SOURCES SOUGHT
84 -- Pink and Green Uniform
- Notice Date
- 10/19/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 315210
— Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QY) Natick (SPS), BLDG 1 KANSAS ST, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760-5011, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QY-18-PinkGreen
- Archive Date
- 11/28/2017
- Point of Contact
- Matthew Buchanan, Phone: 5082336141
- E-Mail Address
-
matthew.r.buchanan6.civ@mail.mil
(matthew.r.buchanan6.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Program Executive Office Soldier, Ft. Belvoir, VA is conducting a market investigation to identify domestic manufacturers as potential sources of the complete Pink and Green Uniform. The Pink and Green Uniform is part of an effort to help form a stronger connection between the Army and the country. The Pink and Green Uniform invokes an image of our Army at its most popular and connects that heritage to today's Soldier. Adopting the Pink and Green Uniform will enable the Army to re-establish a distinctive look, renew a strong uniform tradition in the Army and distinguish our Soldiers from the other services. No samples are requested. Any provided samples are at no cost to the Government and will not be returned to the Vendor. The following information shall be included in the written response: - Company address, telephone number, primary contact(s) with e-mail address(es). - Business size (i.e., small/large/HUB Zone), and Cage/DUNS numbers. - Statement of capability demonstrating background, experience, skills, ability and availability to fulfill the Government's requirements described herein, this can also include current or past performance of providing similar products to the Government. Describe past experience in the manufacturing of high quality, optional purchase military officer dress uniforms. Show past experience in the making, stocking and on-order shipping of dress uniforms. - All assumptions, including any assumed/required Government support. - No government furnished material will be provided. Describe suitable fabrics for the Pink and Green Uniform, Berry Amendment compliant sources of supply for said fabrics, projected fabric lead times, estimated costs per square yard for the fabrics you propose, and a letter of commitment from the identified supplier(s) to accept and begin producing a $5M fabric order within 15 days of Prime contract award. - A statement demonstrating your full understanding of the resources required to finance a Prime manufacturing and integration contract to provide complete, very high quality, dress uniform ensembles for the entire US Army. Include a statement from your financial institution verifying that your company has the resources to accomplish the scope you describe. - Describe your access to proven Pink & Green Uniform patterns, your experience manufacturing Pink & Green Uniforms and your willingness to provide the Army with full government purpose rights to all intellectual property and technical data associated with the Pink & Green uniform. - Describe your capabilities to rapidly modify your Pink & Green uniform patterns to accommodate government directed design changes and/or to integrate a single prototype pattern for an item into your uniform pattern set. - List the items that could potentially be included in a complete Pink & Green uniform ensemble provided by your company. Designate which items you would manufacture and which you would subcontract. Describe your manufacturing capabilities in detail including equipment, facilities, and quality management systems. Describe your role in the proposed subcontracts. - Show how your company could potentially deliver the following quantities to the Government: - Provide 20 complete Pink and Green Uniform ensembles (including accessories) within 90 days of contract award? - Provide 6,000 complete Pink and Green uniform ensembles (including accessories) within 275 days of contract award? - Provide up to 150,000 complete Pink and Green Uniform ensembles (including accessories) within 19 months of contract award? - Offer subcontracts for like items to current manufacturers of Army Service Uniform, supplying them fabrics, in lieu of GFM and meet the financial obligations required to do so? - Make, stock, maintain and ship on order an tariff/inventory of 1,000 (minimum) and 50,000 (maximum) complete P&G uniform ensembles for up to 36 months after contract award? - Provide Special Fielding services for up to 500 uniform ensembles. Services may include off site sizing, alterations, make-to-fit, expedited production, expedited delivery, and full set up of uniforms. The findings from this Market Research effort may influence future solicitations related to this requirement. This Market Research is not a solicitation and the Government is not requesting proposals at this time. This is a market survey for planning purposes only. The Government is also requesting that restrictive or proprietary markings not be used in response to the RFI. The information received under this announcement may be used for developing acquisition strategy and refining operational requirements. Capability Statements, including attachments, are limited to ten (10) pages. Any Capability Statements, including attachments, which are not submitted in MS WORD and/or MS EXCEL or PDF format, will be rejected. Replies must address all of the information requested above. No telephonic submissions will be honored. All product information shall be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Interested parties shall respond no later than 1200 noon on November 13, 2017. FAR 52.215-3 - Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes, applies herein. Address any questions about this RFI to Mr. Clay Williamson via e-mail at lannes.c.williamson.ctr@mail.mil
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