The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons is forecasting a recompete requirement for the procurement of various zippers and fastening devices to support manufacturing operations. This Total Small Business set-aside opportunity is designated as a Requirements Contract with Firm-Fixed-Price pricing and will include a base period plus four option periods. The estimated solicitation release date is April 1, 2025, with an anticipated award date of July 1, 2025, and a Request for Information is planned.

The estimated award value ranges from $850,001 to $900,000, with performance to be completed in Pekin, Illinois. This requirement falls under NAICS code 339993 (Fastener, Button, Needle, and Pin Manufacturing) and product/service code 5325 for Fastening Devices. Interested contractors should contact Contract Specialist Renee Stancil at renee.stancil@usdoj.gov or (919) 575-5000, or Robert L. Connolly at robert.l.connolly@usdoj.gov for additional information.

The existing award being recompeted is Indefinite Delivery Contract 15UC0C20D00001758, a single-award contract originally awarded to Ideal Fasteners on July 13, 2020, with a ceiling value of $1,172,998.00 and an ultimate completion date of July 12, 2025. This contract supported the APFU Jacket program at the UNICOR Pekin facility by providing zippers for the manufacture of Army All-Purpose Environmental Footwear Uniform jackets and supplying textile components to correctional institutions nationwide. Ideal Fasteners, the incumbent contractor, has demonstrated its critical importance as a domestic zipper manufacturer, further evidenced by its $6.9 million cooperative agreement with the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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