76 -- BIBLE, TANAKH-ISBN: 0827603665-PAPERBACK

Sources sought for the Bible, Tanakh-ISBN: 0827603665-Paperback. This is a Total Small Business Set-Aside buy for a total quantity of 2,065. There are an indefinite number of deliveries. This is a Best Value solicitation using the Evaluation Factor of Past Performance. The destinations of Abbot Church Goods, Cherry Hill NJ and Suffolk, VA. 23434-3820 (SEQ) will be utilized. The quantity of 1,755 will go to Abbot, while the remaining quantity of 310 will go to SEQ. This buy will utilize Inspection and Acceptance at Origin and FOB Destination for SEQ and just FOB Destination for Abbot Church Goods. The National Stock Number (NSN) is 9925-01-465-9359. The first delivery is due 30 days after date of award. Request written quotation. Target award date is March 9, 2004. 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 12/17/03. 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 and 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 contact@example.gov. 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/. 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 DoDs 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.