THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT.

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 UTILIZING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION AFTER EXCLUSION OF SOURCES.

ITEM IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BASIC MS17287B, DTD 06/15/1988, PART PIECE NUMBER MS17287. ITEM IS A CRITICAL APPLICATION ITEM.

THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL DEMAND QTY IS 179  EACH FOR THE BASE YEAR AND FOUR OPTION PERIODS. THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM QUANTITY IS 60 EACH FOR THE BASE YEAR ONLY. THE GUARANTEED MINIMUM QUANTITY IS 0 FOR OPTION PERIODS. THE MINIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QTY IS 60 EACH AND THE MAXIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QTY IS 179 EACH.

CONTRACTOR FIRST ARTICLE TESTING IS REQUIRED. CONSIST OF 3 SAMPLES, SUBMISSION OF TEST REPORT 60 DAYS WITH GOV EVALUATION - 60 DAYS. DELIVERY OF PRODUCTION UNITS IS 128 DAYS ARO: FOB DESTINATION, WITH INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE AT ORIGIN.

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

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

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 NOVEMBER 30, 2015 WITH A CLOSING DATE OF JANUARY 5, 2016 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.