This information is for solicitation (Ref 2735). This is for the purchase of SKIRT, WOMAN?S, POLY/WOOL, GABARDINE DARK, BLUE MC SHADE 2312. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8410-01-413-2735(s). The military specification is MIL-S-29429B dated 01 June 1994. The pattern date is September 7, 2004. The purchase quantity is 3,840 each. The first delivery order is due 120 days after the date of award. The destination for this item is Travis Association for the Blind, a depot in Austin, TX. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside that will result in a firm fixed price contract. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor with exception of the basic fabric (Cloth, Poly/Wool Gabardine Dark Blue Marine Corps Shade 2312), which will be provided as GFM. This cloth is 59 inches wide and the NSN is 8305-01-248-0977. The Government does not intend to use FAR part 12 for this acquisition. Reference Numbered Notes 1, 9, and 26.The storage facility for the cloth is in a depot in Albany, GA. To receive a copy of the solicitation please e-mail Peter Monteleone 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 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 https://ctportal.dscp.dla.mil/pls/portal/custom_dscp_app.ctsreq_dyn_pattern.show.