Sources sought for the Muslim Ecclesiastical Prime Vendor for all military services. This is an UNRESTRICTED, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity buy for a minimum dollar value of $30,000.00 and a maximum dollar value of $400,000.00 This buy will be 100% Direct Vendor Delivery (FOB Destination) with a base year and 4 option years. This is a Best Value solicitation using the Evaluation Factors of Past Performance, Product Demonstration Model (PDM) for 6 items, Product Requirements, and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). There are 28 items on this contract (27 are commercial, and one item is noncommercial). The Muslim Eccelesiastical Prime Vendor is responsible to: assure that all items are manufactured in accordance with the brand name descriptions; provide 100% fill rate for all items wihtin the delivery timeframes and offer expedient solutions to "out of stock" positions; deliver supplies in designated timeframes to customers worldwide at mulitiple destinations; receive and transmit various documents via EDI; provide for surge capability on certain items categorized as "seasonal" or "go-to-war"; provide for a one-to-one replacement warranty for defective items. Government Furnished Material (GFM) will be utilized for the carrier cases for the Chaplain’s Kit, Muslim AND the Chaplain’s Kit, Muslim, Ministry Extender. The National Stock Number (NSN) is 9925-01-353-8791(s). The first delivery order is due 14 days after award. Request written quotation. Target award date is 12 March, 2005. There is no pattern for this item. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102 (d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation or solicitation amendments. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway (Gateway) at http://progate.daps.mil/home AFTER 5/28/04. From the Gateway homepage, select “Search RFPs” from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFPs. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFPs, prospective vendors MUST go to the RFP Information page and select DSCP Clothing and Textiles (C&T) as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The solicitations will be in a downloadable, printable format when viewed with an Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free software is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at
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