***NOTE: This notice is NOT a solicitation. The solicitation HAS NOT yet been issued. It will not be issued until after December 1st, 2005. Once issued, the solicitation will provide a closing date, 30 days after the issue date. *** RFP SP0100-05-R-0118 is for the purchase of the Trousers, Cold Weather Liner, NSN 8415-01-180-0371(s). The quantity is for 8,191 trouser liners, 2,837 for item 0001 and 5,354 for item 0002. Two deliveries to Albany, Georgia to commence 210 days from the date of the award are required. Inspection and Acceptance will be at Origin. This solicitation will be restricted to small-business concerns only. Best Value source selection procedures will be utilized with Experience/ Past Performance and PDM as the evaluation factors. Numbered notes 1, 9 and 26 apply. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(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 at http://progate.daps.dla.mil/home AFTER December 1st, 2005. 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 (C&T) 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]. DSCP has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Contracting/. The standard specification for this item is MIL-L-43498D. The specification can be accessed via the ASSIST website at http://assist1.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/. In the box entitled “Document ID,” type the specification number exactly as it appears and click on “Submit”. Follow the instructions on each page. Click on the most recent edition of the specification. The specification will be in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Important 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.