*NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, NOT A SOLICITATION. THE SOLICITATION HAS NOT YET BEEN ISSUED. SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR AROUND 21 APRIL 2006. ONCE THE SOLICITATION IS ISSUED, THE SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE A CLOSING DATE 30 DAYS AFTER THE ISSUE DATE. **NOTE: THE BERRY AMENDMENT AND THE BUY AMERICAN ACT APPLY. CONTRACTOR MUST BE CCR REGISTERED AND MUST HAVE A GOVERNMENT CAGE CODE. ***NOTE: SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS A 40% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE / 60% UNRESTRICTED ACQUISITION USING NEGOTIATED METHOD OF PROCUREMENT. TRADE-OFF PROCEDURES APPLY: PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION MODEL, EXPERIENCE/PAST PERFORMANCE, SOCIOECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS, DLA MENTORING AND JAVITS WAGNER O'DAY. BEST VALUE SOURCE SELECTION PROCEDURES WILL BE UTILIZED. SUCCESSFUL OFFEROR(S) WILL BE AWARDED THE ENTIRE CONTRACT. THEREFORE, OFFEROR MUST BID ON BASE YEAR AND ALL OPTION YEARS. MULTIPLE AWARDS MAY BE MADE. RFP SPM1C1-06-R-0070 WILL BE FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) TYPE CONTRACT(S) WITH ONE (1) BASE YEAR PERIOD AND TWO (2) 100% TERM OPTION YEAR PERIODS FOR NSN 8455-01-534-1054, INSIGNIA, INFRARED REFLECTIVE MATERIAL, USA FLAG, TAN, REVERSE, WITH HOOK FASTENER. CP/PD-06-05 DATED 21 OCT 2005 AND THE FOLLOWING INTERIM CHANGES APPLY: PAGE 5 AND PAGE 7, PARAGRAPH 3.7 FINISHED MEASUREMENTS, PARAGRAPH 4.4.2 END ITEM DIMENSIONAL EXAMINATION DELETE ALL OCCURRENCE OF 0.3 AND SUBSTITUTE 1/16. PAGE 6, PARAGRAPH 3.8 IDENTIFICATION LABEL, AFTER SIZE FOR TYPE...ADD LOT NUMBER LOT -XXXX-. NEXT LINE ADD MANUFACTURING DATE MFG: __/__/__. END OF INTERIM CHANGES TO CP/PD-06-05 DATED 21 OCT 2005. INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY TYPE CONTRACT PROVISIONS APPLY. TOTAL QUANTITY: MINIMUM OF 450,000 EACH AND MAXIMUM OF 2,375,000 EACH APPLY TO BOTH THE BASE YEAR AND FIRST OPTION YEAR PERIODS; MINIMUM OF 362,000 EA AND MAXIMUM OF 1,800,000 EA APPLIES TO THE SECOND OPTION YEAR PERIOD. DESTINATION(S): NEW CUMBERLAND, PA AND PHOENIX, AZ. SIX (6) DELIVERIES BEGINNING 150 DAYS AND ENDING 300 DAYS AFTER DATE OF AWARD. FORTY (40) PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION MODELS SHALL BE SUBMITTED ALONG WITH PROPOSAL. IN ADDITION, PRODUCTION LOT TEST REQUIREMENTS APPLY. CONTRACTOR SUPPLIES ALL MATERIALS. THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS AND AUTHORIZATION ACTS AND OTHER STATUTES (INCLUDING WHAT IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE BERRY AMENDMENT) IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON DOD ACQUISITION OF FOREIGN PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. GENERALLY, CLOTHING AND TEXTILES ITEMS (AS DEFINED BY 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 ITMES 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 APPLY. SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) WEBSITE AT https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ ON OR AROUND 21 APRIL 2006. AVAILABILITY OF SOLICITATIONS, FAR 5.102(d) APPLIES AS OUR OFFICE NO LONGER ISSUES SOLICITATIONS OR AMENDMENTS IN PAPER FORM. OFFEROR MUST REGISTER IN DIBBS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF SOLICITATIONS OR AMENDMENTS AND TO DOWNLOAD SOLICITATIONS. THE SOLICITATIONS WILL BE IN A DOWNLOADABLE FORMAT WHEN VIEWED WITH AN ADOBE ACROBAT READER. FREE SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. DIBBS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL AT
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