84 -- --Knee & Elbow Pads

See Note 1- NSN:8415-01-515-0363(s) Knee Pads and 8415-01-515-0219(s) Elbow Pads, Coyote, 498-FNS-PD-98-12 dated 10n Sep 1998-Quantity to be procurred for one year basic ordering period for Knee Pads is-Minimum Qty 140,000PR-Maximum Qty 350,000PR-Quantity to be procurred for one year basic ordering period for Elbow Pads is -Minimum Qty 140,000PR-Maximum Qty 350,000PR-Quantity to be procurred for Two One Year Term Options for Knee Pads are 100,000 Minimum Qty--250,000PR Maximum Qty-Quantity to be procurred for Two One Year Term Options for Elbow Pads are 100,000PR Minimum Qty-250,000PR Maximum Qty. Government contemplates Delivery Order 0001, placed on the Basic Year, for the Minimum Qty of 140,000PR Knee Pads and the Minimum Qty of 140,000PR Elbow Pads. Destination is W25G1U-DDSP New Cumberland, PA, SNT with four deliveries. Production Leadtime is 60 days. This will be a Best Value Procurement in accordance with FAR 15.101-1, TradeOff Process and Part 12 of the FAR for Commercial Items. Evaluation Factors other than cost or price will be Product Demonstration Models(PDM's), Experience/Past Performance and Surge and Sustainment Capacity. 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 April 2004(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 RFPinformation page and select DSCP Clothing & Textiles as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The Solicitations will be in a downloadable, printable formt 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 ad admin contact@example.gov. 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 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. 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 automatically e-mailed to the TDR area and stored in a database table. The link is located on the C & T homepage: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.