This information is for solicitation SPE1C1-18-R-0146. The items are SKIRT, WOMEN'S, MC, DARK BLUE, SHADE 2312 and SKIRT, WOMEN'S, MC, GABARDINE GREEN, SHADE 2212. The applicable NSN's for this procurement are 8305-01-248-6805(s) and 8305-01-247-6550(s). The skirts shall conform to the requirements of MIL-S-29429B dated 01 June 1994. The pattern date is 7 September 2004. The purchase quantity for the base year and four option periods for the MC DARK BLUE SKIRT is a minimum of 1,950 pairs and an annual order limitation quantity of 6,090 pairs per option period. The annual estimated quantity (AEQ) is 4,860 pairs per option period. The purchase quantity for the base year and four option periods for the MC GREEN SKIRT is a minimum of 1,590 pairs and an annual order limitation quantity of 4,950 pairs per option period. The annual estimated quantity (AEQ) is 3,960 pairs per option period. The MC Skirts will require source inspection and price will be FOB Destination. The first delivery order is due 120 days after the date of award. All materials used in the fabrication of the end item are to be furnished by the contractor with the exception of the basic fabrics (Cloth, MC, P/W, Dark Blue, Shade 2312 & Cloth, MC, P/W, Gabardine, Green, Shade 2212), which will be sold to the Contractor by the Government. The storage facility for the cloth is in a depot in Lansing, MI. The destination for the MC Skirts is (VSTZ), Travis Association for the Blind, Austin TX. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside that will result in a firm fixed price contract, Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity Type Contract. This is a Best Value acquisition with Source Selection Procedures. The following factors will be utilized in descending order of importance: Production Demonstration Model (PDM) and Past Performance Confidence Assessment. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly more important than cost or price. As other evaluation factors become more equal, the evaluated cost or price becomes more important. The Government anticipates that the number of most highly-rated proposals that might otherwise be included in the competitive range will exceed the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted. The Contracting Officer may conduct the technical evaluation using a two-phase process, as contained in the Addendum to provision 52.212-2, Additional Source Selection Evaluation Procedures (applicable to Commercial Item Acquisitions only) or Section M (applicable to other than Commercial Item Acquisitions only). During the first phase of this evaluation process, all offerors' Product Demonstration Models (PDMs) and proposed prices will be evaluated. Those offerors who have submitted PDMs that are most highly rated and who have submitted price proposals that are realistic and competitive with other offerors who have submitted most highly rated PDMs will then be evaluated in the second phase of this evaluation process for the remaining technical evaluation factors. The Government does not intend to use FAR part 12 for this acquisition. Reference Numbered Notes 1, 9, and 26. 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.gov). 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). 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 http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx Important Note on Foreign content The Defense appropriations and authorization acts and other statues (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 252.25.7014), 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.