A solicitation will be issued for 950 Pairs of Mittens, Flyer's, Anti-Exposure, Inflatable HAU-12/P. The corresponding National Stock Number: 8475-01-255-7484. As provided in MIL-M-81844C, dated 19 September 1986 and Notice 1 dated 16 July 1997, the HAU-12/P inflatable, anti-exposure, flyer's mittens are intended to be used to protect the hands of the wearer from exposure to cold water, wind and spray as a result of emergency ditching of an aircraft at sea. The mittens are intended to be used with anti-exposure coveralls. First Article Inspection is required and 3 Pairs of mittens shall be submitted and inspection shall be at the contractor?s facility. Production Lot Inspection is also required. The procurement will be 100% small business set-aside and Low Price/Technically Acceptable Source Selection Procedures will be utilized. Deliveries are FOB Destination and are to be shipped to New Cumberland, PA and Tracy, CA. Production Lead-Time is 210 days. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Number Notes 1, 9,12, 13, 23, 25 & 26 apply. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. A few highlights of the information that will be found include: 1.) On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process. 2.) In order to register for access to secure portions of DLA DIBBS, the company you are representing must already be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system. 3.) A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed immediately. A User ID will appear on the registration screen and a password will be sent separately to the email address of the Super User. If a CAGE is already registered on DLA DIBBS, the name and email address of the Super User will be provided. The Super User should be contacted to set-up additional accounts, logons and passwords for their CAGE. DIBBS Super User * If your CAGE has already been registered on DIBBS, the name and email address of the person designated as your super user will be provided. * The representative who starts the DIBBS registration process has the option to accept their CCR registration POC as the DIBBS super user, or they can designate themselves or another person to act as the super user for the CAGE. * The super user acts as the account administrator for a CAGE. They can add up to ninety-eight (98) additional users, provide user IDs and passwords, modify existing users, and control the login status of each user for their CAGEs through My Account (Account Maintenance).