Description (s): Item: Buckles, Trouser NSN: 8455-01-503-9483 Added June 19, 2009 RFQ is for the purchase of Buckle, Trouser, Gold Plated, MC. NSN: 8455-01-503-9483. This request for quote (RFQ) will result in four deliveries to TRAVIS Association for the Blind, Austin, Texas. No option will be included in the acquisition. The award that results from this solicitation will be issued as a simplified acquisition. Total Quantity: 48,059, commencing 60 days after date of award and 30 days follow-on order. Availability of solicitation, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitation in paper form. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA procurement Gateway (Gate) at https: //progate.daps.dla.mil/home THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON June 19, 2009. This solicitation shall be issued as a small business set-aside. Solicitation will be on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS home page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. 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 Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system. 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 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 CCR 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 authorizations acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as “The Berry Amendment”) impose restriction 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. DSCP has developed a web-based system that allows manufactures the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for DSCP Clothing and Textiles (DSCP C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DSCP C & T Technical Data Repository area at: https://phls410.dscp.dla.mil/pls/portal/CUSTOM_DSCP_APP.CTSREQ_DYN_PATTERN.show POINT OF CONTACT: Patricia Kenneh, Contract Specialist, Phone 215 737-5291, FAX 215-737-8104, Email
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