*NOTE: This is a pre-solicitation notice, not a solicitation from Defense Logistics Agency, Troop Support , 700 Robbins Ave. in Philadelphia, PA. The solicitation has NOT yet been issued. The RFP, with information and specifications will be available on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) Home page (see instructions below) after September 17, 2018. Please not that all dates are estimated. Solicitation SPE1C1-18-R-0143 will be for the purchase of: LOT I- JACKET, RUNNING SUIT (NAVY, FQSE PD-08-05A DATED 25 FEBRUARY 2015, with a PATTERN DATE of 30 JULY 2015 and, LOT II- US MARINE CORPS RUNNING SUIT JACKET, FULLY LINED SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FQ/PD-08-05A DATED 25 FEBRUARY,2015 and PATTERN DATE: 06 DECEMBER 2010. The Government intends to make one or two awards under this solicitation for different quantities. The intent is to have different contractors for each of the separate contracts that will be awarded from this solicitation for each lot. In order to ensure that multiple sources of supplies, the government reserves the right to exclude under the authority of far 6.202 (a) (4) (5) establishing or maintaining alternative sources. The Government reserves the right to make one or two awards to the same source for all items if the same source is deemed the best value for all lots to be awarded or one contract for each item to separate vendors of different sources are selected as best value. Orders will be issued under each separate contract in accordance with the items conditions of the contract and without notice to, or consideration of, any other contractor, or consideration of the terms and conditions of any other contract, and the fair opportunity provisions of far 16.505 (b) will not be applicable to orders under either of the resulting contracts Based on the foregoing and the market research available at this time, the Government's needs under this acquisition are not currently available as either a commercial item or non-developmental item (NDI) nor are they available with slight modifications to commercially available items as defined in FAR 2.10. In addition, the Government performance requirements cannot be revised so as to become commercially available under the FAR definition. Based on the analysis of the acquired information cited above, a negative determination of commerciality has been rendered at this time. Therefore the provisions of FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items will not be used. The solicitation will result in a Firm Fixed-Price/Indefinite Delivery Type Contract with a Base Term and four (4) one-year Option Terms. The acquisition strategy to be used is Best Value Trade-Off Source Selection Process. The purchase quantity for the base year and all option terms for both Lots are as follows: Items Descriptions: Jacket, Running Suit, Navy Lot I NSN(s): 8415-01-647-0261s (PGC 03711) Production Lead Time (PLT): 120days Destinations: VSTN Peckham Vocational Industries, Inc. 5048 W Grand River Ave. Lansing, MI 48906 IDTC Buy Quantities: LTC MIN AEQ AOLQ BASE YEAR 30,024 86,076 122,808 OPTION 1 22,008 86,076 114,780 OPTION 2 22,008 86,076 114,780 OPTION 3 22,008 86,076 114,780 OPTION 4 22,008 86,076 114,780 SUM 118,056 430,380 581,928 Items Descriptions: Jacket, Running Suit, Marine Corps Lot II NSN(s): 8415-01-550-1251s PGCs: 03410 Production Lead Time (PLT): 120 days Destinations: VSTZ Travis Association For The Blind 4509 Freidrich Ln Bldg 4, Suite 402 Austin, TX 48744-1812 IDTC Buy Quantities: LTC MIN AEQ AOLQ BASE YEAR 10,392 41,544 52,008 OPTION 1 10,392 41,544 52,008 OPTION 2 10,392 41,544 52,008 OPTION 3 10,392 41,544 52,008 OPTION 4 10,392 41,544 52,008 SUM 51,960 207,720 260,040 The first delivery order is due 120 days after the date of award. All deliveries shall be sent to either the DLA Depot at the 3PL's at Peckham in Lansing, MI or Travis Industries for the Blind in Austin, TX, unless a delivery order is modified through the Change Order clause for a Direct Vendor Delivery to best meet customer's needs. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. This solicitation will be issued on or after September 17,2018. Numbered notes 2, 9, 13 and 26 apply. Technical factors to be used will be as follows (in descending order of importance): 1. Product Demonstration Model 2. Experience/ Past Performance * Technical merit is more important than price The solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. Detailed system requirements 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 Bid Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the Vendor Registration link to begin the registration process. 2. In order to be considered for award and 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 of 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 CAGE through My Account (Account Maintenance). 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. 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-TS Clothing & Textiles (DSCP C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DSCP C&T Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dscp.dla.mil/Portal/sreqfrm.aspx
