Special Operations Equipment (SOE) - Tailored Logistics Support (TLS)

DLA Troop Support is issuing a Solicitation for the fifth (5th) generation Special Operations Equipment (SOE) Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) program. The scope of work under the SOE TLS Program includes the total logistics support for the special operational equipment requirements of DLA customers to include military installations and federal activities worldwide. In general, the scope of the acquisition includes special operational equipment and related supplies and incidental services including, but are not limited to: Survival Gear, Tactical Equipment, Eyewear vision Enhancing Equipment, Escalation of Force Equipment, Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), Scuba and other Diving Equipment, Thermal Protection Equipment, Surface Supplied Diving Equipment, Communication Devices, Compressors and Air Purification Systems, Hyperbaric Instrumentation and Equipment, Lifesaving - Search and Rescue Equipment, Air Crew Support and Flight Deck Safety Items, Underwater Tools, Load Carrying Equipment (i.e., vests, backpacks, systems, trunk lockers), Lethality Support Items (i.e., slings, holsters, mobility pad items, straps and fasteners, reflective belts), Survival kits, and Mountain climbing equipment. The acquisition will be a total small business set-aside (SBSA) with an individual waiver to the non-manufacturer rule (NMR). This follow-on acquisition will include a two-year base and four (4) two-year option periods for a total potential contract length of ten (10) years. The program will provide for multiple awardees with post-award competition of delivery orders. Sales are estimated at $1.3 billion annually. The maximum per contract and for the program is $33 billion. Proposals will be evaluated using Best Value Tradeoff Source Selection Procedures with non-price factors being significantly more important than price. As the non-price ratings of offers become more equivalent, price will become more important. The Government intends to make multiple awards, a minimum of three. However, the Government reserves the right to make a single award if it is in the best interest of the Government. Awards will be made to offerors whose proposals are most advantageous to the Government considering non-price evaluation factors and price. Offers are advised that the Berry Amendment and the Buy American Act apply to this solicitation. Note that for this procurement, contractors shall only provide end items that are manufactured or substantially transformed in the United States or a Qualifying or Designated country, as set forth in FAR 25.003 and DFARS 225.003. Copies of this solicitation will not be available until the solicitation issue date. The solicitation will be posted to DIBBS, https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ . Anticipated issue date is November 16, 2018. Anticipated closing date is January 8, 2019.