REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL:  SPE4A6-14-R-1499, NATIONAL STOCK NUMBER: 5995-01-110-2930, CABLE ASSEMBLY

 THIS ACQUISITION WILL BE ISSUED AS AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) CONSISTING OF A BASE YEAR AND FOUR 1- YEAR OPTION PERIODS AND WILL BE SOLICITED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS UTILZING OTHER THAN FULL & OPEN COMPETITION IN ACCORDANCE WITH 10 USC 2304(C)(1).  

 THE APPROVED SOURCE:  TECHNISERVICES INC: CAGE 0AF06, PART NUMBER: 107241.

 A TECHNICAL DATA PACKAGE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS NSN. 

 THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL DEMAND QTY IS 46 EACH FOR THE BASE YEAR AND FOUR OPTION PERIODS.  THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM QUANTITY IS 12 EACH FOR THE BASE YEAR ONLY.   THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM QUANTITY IS 0 FOR OPTION PERIODS.   THE MINIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QTY IS 12 EACH AND THE MAXIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QTY IS 23 EACH.   FOB ORIGIN WITH INSPECTION & ACCEPTANCE AT DESTINATION.    REQUIRED DELIVERY IS 117 DARO.

 THIS SOLICITATION INCLUDES PROVISION 52.215-9023, REVERSE AUCTION.  SINCE A REVERSE AUCTION MAY BE CONDUCTED, OFFERORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS THE PROCUREX SYSTEM AND REVIEW THE REVERSE AUCTION HELP TUTORIALS AT:  HTTP://DLA.PROCUREXINC.COM  TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AUCTION.

 STOCK SHIPMENTS WILL BE SHIPPED WITHIN THE CONTINENTAL OF THE U.S.  THIS ITEM IS NOT A COMMERCIAL ITEM.   THE ITEM IS A CRITICAL APPLICATION ITEM.

 PAST PERFORMANCE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM STATISTICAL REPORTING (PPIRS-SR) APPLY AND OTHER EVALUATION FACTORS CITED IN THE SOLICITATION.

 A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON FEBRUARY 28, 2014 VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD (DIBBS) WEBSITE  AT  HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP.  FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT " REQUEST  FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FROM THE  MENU UNDER THE TAB " SOLICITATIONS." THEN CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF).  TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER. THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM.  A PAPER COPY OF THIS SOLICITATION IS NOT AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS.  THE CLOSING DATE OF THE SOLICITATION IS  MARCH 20, 2014.