REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBJECT ACQUISITION HAVE CHANGED FROM 15,000 SETS TO 12,000 SETS.

SPM1C1-11-Q- 0345 is being issued as a Total Small Business Set Aside for the manufacture and delivery of the Decoration Set, Purple Heart, AF 8455-00-269-5757 Quantity: 15,000. This item is manufactured to MIL-DTL-11484/18D (6/20/2001); MIL-DTL-3943/24J (11/20/2007); MIL-DTL-11589/126E (8/31/2010).Production Lead Time is 150 days. Destination for this item is Arizona Industries for the Blind; Phoenix, AZ. Automated Best Value Score (ABVS) will be used. The ABVS carries more weight in the award evaluation process than price. All items must be 100% U.S. Made out of 100% U.S. Materials.
Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form.

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.

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