Regular and Improved Duffel Bag

ITEM: Duffel Bag, Regular and Duffel Bag, Improved

Duffel Bag, Regular; PGC: 17632, NSN: 8465-01-117-8699

Duffel Bag, Improved; PGC: 36096, NSN: 8465-01-604-6541

Specification/PD/CID: CID, A-A-55077B---Dated 26 July 2023-- Duffel Bag Regular

                                     MIL-DTL-32661--Dated: 19 July 2023-- Improved Duffel Bag

All materials used to manufacture these items are to be furnished by the contractor.

All materials/components shall be Berry Amendment compliant.

RFP SPE1C1-26-R-0054, will be utilized for the purchase of items Duffel Bag Regular and Duffel Bag Improved.

DLA Troop Support intends to solicit for the purchase of the Duffel Bag, Regular and Duffel Bag, Improved:

Duffel Bag, Regular: PGC: 17632, NSN: 8465-01-117-8699

Duffel Bag, Improved: PGC: 36096, NSN: 8465-01-604-6541

This acquisition of the purchase of the Duffel Bag Regular and Duffel Bag Improved will result in one (1) firm fixed price contract in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The contract will be a 60-month ordering period, containing five (5) separate 12-month price tiers. The RFP and proposed contract will be issued as 100% 8(a) Set-aside for Small Business.  Only 8(a) small business firms may submit offers for this acquisition. The quantities will be as follows:

Duffel Bag Regular-PGC 17632: 

Minimum Quantity for the five (5) years:  50,000 EA

AEQ: 200,000 EA

Max: 1,250,000 EA

Duffel Bag Improved-PGC 36096:

Minimum Quantity for the five (5) years: 70,000 EA;

Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ): 280,000 EA

Maximum Quantity for the five (5) years x:1,700,000 EA

NOTE: The minimum, AEQ, and maximum quantities stated below are for any combination of the Duffel Bag and Improved Duffel Bag. 

Total Combined:  

Minimum Quantity for the five (5) years: 120,000 EA

Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ): 480,000 EA

Maximum Quantity for the five (5) years: 2,950,000 EA

Best Value / Trade Off / Source Selection Procedures will be utilized in making the proposed award, and as a result, Technical Proposals are required. Technical and Past Performance, when combined, are more important than cost or price. Evaluation factors are as follows in descending order of importance: 

1. Product Demonstration Model (PDM) in accordance with Spec: CID, A-A-55077B---Dated 26 July 2023-- Duffel Bag Regular and MIL-DTL-32661--Dated: 19 July 2020-- Improved Duffel Bag

and

2)         Past Performance/Performance Confidence Assessment.

From this acquisition, a combination of Regular Duffel Bag and Improved Duffel Bag will be ordered. 

The first Delivery Order for each award is due to begin 120 days after award in 30-day increments, and 90 days for subsequent orders.  

Acquisition is FOB Destination to Travis Association for the Blind, Austin, TX (VSTZ), and Peckham Inc, Lansing, MI (VSTN) for the Regular Duffel Bag.

Acquisition is FOB Destination to Pendergrass Distribution Center, Pendergrass, GA (VSTQ) for the Improved Duffel Bag.

Inspection & Acceptance are at Origin.

RFID labeling at the item, case and pallet will be required for this acquisition as the items are listed for the Warfighter Recruit Bag.

All materials used to manufacture this item are to be furnished by the contractor.

All materials/components shall be Berry Amendment compliant.

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

SPECIFICATION:  

Duffel Bag Regular CID, A-A-55077B---Dated 26 July 2023. 

Improved Duffel Bag: MIL-DTL-32661--Dated: 19 July 2023.

Specification will be included at time of solicitation as an attachment.  Technical Data is included within Solicitation SPE1C1-26-R-0054. 

Specification and Tech are included as an attachment to the solicitation document in SAM.gov and DIBBS.   

In a future posting the solicitation will be found concurrently on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/Solicitations/. Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/default.aspx. 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.gov) website. 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 (if patterns and drawings are available).

NOTE: Commercial Items do not have patterns. 

Note: Drawings for the Duffel bags will be attached as pdf documents in in DIBBS and SAM.gov along with the solicitation document.

To request technical data for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (DLA C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA C&T Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx.

To request technical data for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (DLA C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA C&T Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx.

Contracting Office Address:

700 Robbins Avenue

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111-5096

Primary Point of Contact:

Kalifa Williams

Acquisition Specialist

Kalifa.williams@dla.mil

Phone: 445-737-6308