MOLLE 4000

This acquisition is for the manufacture and delivery of the modular lightweight load-carrying equipment (MOLLE) 4000 rucksack (NSN: 8465-01-673-3364) and is made in accordance with CO-PD-02-02N.

The solicitation will include four (4) separate and distinct lots for award:

Lot #1 – Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract with a Three-Year Ordering Period

Minimum Quantity: 27,500 sets

Annual Estimated Quantity: 110,000 sets

Maximum Quantity: 495,000 sests

NOTE: A ramp up schedule will be afforded to the awardee of this lot as listed below. Deliveries will be required 120 days after first article testing approval (AFATA) and the awardee shall be capable of providing at least 11,000 sets per month as its maximum monthly capacity:

120 Days AFATA               150 sets

150 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

180 Days AFATA               7,000 sets

210 Days AFATA               9,000 sets

240 Days AFATA               10,000 sets

270 Days AFATA               11,000 sets

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Lot #2 – Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract with a Three-Year Ordering Period

Minimum Quantity: 22,500 sets

Annual Estimated Quantity: 90,000 sets

Maximum Quantity: 405,000 sets

NOTE: A ramp up schedule will be afforded to the awardee of this lot as listed below. Deliveries will be required 120 days after first article testing approval (AFATA) and the awardee shall be capable of providing at least 9,000 sets per month as its maximum monthly capacity:

120 Days AFATA               150 sets

150 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

180 Days AFATA               7,000 sets

210 Days AFATA               8,000 sets

240 Days AFATA               8,500 sets

270 Days AFATA               9,000 sets

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Lot #3 – Fixed Quantity Procurement for 82,150 sets with a REQUIRED delivery schedule shown below after first article testing approval (AFATA):

120 Days AFATA               150 sets

150 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

180 Days AFATA               4,000 sets

210 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

240 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

270 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

300 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

330 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

360 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

390 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

420 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

450 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

480 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

510 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

540 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

570 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

600 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

630 Days AFATA               5,000 sets

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Lot #4 – Fixed Quantity Procurement for 49,650 sets with a REQUIRED delivery schedule shown below after first article testing approval (AFATA):

120 Days AFATA               150 sets

150 Days AFATA               2,000 sets

180 Days AFATA               2,500 sets

210 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

240 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

270 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

300 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

330 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

360 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

390 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

420 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

450 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

480 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

510 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

540 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

570 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

600 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

630 Days AFATA               3,000 sets

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It is noted that an offeror cannot receive more than one award under this solicitation. Once an award is made, the awardee is no longer eligible to receive an award under any remaining lots. By submitting a proposal, offerors understand this requirement. The Government reserves the right to award lots in a manner that will allow the Government to get contracts in place in the fastest method possible. Discussions are not planned and offerors shall ensure their proposal include their best and final offeror at time of submission.

It is also noted that these contracts will have concurrent deliveries. Therefore, offerors must coordinate with its raw material suppliers to ensure they are aware of this and have the capabilities to provide your company with the materials needed to produce and deliver the above listed quantities in the timeframes listed herein.

Lots one (1) and two (2): The Government intents to have a three (3) year ordering period with three (3) 12-month tier periods under any resultant contracts under these lots. The Government will be obligated to order the minimum quantity listed above prior to the final expiration and it is likely that the Government will procure this quantity at the time of contract award. The annual estimated quantity is the Government’s best faith estimate of the quantities to be ordered within each tier period and is based on a portion of the current demand and the forecasted demand provided by the military customers for this item. This does not obligate the Government to order this quantity each year and is provided only for informational purposes. The Government is not obligated to order the maximum quantity listed above; however, the Government has the legal right to order up to this quantity prior to the final expiration of any resultant contract.

Lots three (3) and lots (4): The Government intends to award fixed-price contracts under these lots.

All awards will be firm-fixed price contracts. First article testing will be required under this acquisition as outlined in the PD and will NOT be separately priced. Two (2) fully assembled MOLLE 4000 rucksack sets will be required for this evaluation.

