84 -- Cup, Water, Canteen, w/wire handle, corrosion-resisting steel.

See Notes 1, 26--NSN:8465-00-165-6838, Cup, Water Canteen, W/Wire Handle, corrosion-resisting steel, MIL-C-43761C dated 25 March 1988. Quantity to be procurred for one year basic ordering period, Minimum-131,400EA, Maximum-450,000 EA. Quantity to be procurred for two 1 year term options will be the same as above. There will be four deliveries. Destination is SNT-W25G1U, New Cumberland, PA and AQ5-W62G2T, San Joaquin, Tracy, CA. Production Leadtime is 120 days. This acquisition will be utilizing Best Value/Source Selection Procedures. Technical Proposals and Product Demonstration Models(PDM's) are required. This will be a Best Value Procurement in accordance with FAR-15-101, Trade Off Process. Evalauation factors other than cost or price will be Product Demonstration Models(PDM's), Experience/Past Performance, Surge & Sustainment Capacity and DLA Mentoring Business Agreements Program. 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.mil/home AFTER 23 September 2003(estimated date). 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 a Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free software is available at http://ww.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at admin contact@example.gov. Important Note on Foreign Content-The Defense appropriations and authorization acts and other statutes(including what is commnonly referred to as "The Berry Amendment" impose restrictions on the DoD's acquisition of foreigh 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. DSCP has developed a web-based system for contractors to request their specs, patterns, drawings, etc. A contractor fills out an on-line form and the request is automaticaly e-mailed to the TDR area and stored in a database table. The link is located on the C & T home page:http://ct.dacp.dla.mil/Index/html and on the contracting Page: http://ct.dacp.ddla.mil/Contracting/. Please provide company name, address, phone/fax number and contact person with all correspondence and E-Mail Carol Ann Pagliotti if interested in the procurement at contact@example.gov.