84 -- SLACKS, WOMN''S 100% POLY WHITE SHADE #3006

This information is for solicitation SP0100-03-R-0160. The item is Slacks, Wmn's 100% Poly White Shade #3006. The applicable NSN for this procurement is 8410-01-311-9640 (s). The military specification is MIL-S-24948 Type II Class 1 dated 29 September 1989. The pattern is dated 8 January 1992. The purchase quantity is MIN 46,354 pair / MAX 69,538 pair with four (4) additional options. It is the Governments intent to spread over twelve (12) delivery increments. The first delivery is due 135 days after the date of award. This purchase requires Bill and Hold. The destination is the Contractor's plant. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside that will result in a firm fixed price contract. This is a Best Value Acquisition with Source Selection Procedures. The following factors will be utilized in descending order of importance: Production Demonstration Model (PDM), Experience/Past Performance, Bill and Hold, and DLA Mentoring Business Agreement. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor. The cloth that is used for this item is Cloth, 100% Polyester 2/1 right hand twill, texturized by the false twist process. The Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. Reference Numbered Notes 1, 9, and 26. 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.dla.mil AFTER July 4, 2004. 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 (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 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.