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Pilot Clipboard
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The contract is for the manufacture and distribution of the Pilot’s Clipboard, identified by NSN 8465-01-578-6430 and manufactured per DWG 823AS300, under a 100% Small Business Set-Aside acquisition. It will be awarded as a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a four-year ordering period and tiered pricing structure across annual 12-month periods. The guaranteed minimum order is 600 units annually, with an estimated annual quantity of 2,400 units, and a maximum authorized order of 12,000 units over the contract term, though the government is not obligated to reach the maximum. Delivery will be FOB destination with inspection and acceptance at the source, with the initial delivery due 150 days post-award and subsequent deliveries requiring a 90-day lead time. The monthly production capacity is capped at approximately 400 units, and shipments will be directed to Travis Association for the Blind, Peckham Inc., and Lion Vallen Industries. Selection will be based on lowest price technically acceptable, with compliance to solicitation terms as the sole non-cost factor. All materials are contractor furnished, and the acquisition is subject to the Berry Amendment, requiring all textile components to be produced in the United States or its possessions unless an exception applies. The solicitation, designated SPE1C1-26-R-Clipboard, is scheduled for release on June 1, 2026, with responses due by June 4, 2026, and will be posted on the DLA DIBBS portal. Vendors must be registered in SAM and possess a CAGE code to access and respond to the solicitation; DIBBS registration requires designating a Super User who can manage user accounts for the organization. Technical data, including specifications and drawings, may be requested through the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Technical Data Repository. The contracting office is located in Philadelphia, PA, and primary points of contact are Valerie Distefano and Casandra Rogers. The NAICS code is 315990, and the acquisition falls under the Department of Defense’s DLA Troop Support.
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This acquisition is for the manufacture and distribution of Pilot’s Clipboard under NSN 8465-01-578-6430. The Pilot’s Clipboard shall be manufactured in accordance with DWG 823AS300. This acquisition is using the procedures of 41 U.S.C. 1901, as implemented by Class Deviation 2026-O0028 – Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul Part 12, Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) Part 212 and Revolutionary FAR Overhaul Part 12.201-1. DLA Troop Support anticipates issuing a solicitation for the referenced items and then award a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract. The solicitation will include a four (4) year ordering period and will allow for tiered pricing for each 12-month tier period. The quantities to be included are as follows:
Guaranteed Minimum Quantity: 600 each
Annual Estimated Quantity: 9,600 each (2,400 per year)
Maximum Quantity: 12,000 each
The Government is not obligated to order the maximum quantity listed above; however, the Government has the legal right to order up to this quantity prior to the final expiration of any resultant contract.
The total maximum monthly capacity is approximately 400 clipboards per month. Deliveries will be FOB destination with inspection and acceptance at the source. The first delivery will be due 150 days after the issuance of contract award with all subsequent delivery orders having a leadtime of 90 days after issuance.
Lowest price technically acceptable source selection procedures will be used with the non-cost and/or price factors for acceptability being:
1) Compliance with the terms of the solicitation
Deliveries will be made to Travis Association for the Blind (Austin, TX), Peckham Inc. (Lansing, MI), and Lion Vallen Industries (Pendergrass, GA).
Award will be made to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforms to all of the terms and conditions of the solicitation and submits the lowest offer. All materials will be contractor furnished. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside acquisition. The estimated release date is June 1, 2026, or thereafter.
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 System for Award Management (SAM).
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 SAM 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), 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 manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page. To request technical data for DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx
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