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THIS IS A UNRESTRICTED SOLICITATION THE BERRY AMENDMENT AND THE BUY AMERICAN ACT APPLY. CONTRACTOR MUST HAVE A VALID REGISTRATION IN CCR AND MUST HAVE A GOVERNMENT CAGE CODE. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR AROUND April 9, 2010. THE SOLICITATION WILL RESULT IN A FIRM FIXED PRICE, INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) TYPE CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS COMMERCIAL BRAND NAME RELIGIOUS SUPPLIES TO SUPPORT MUSLIM CHAPLAINS IN ALL MILITARY SERVICES. A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS ARE INCLUDED-APPROXIMATELY 28 ITEMS. BRAND NAME/PURCHASE DESCRIPTIONS APPLY. VARIOUS DESTINATIONS, MAINLY DIRECT VENDOR DELIVERY (DVD) APPLY. THE CONTRACT PERIOD WILL BE A ONE-YEAR BASE PERIOD AND FOUR (4) ONE-YEAR TERM OPTION PERIODS. THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM IS $30,000.00. THE ANNUAL ESTIMATED DOLLAR VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY $300,000.00 FOR THE BASE AND FOUR ONE-YEAR OPTIONS. THE TOTAL CONTRACT MAXIMUM DOLLAR VALUE IS $3,000,000.00. DELIVERY TIMEFRAMES WILL BE 7 DAYS FOR MOST ITEMS. ITEMS REQUIRING SPECIAL DELIVERY TIMEFRAMES WILL BE SPECIFIED IN THE SOLICITATION. THE AWARD SELECTION WILL UTILIZE THE TECHNICAL ACCEPTABLE-LOW PRICE. PROPOSALS WILL REQUIRE PRODUCT DEMOSTRATION MODELS (PDM) AT THE TIME OF SOLICITATION CLOSING. TECHNICAL MERIT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PRICE. EVALUATION FACTORS IN DESCENDING ORDER OF IMPORTANCE ARE: PRODUCT DEMONSTRATION MODELS, PRICE. APPLICABLE SPECIFICATIONS/STANDARDS/DRAWINGS ARE REFERENCED WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT ITEM DESCRIPTIONS, CONTAINED IN THE SOLICITATION. SPECIFICATIONS, STANDARDS AND OTHER STANDARDIZATION DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FROM: HTTPS://WWW.DSCP.DLA.MIL/CLOTHINGANDTEXTILES/ 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. DSCP 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 DSCP CLOTHING AND TEXTILES (DSCP C&T) SOLICITATIONS, USE THE FOLLOWING LINK TO THE DSCP C&T TECHNICAL DATA REPOSITORY AREA AT HTTPS://WWW.DSCP.DLA.MIL/CLOTHINGANDTEXTILES/