OCIE-South East 3PL

The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support, Clothing and Textiles (C&T) Directorate, anticipates the award of a Fixed Price Service contract with an Economic Price Adjustment (EPA) allowed for normal shipping CLINs only, for Third Party Logistics (3PL) support. This initiative represents the Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment (OCIE) Third Party Logistics (3PL) Program a DLA Troop Support initiative to provide storage, warehousing, and distribution of DLA OCIE C&T requirements primarily in the southeastern portion of the United States. The 3PL Contractor will not be responsible for requisitioning clothing or equipment items from the manufacturing community. Rather, DLA Troop Support will procure the replenishment quantities and advise manufacturers to ship directly to the 3PL Contractor. The apparel and equipment items to be stored will be Government owned materiel. The current program procedures are as follows: The 3PL Contractor receives shipments daily from commercial clothing and item manufacturers, U.S Government supply depots and/or other 3PLs; stocks the items; and ships directly to C&T customers as instructed. The acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR 6.1 full and open competition on an unrestricted basis. The Government anticipates the following Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) of Material Release Order (MRO) - i.e .requisition - quantities for the base period and each term option period. Contract Period AEQ Three-year Base Period 268,003 Option Period One (Yr 4) 107,021 Option Period Two (Yr 5) 107,021 Option Period Three (Yr 6) 107,021 Option Period Four (Yr 7) 107,021 The items to be warehoused and distributed consist of OCIE items including boots, coats, trousers, helmets, foot lockers, tent parts, and other OCIE items. The technical factors to be evaluated for this acquisition are: 1) Inventory Management and Distribution, 2) Warehousing Capabilities, 3) Electronic Data Interchange Capabilities, 4) Past Performance, and 5) Socioeconomic Support. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. The solicitation will be posted on the DLA Internet Bid Board System (DIBBS) home page at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ and/or Fedbizopps. Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be also be found on the DIBBS home page. All contractors MUST be registered in SAM (System for Award Management) in order to be eligible for award. All responsible sources may submit offers, which DLA Troop Support shall consider.