***NOTE: This notice is NOT a solicitation. The solicitation HAS NOT yet been issued. It will not be issued until after 13 August 2003. Once issued, the solicitation will provide a closing date, at least 30 days after the issue date.*** RFP SP0100-03-R-0180 is for the purchase of the following 2 NSNs: ITEM 0001: Felt, Sheet, Type I, Class 16R3, 85% Wool, Gray, ½ inch thick, 60 inch width, mildew resistant treated, Type I; NSN: 8305-00-191-1101, QUANTITY: 65,655 sq. ft.; ITEM 0002: Felt, Sheet, Type I, Roll, Non-woven, Classification 16R3, 85% Wool, Gray, ¼ inch thick, 60 inch width, mildew resistant, Type I, NSN: 8305-00-633-9839, QUANTITY: 35,030 sq. ft. One delivery to Albany, GA, commencing 120 days after date of award is required. This solicitation will be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Best Value Source Selection methods will be utilized. Past Performance will be the only evaluation factor. Numbered notes 1, 9, and 26 apply. Item 0001 was last purchased on 5/14/01 @ $5.62 per sq.ft. for 36,319 sq.ft. Item 0002 was last purchased on 5/14/01 @ $2.95 per sq.ft. for 43,896 sq.ft. The standard specification for this item is ASTM-D-2475 and ASTM-D-461 for the standard test methods for felt. To receive these documents, please contact the following office to order the specifications: ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959, Phone: 610-832-9585. Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Offeror should register to receive notification of this solicitation or solicitation amendments. Copies of this solicitation can be found on the DLA Procurement Gateway at http://progate.daps.dla.mil AFTER 13 August 2003. From the Gateway homepage, select "Search RFPs" from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFPs. If you are not, you will be directed to register at time of download. In order to ensure e-mail notification of RFPs, prospective vendors MUST go to the RFP Information page and select DSCP Clothing & Textiles (C&T) as the commodity center from which notices will be sent. The solicitations will be in a downloadable, printable format when viewed with an Adobe Acrobat Reader. Free software is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Gateway technical assistance is available at [email protected]. DSCP has developed a web-based system that allows manufacturers the ability to request specifications, patterns and drawings on our contracting page http://ct.dscp.dla.mil/Contracting/. Important Note on Foreign Content 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) 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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