Tag, Identification, Personnel

The proposed acquisition is for Tag,Identification,Personnel (NSN 8465-00-242-4804) which is made in accordance with commercial item description (CID) A-A-55305 dated January 27, 1997. The CID can be found here: https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsDocDetails.aspx?ident_number=123963

This acquisition will result in a firm-fixed price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract. The contract shall be for a term of 48 months and will include four (4) separate pricing tiers. Each tier shall be for a 12-month period. The acquisition will include the below quantities that are applicable over the 48-month period:

Minimum Quantity: 227,000 EA

Annual Estimated Quantity: 906,000 EA

Maximum Quantity: 4,530,000 EA

The planned acquisition will be issued on an unrestricted basis, full and open competition, with 10% HUBZone price evaluation preference in accordance with FAR 19.1307. The Government intends to make a single award to the responsible offeror whose proposal meets all the terms and conditions of the solicitation and submits an overall price that is determined to be fair and reasonable by the contracting officer. The solicitation will be issued on F.O.B. destination in accordance with FAR 47.304-1(g)(5) and inspection and acceptance at origin.

All offered products shall meet the prescriptions of clause DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities if any of the materials listed within this clause are utilized in the production of the item.

Deliveries will be made to the following DLA Troop Support's third party logistic (3PL) depots: UY0157 Peckham Inc (Lansing, MI), UY0159 LVI-OCIE SE Pendergrass Distribution Center (Pendergrass, GA), and SD0131 Travis Association for the Blind (Austin, TX). The applicable NAICS code is 332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (size standard 500).

First article testing (FAT) is required under clause FAR 52.209-4, First Article Approval Government Testing--Alternate I. The contractor shall bear all costs. Under this clause, two (2) sample each (EA) of Tag,Identification,Personnel (NSN 8465-00-242-4804) shall be required to be submitted 30 days after the date of award. The Government shall have 30 days after the receipt of the samples to complete its evaluation and to notify the contractor of approval or disapproval of the first article.

The total lead time of the first delivery will be 120 days from the date of award. This will include 30 days to submit the first article test samples, 30 days for the Government to review the samples and provide approval or disapproval, and 60 days thereafter to make the first delivery of Tag,Identification,Personnel (NSN 8465-00-242-4804). All subsequent deliveries will be 30 days until completion.

A FAT waiver can be requested by contractors that have manufactured and delivered the item within the last 3 years. If a FAT waiver is approved, the total lead time of the first delivery will be 90 days from the date of award. All subsequent deliveries will be 30 days until completion.

All offerors shall be registered in SAM to be eligible for award. All responsible sources may submit offers which, if timely received, shall be considered.

Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. It is estimated that the solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ within 15 days of this notice. Instructions for submitting offers will be provided within the solicitation remarks.

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:

A. On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process.

B. 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).

C. 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 System for Award Management (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.

Interested vendors can request the corresponding drawings, specifications, or patterns through the following link AFTER the solicitation has been posted to DIBBS.

http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx