The Boot, Intermediate, Cold/Wet with Removable Liner shall be manufactured in accordance with Purchase Description 06-26. Quantities: Base: MIN: 72,000 pr/MAX: 150,000 pr, Options I through IV: MIN: 72,000 pr/MAX: 150,000 pr. Destination will be New Cumberland, PA and Contractor Bill & Hold Facility. First delivery is due 120 days after award. Two unrestricted awards will be made at 60% and 40% of quantities listed above. Procurement will be evaluated under Best Value Procedures with the following evaluation factors: Product Demonstration Models,PDM Comparative, Experience/Past performance, Bill & Hold, 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 16 March 2006 (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.