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This acquisition is for the manufacture and delivery of the bag, flyer’s helmet (NSN 8415-00-782-2989) and is made in accordance with commercial item description A-A-55112B dated December 6, 2021. The... This acquisition is for the manufacture and delivery of the bag, flyer’s helmet (NSN 8415-00-782-2989) and is made in accordance with commercial item description A-A-55112B dated December 6, 2021. The solicitation will be issued on an unrestricted basis (NAICS code: 314910 Textile Bag and Canvas Mills) and will result in one (1) award. This acquisition will result in a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract. The contract shall be for a term of 36 months and will include three (3) separate pricing tiers. Each tier shall be for a 12-month period. The acquisition will include the below quantities that are applicable over the 36-month period: Guaranteed Minimum Quantity: 4,000 each Annual Estimated Quantity: 13,440 each Maximum Quantity: 52,320 each NOTE: The Government will be obligated to order the guaranteed minimum quantity prior to the final expiration of any resultant contract. It is likely that the Government will procure this quantity at the time of contract award. The annual estimated quantity is the Government’s best faith estimate of the quantities to be ordered within each tier period. This is based on the current demand and the forecasted demand provided by the military customers for this item. This does not obligate the Government to order this quantity each year and is provided only for informational purposes. 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 maximum monthly capacity will be 2,000 each per month. The first delivery will be due 180 days after the issuance of contract award with all subsequent delivery orders having a leadtime of 90 days after issuance. Deliveries will be FOB destination with inspection and acceptance at the source. First article samples are required under this acquisition and will be due 60 days after the date of award. The government will have 30 days to furnish its review of the first article samples. The awardee will have 90 days from first article approval to make its first delivery. Subsequent delivery orders will have a leadtime of 90 days from the date of issuance. Deliveries will be made to Travis Association for the Blind (Austin, TX), Peckham Inc. (Lansing, MI), and Lion Vallen Industries (Pendergrass, GA). This acquisition will utilize a “lowest price technically acceptable” approach. An award will be made to the responsible offeror that offers the lowest price, that is determined to be fair and reasonable, and whose offer is determined to be technically acceptable in accordance with the solicitation. The non-cost/price factor will be product demonstration models (PDMs). Offerors will be required to submit two (2) PDMs as part of their proposals and the PDMs shall be received by the solicitation’s closing. The PDMs will be evaluated for the following sub-factors: 1) visual requirements and 2) dimensional requirements. Both sub-factors will be considered of equal importance and will all be rated on an acceptable or unacceptable basis. An unacceptable rating in any sub-factor will result in an overall unacceptable rating. All material will be contractor furnished. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered for award by the Agency. The estimated release date of a solicitation is September 13, 2022. 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 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. Copies of the commercial item description can be downloaded from the ASSIST website. The contracting officer/specialist will not provide a copy of this document to any offeror/company and requests will not be entertained. https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsSearch.aspx