Solicitation: U. S. Army Retiring Soldier Lapel Pins

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command–Fort Sam Houston (MICC-FSH) is procuring U.S. Army Retiring Soldier Lapel Buttons on behalf of the Installation Management Command (IMCOM) G1 for distribution to 59+ Army installations across all three Army Components. The buttons must comply with specifications outlined in Army Regulation 600-8-22 and feature a gold metal base with black background, black star overlaid by a white star, encircled by a gold-edged black ring inscribed with "Retired" and "Soldier for Life" in gold text, measuring 7/8-inch in diameter with a military butterfly clutch fastener. A mandatory qualification requirement stipulates that offerors must be certified by The Army Institute of Heraldry (TIOH) or be authorized distributors for TIOH-certified manufacturers. The Government will award a single-award Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Firm-Fixed-Price terms, evaluating offerors based on three factors: Technical Capability (Factor I) and Past Performance (Factor II), which combined are approximately equal to Price (Factor III), with award made to the responsible offeror offering Best Value. The solicitation originally closed on February 17, 2026, but was amended to extend the closing date to February 25, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time, with an anticipated award date of March 20, 2026, and questions were due by February 6, 2026.

This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 339910 (Jewelry and Silverware Manufacturing) with a 700-employee size standard, with no incumbent contractor identified. The contract minimum is 200 units with a maximum cumulative total of 211,590 units over the 5-year (60-month) ordering period from April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031, with estimated annual quantities of 36,761 units for Continental United States (CONUS) delivery and 5,557 units for Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) delivery across 136 distribution points. Delivery is required within 30 days after receipt of order (ARO) at FOB Destination with shipments marked per MIL-STD-129, and the contractor must develop a tracking system and provide quarterly delivery reports to all three Army Components. Individual order minimums are 200 units, and contractors are not obligated to honor single orders exceeding 10,000 units or combined orders exceeding 20,000 units within 30 days. The place of performance is San Antonio, Texas, with the contracting officer identified as MSG Kailey A. Good-Hallahan and contract specialist Annalyssa Navarro-Schwener as points of contact.