The material to be procured is a Knife, Combat, NSN 1095-01-577-1801 for an estimated yearly quantity of 4648 ea to be procured in accordance with Sog Specialty Knives and Tools (01TU6) P/N ST-04; Benchmade Knife Co. (041N2) P/N 9101SBK; Ontario Knife Co. (2V376) P/N 8744; Briar Industries Inc. (4U6F9) P/N MFXRAY3.  Item is to be FOB Destination, Inspection and Acceptance at Destination with 1162 units to be delivered within 90 days and each additional 628 units every 30 days thereafter.
All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered.
This solicitation is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.
This solicitation will be available on the Internet at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/rfp after the issue date.  Hard copies of this solicitation are not available.
Technical drawings/bid sets are not available.
Basedon market research this item is manufactured for military use only and is not commercial; therefore the Government is not using the policies contained in FAR Part 12 in its solicitation for this item.  However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.
While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, the final award decision will be based upon a combination of price, delivery, past performance.
All offers shall be in the English language and in US dollars.
All interested suppliers may submit an offer.
For shipment to various stock locations.
the solicitation is for a Long Term Contract, Indefinite Quantity Type Contract, for one base year and 4 options years, which may be exercised at the discretion of the Government.
The solicitation will be available in FebBizOpps on its issue date of 17 April 2012.

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