, Man's

Short Sleeve

5,746

14,364

43,092

The government shall reserve the right to order any combination of the above items and size configurations, within the total guaranteed minimum (GM) and maximum quantities as follows:

Total GM: 14,968

Total Max: 157,148

*NOTE: ONLY DOMESTIC MANUFACTURED ITEMS WHICH ARE MADE FROM 100% DOMESTIC PRODUCTS ARE PERMITTED.

The acquisition will utilize Best Value, Trade-Off Source Selection procedures. The solicitation will require the submission of a Technical Proposal consisting of the following:

• Product Demonstration Models (PDM)s. The Government will evaluate visual, dimensional, and manufacturing operations.

• Past Performance. The Government will evaluate the Offeror's Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) scores for the Federal Supply Class (FSC) 8405 & 8410

• Delivery Schedule & Monthly Capacity evaluation factor. The Government will evaluate the Offeror’s proposed delivery schedule and monthly production capacity to determine the likelihood of meeting required quantities within the specified performance period.

The delivery destination will be Travis Association for The Blind located in Austin, Texas 78744.

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 and beta.sam.gov. 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 C&T TECHNICAL DATA REPOSITORY: DLA Troop Support has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings. To request technical data, reference the above cited specifications and patterns at: http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx 

Upon submission of a technical data request, please notify the Acquisition Specialist, Kimberly.Sabo@dla.mil.