The Defense Appropriations and Authorization Acts and other statutes (including what is commonly referred to as “The Berry Amendment”) impose restrictions on the Department of Defense’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 possession, or Puerto Rico, unless one of the DFARS 225.7002-2 exceptions applies. These items contain clothing and textile items and therefore DFARS clause 252.225-7012 applies. DLA Troop Support is looking for USA manufactured items under this acquisition.

This acquisition will utilize a best value tradeoff / source selection procedures where technical merit is more important than price in accordance with FAR 15.101-1 and DoD Source Selection Procedures dated March 31, 2016. The use of “best value” procedures will allow the Government to comparatively evaluate technical merit as well as cost or price to select the source that demonstrates the highest probability of successful performance at reasonable prices. The non-price evaluation factors and sub-factors will be:

Product Demonstration Models (PDMs)

Visual Requirements

Dimensional Requirements

Two (2) PDMs shall be submitted with proposals, at no additional charge to the Government. The PDMs will be evaluated against the requirements of the specification for visual and dimensional requirements. Both sub-factors are of equal importance and an adjectival rating will be applied to each sub-factor. The lowest adjectival rating assigned to a sub-factor shall be the overall rating assigned for this evaluation factor.

If an offeror submits a proposal against multiple lots, then only one set of PDMs are required. The offer shall clearly state with a letter accompanying their PDMs that the PDMs are to be evaluated against whichever lots it is submitting a business proposal under. Failure to do so may result in PDMs being evaluated under only one (1) lot at no fault to the Government.

No alternate materials are permitted in the manufacturing of PDM samples with the exception of color. If your PDMs use any color substitutions, a letter must accompany the PDMs and shall clearly state what the substitution is while also referencing the drawing number and find number of component(s).

The PDM must be manufactured at the same facility as the production quantity and must be in accordance with applicable specifications, including the placement of the labels, unless otherwise identified. However, labels need not be printed for the purpose of the PDM but there must be an indication as to the size of the PDM, when applicable.

Monthly Maximum Capacity Requirements

Offerors’ abilities to meet the required production schedules listed for each lot will be evaluated and an acceptable/unacceptable rating will be assigned. As an attachment to the solicitation, offerors shall describe how they can meet the quantity per month for each lot it is submitting a proposal for. Offerors shall include the personnel, equipment, and processes that will allow the offeror to meet this requirement. Offerors shall also provide past experiences where they successfully delivered at a similar capacity. This can include Government contracting or commercial experiences and it can be for the same item, a similar item, or more complex item/experience that requires similar manufacturing processes. To assist in providing this information, the following is what is required, at a minimum, regarding your previous experience:

Item being provided (if the item is considered similar, or uses similar processes in production, please provide a brief description of the similarities)

Contract number/other identification

Name of the agency/company that awarded the contract/order

A point of contact from this agency/company (INCLUDING EMAIL ADDRESS)

Quantity provided per month

Total length of time this quantity was provided per month

This information will be limited to TWO (2) PAGES for addressing personnel, equipment, and processes and an additional TWO (2) PAGES PER EXPERIENCE. No more than five (5) past experience example shall be provided. Font size shall be 12pt and margins shall be no smaller than 1 inch. Any information provided beyond these limitation will not be considered. Offerors are advised to adhere to this requirement.

In addition to this, the Government reserves the right to review the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS), Supplier Risk Performance System (SPRS), and Electronic Subcontracting Reporting System (eSRS), when evaluating proposals to make its final determination on a rating for this evaluation factor.

Deliveries will be FOB destination with inspection and acceptance at the source. First article samples are required under this acquisition and will be due no later than 180 days after the date of award. The government will have 30 days to furnish its review of the first article samples. The awardee will have 120 days from first article approval to make its first delivery. Subsequent delivery orders will have a leadtime of 120 days from the date of issuance. Deliveries will be made to Travis Association for the Blind (Austin, TX), Peckham Inc. (Lansing, MI), and Lion Vallen Industries (Pendergrass, GA).

All material will be contractor furnished.

All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered for award by the Agency. The estimated release date of a solicitation is December 31, 2022. 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).

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 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.

Copies of the commercial item description can be downloaded from the ASSIST website. The contracting officer/specialist will not provide a copy of this document to any offeror/company and requests will not be entertained. https://quicksearch.dla.mil/qsSearch.aspx