This is for the purchase of the following items:
                                                                            100% AEQ*
Item 0001 Beret, Wool, Army, Black w/Flashes              181,380
Item 0002 Beret, Wool, Army, Black w/Flashes, Lined        2,357
Item 0003 Beret, Wool, Army, Gray                               54,000
Item 0004 Beret, Wool, Army, Rifle Green                        1,335
Item 0005 Beret, Wool, Army, Maroon                           16,732
Item 0006 Beret, Wool, Army, Tan                                  1,345
Item 0007 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, Blue, Enlisted             13,932
Item 0008 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, Blue, Officer                 1,728
Item 0009 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, White                          1,043
Item 0010 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, Maroon                            84
Item 0011 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, Scarlet                            276
Item 0012 Beret, Wool, Lined, AF, Black                            1,200

*NOTE: Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ)

These items will be purchased in accordance with CR-PD 01-09 date 30 July 2001; Pattern date 11 February 2003.

This will be an indefinite delivery type contract, and there will be four (4) 12 month option terms. Solicitation will be issued as a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside.

The intent of this acquisition plan is to divide the requirement with a 50% (Portion #1) /50% (Portion #2) split. The guaranteed minimum quantity for Portion #1 (50%) will be 55,000 for a combination of each item under the base term and each option term; the maximum quantity will be 860,675 over the life of the contract. The guaranteed minimum quantity for Portion #2 (50%) will be 55,000 for a combination of each item under the base term and each option term; the maximum quantity will be 860,675 over the life of the contract. A single Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued including both portions.

Deliveries are estimated at 10,000 (for each portion) per month beginning 120 days after date of award. Destinations will be Travis Association for the Blind, Austin, TX and Pendergrass Distribution Center, Pendergrass, GA.

This acquisition will be procured using Best Value Source Selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 for award. The Solicitation will require the submission of Technical Proposal requiring the submission of PDM(S), and Past Performance.

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) (https://www.sam.gov/index.html#1). 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 CCR 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) and "specialty metals" (as defined in DFARS clause 252.225-7014), 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 (C&T) solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop-Support C&T Technical Data Repository area at:

https://www.troopsupport.dla.mil/Portal/Authenticated/Home.aspx

https://www.troopsupport.dla.mil/Portal/Authenticated/SpecReq.aspx