Christian Ecclesiastical Items

This is a pre-solicitation notice. The solicitation will be issued around October 2014. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Set Aside for Small Business concerns for various Christian Ecclesiastical Items, and will result in a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Type Contract. Base term will be 1 year from date of issuance of contract, plus 4 options, each for 365 days and each with a minimum dollar value equal to 10% of the estimated dollar value and a total contract maximum dollar value equal to $5,500,000.00. Items to be included in the solicitation are commercial Brand Name religious supplies to support Christian and Catholic chaplains in all military services. A wide variety of items are included - approximately 470 items (see attached schedule). The vendor is responsible to: assure that all items are manufactured in accordance with the brand name descriptions; provide 100% fill rate for all items within the delivery timeframes and offer expedient solutions to "out of stock" positions; deliver supplies in designated timeframes to customers worldwide at multiple destinations; receive and transmit various documents via EDI; provide for surge capability on certain items categorized as "seasonal" or "go-to-war"; provide for an one-to-one-replacement warranty for defective items. Delivery timeframes will be 14 days for most items. Items requiring special delivery timeframes will be specified in the solicitation. Best Value Source Selection procedures will be used in this solicitation. Both technical and price proposals will be required at the time of solicitation closing. Technical merit will be more important than price. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. NOTE: Copies of the solicitation can be found as attachments to this announcement, as well as from http://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP/. The 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.