This buy will be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. This will be a Firm Fixed Price contract. The item is Trousers, Men’s, Poly/Cotton White#3053. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8405-00-196-2185(s). The military specification is CID-AA-55185 dated 06/14/99 and the pattern date is 02/24/98. The purchase quantity is MIN/8,400 MAX/14,000 each. The delivery quantity is spread over six (6) delivery increments. The first delivery is due 120 days after the date of award. The destination is DDSP New Cumberland Facility, Building Mission Door 113-134, New Cumberland, PA 17070-5002. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor. This is a best value acquisition with Source Selection Procedures. The following factors will be utilized in descending order of importance: Production Demonstration Model (PDM), Experience/Past Performance. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations in paper form. This information is for solicitation SP0100-06-R-0040. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.mil/home AFTER 1/18/2006. From the Gateway homepage, select "Search RFPs" from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFPs. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFPs, prospective vendors MUST go to the RFP Information page and select DSCP Clothing & Textiles as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The solicitations 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/readstep2.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at
[email protected] Note on Foreign Content 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) 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. The Contract Specialist is Tracey O’Donnell. She can be reached at (215) 737-7236, Email,
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