The subject Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support (DLA-TS) procurement is for Canteen/General Purpose Pouch. Manufacturing of the Canteen/General Purpose Pouch shall be in accordance with Purchase Description CO-PD 02-02M dated 5 April 2019. DLA Troop Support anticipates issuing a solicitation for the referenced item and then award.
A solicitation for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity, Firm Fixed Price contract for the following NSN and quantities are planned:

Ordering Period

Guaranteed Minimum Annual Estimated Quantity (AEQ) Annual Order Limitations Quantity (AOLQ)

Base Year 4,500 18,000 22,500
Option Year 1 4,500 18,000 22,500
Option Year 2 4,500 18,000 22,500

NOTE: "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 possession or Puerto Rico, unless one of the DFARS 225.7002-2 exceptions applies.
Purchase Description: CO/PD 02-02M dated 5 April 2019.
NAICS Code: 315990 - Apparel Accessories and Other Manufacturing - Business Size: 500 Employees
The Unit of Issue is each. The quantities listed above are estimates and may change at time of solicitation based on changes in demand and supply position.

This is planned as a 100% HUBZone small business set-a-side. The Government intends to make ONE single award to the responsible technically acceptable offeror who meets all terms and conditions of the solicitation and submits the lowest overall dollar value that is determined fair and reasonable.

The Government will make award to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is most advantageous to the Government, cost or price, and other evaluation factors considered. The Government will award a contract only to concerns whose technical proposals establish that they can meet the requirements of the Government. For this solicitation, all evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are - -
[X] Minimum requirements (Technical and/or Past Performance) acceptability (Lowest Price Technically Acceptable)

The technical factor is planned as follows:
Product Demonstration Model (PDM) - class 7 coyote 498 color
1 Sample that exhibits visual, dimensional and fit.
NOTE: PDM is evaluated on an Acceptable/Unacceptable Basis. Any sub-factor failure or unacceptable results in a PDM failure

The solicitation will be open for 30 days where a company's price proposal and PDMs will be required for submission to the DLA Bid Office. First Article Requirement will be required for this procurement and will be due 90 days after date of award. The first delivery will be due 180 days after the date of award. The maximum monthly quantities for the Canteen/General Purpose Pouch is 2000 units.

The Destination for all deliveries will be Austin, TX, Lansing, MI and Pendergrass, GA. Deliveries will be FOB destination with a production lead time of 180 days and 90 days for subsequent orders.

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.

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 solicitations, use the following link to the DLA Troop Support Clothing and Textiles Technical Data Repository area at http://www.dla.mil/TroopSupport/ClothingandTextiles/SpecRequest.aspx