The Overshoe, Black Vinyl shall be manufactured in accordance with Commercial Item Description A-A-59520 dated 30 November 1999. Quantities: Base: MIN: 149,682 pr/MAX: 903,402 pr, Options I through II: MIN: 451,008 pr/MAX: 903,402 pr. Destination will be New Cumberland, PA and San Joaquin, Tracy, CA. First delivery is due 165 days after award. Procurement will be issued unrestricted with a 20% Small Business Set Aside and will be evaluated under Best Value Procedures with the following evaluation factors: Product Demonstration Models, Experience/Past performance, Surge/Mobilization, Socio-Economic and Javits-Wagner O’Day (JWOD). Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.201 (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 21 Oct 2005 (ESTIMATED). From the Gateway homepage, select “Search RFPs” from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the register at time of download. In order to ensure email notification of RFPs, prospective vendors must go to the RFP information page and select DSCP Clothing and Textiles as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The solicitation 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/readstep.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at
[email protected]. The Defense Appropriations and Authorization Acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as “The Berry Amendment”) impose restrictions on the DOD’s acquisition of foreign products and services. Generally, Clothing and Textiles items (as defined in DFARS clause 252.225-7012) and “specialty metals” (as defined in DFARS clause 252.225-7014) 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.