Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE)

See numbered note 22. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP), intends to negotiate a Sole Source contract to sustain the Marine Corps Systems Command for the Improved Load Bearing Equipment (ILBE) System with Propper International Inc. The DLA Requirement will be solicited on an Other Than Full and Open Competition basis as permitted under 10 U.S.C 2304 (c) (1) and implemented by FAR 6.302-1 "Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements." The Requirement will result in an Indefinite Delivery Type Contract (IDTC) with one Base Year plus Two one-year Option Years for the following ILBE components: NSN Description 8465-01-515-8636 Radio Pouch Spare 8465-01-515-8647 Shoulder Strap Spare 8465-01-515-8620 Main Pack 8465-01-515-8629 Assault Pack 8465-01-515-8643 Lid 8465-01-515-8677 Hip Belt Men's Large 8465-01-515-8658 Hip Belt Men's Small 8465-01-520-8658 Hip Belt Men's Medium 8465-01-531-1753 Individual Source Hydration System 8315-01-531-5546 19.5" Slide Fastener (Lid) 8465-01-515-8785 1" Metal Tri Glide (5,000/Box) 8465-01-524-8354 ¼" Rubber Tube Black (700yd/roll) 8305-01-516-5700 1" Webbing Coyote (2600yd/roll) 8465-01-536-8008 Mouth Piece Valve (Source Storm) 120/Box 8465-01-532-7253 Source Hydration Reservoir (350/Box) The ILBE Pack System is the only known domestically manufactured system that is capable of transferring the shear loads using a waist belt made solely of laminated foams. This is possible due to a unique combination of open cell foam, close cell foam, special glues, heating and cooling. Arc'Teryx has exclusively licensed their technology to Propper International Inc. No drawings are available. No Request for Proposal is available for competitive bidding; however, interested parties may submit a statement of capability for satisfying this requirement, to include descriptive literature, within 15 days of this announcement to the contract person listed above. This requirement is subject to the Berry Amendment (10 USC 2533 a) and the NAICS code is 314911. Remember to enter information relating to Options in your synopsis! ( FEDBIZOPPS) Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Solicitation will be posted 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 the 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 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 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 manufacturers 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 http://www.dscp.dla.mil/Portal/sreqfrm.aspx