AF Trouser, Dress, P/W, Serge, AF Shade 1620; PGC 02234

Pre-Solicitation Notice (Synopsis) - DLA Troop Support - Clothing & Textiles FQCA This information is for solicitation SPM1C1-12-R-xxxx. This pre-solicitation notice is for the purchase of the AF Trouser, Men's, AF Shade 1620, NSN: 8405-01-377-8089(s); PGC 02234, 73 sizes in the size tariff. Total quantity: 93,000 pair Production lead-time: 60 days after date of award. Resultant Contract will be a total small business set-aside and awarded as a definite quantity type, firm-fixed price "C" contract, with a one-time ordering period only, to one small business vendor; there are no option periods. Government furnished material will be provided as: Cloth, P/W, Serge, AF Shade 1620, 60" wide, unsponged; stored at Peckham Lansing, MI; at $12.26/yard. This item is being solicited in accordance with end-item specification and amendments: PD85-1B dated 31 March 1993 and Amendment #1 dated 20 April 1994 Pattern dated: 07 July 1993 The destination for this item is SD0131 VSTZ Travis Association for the Blind, located at 4509 Freidrich Lane Bldg 4, Suite 402 Austin, TX 78744-1812. In the past, most Best Value Clothing and Textile solicitations utilized Best Value Trade-Off Procedures; however, this acquisition will utilize the Low Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Best Value Method, FAR 15.101-2. As such, no "trade-off" applies and the Government intends to award to the low priced firm who is deemed "technically acceptable." The following technical factor will be used for award evaluation: 1. Product Demonstration Model (PDM) only. 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). ****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), including the materials and components thereof (other than sensors, electronics, or other items added to, and not normally associated with clothing), 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. DLA Troop Support has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (DLA Troop Support C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support C&T Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dscp.dla.mil/Portal/sreqfrm.aspx Point of Contact: Thomas Orlando at contact@example.gov or +1 (555) 000-0000 for further information.