84 -- Boot, Safety, Hot Weather

Boot, Safety, Hot Weather (Navy Certified Styles), NSN: To be assigned. Quantity: Minimum: 23,520 Pr; Maximum: 68,952 Pr with four term options. Options Minimum: 23,520 Pr; Maximum: 68,952 Pr. Destination: Bill & Hold. Items to be manufactured in accordance with Navy Certified Style Numbers. With respect to products requiring certification/ qualification, awards will be made only for products, which are, at the time of award of contract, qualified and certified by the Navy. The attention of the contractors is called to these requirements, and manufacturers are urged to arrange to have the products that they propose to offer to the Federal Government tested for qualification in order that they may be eligible to be awarded contracts or orders for the products covered by this solicitation. Information pertaining to certification/qualification of products may be obtained from: Navy Clothing & Textile Research Facility; Allison Mack-DiIulio AMack_DiIulio@NCTRF.Natick.Army.Mil, 508-233-4189, ext 213. Production lead-time is 150 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; Experience/Past Performance, Bill & Hold, Socio-Economic, 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 June 21, 2006 (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 admin_support@pgmail.daps.mil.