The purchase description (A-A-50379) is to be used for this item. This acquisition is for a firm fixed quantity of 3494 pairs of mitten shells, men’s to be delivered to the Tracy CA depot. Production lead time begins 120 days after date of award (1 delivery). This is an unrestricted acquisition. There will be 1 additional option. Anticipated issuance date will be on or after 1 December 2004. All materials used in fabrication are to be furnished by the successful bidder. All responsible sources may submit offers which DSCP shall consider. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(a) 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 estimated date. From the Gateway homepage, select "Search RFQ's" from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFQ you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFQ's. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFQ's, prospective vendors must go to theRFQ information page and select DSCP Clothing and 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]. Contractors can request specifications/patterns from the following website: http//ct.dscp.dla.mil. Once you are at this page, scroll down to the paragraph that states: “Contractors interested in requesting various items from our Technical data Repository area can now make their requests via this website.” Just click here and visit our Contracting Page where you will see (3 bullets down): ‘Specification/Pattern/Drawing Requests-Attention Contractors! Just click here and you can send in a request for specifications, CIDS, patterns, drawings or cartoons. This is a new feature on this site. Contractors will need the control number displayed at the time of their request to check the status of their requests.