Boot, Extreme Cold Weather (Mukluk), Quantity: Minimum: 3,000 Pr; Maximum: 21,588 Pr with four term options. Option 1-Minimum: 5,364 Pr; Maximum: 26,820 Pr, Option 2-Minimum: 5,364 Pr; Maximum: 26,820 Pr, Option 3-Minimum: 5,364 Pr; Maximum 26,820 Pr, Option 4-Minimum: 5,364 Pr; Maximum 26,820 Pr. Destination: SNT—Defense Dist. Depot Susquehanna, New Cumberland, PA, and AQ5—Defense Dist. Depot San Joaquin, Tracy, CA. Items to be manufactured in accordance with MIL-B-6352F. Production lead-time is 120 days after date of award. Procurement will be issued on an unrestricted basis and will be evaluated under Best Value Procedures with the following evaluation factors; Product Demonstration Model, Experience/Past Performance, Socio-Economic, DLA Mentoring, and Javits Wagner O’Day. 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 (Gateway) at http://progate.daps.mil/home after August 10, 2005 (Estimated). 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]. 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.