BRAID, TEXTILE, FLAT, COTTON, TYPE III

Availability of solicitation, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitation in paper form. THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR ABOUT MAY 28, 2014. This solicitation shall be issued as a small business set-aside. Numbered notes 1, 13, and 26 apply. Solicitation Number: SPE1C114Q0260 This requirement is for the following: Item Clin 0001: NSN: 8315-01-076-1990 Item Description: BRAID, TEXTILE, FLAT, COTTON, TYPE III. BRAID, TEXTILE, FLAT, COTTON, TYPE III, CLASS 2; 1-1/2 INCH WIDTH; COLOR US ARMY BLACK 194; PUT-UP ON SINGLE-WIDTH CHIPBOARD REELS CONTAINING 72 + 5 YARDS EACH. POLYESTER BRAID IS AN ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATE TO THE COTTON BRAID THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS ALL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE A-A-55187. Quantity Clin 0001: 55,400 Unit: YARD Destination: Defense Dist. Depots, Albany, GA. F.O.B. Destination Inspect/acceptance at origin/source Production Lead Time: 120 days Pricing will be on a F.O.B. Destination basis Solicitation will be 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 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 authorizations acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as "The Berry Amendment") impose restriction 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 +1 (555) 000-0000), 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 manufactures the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles (DLA C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support C & T Technical Data Repository area at: http://www.troopsupport.dla.mil/index.asp