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84 -- BALLISTIC VESTS FOR DEFENSE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE (DCIS) SOL MDA908-96-R-0026 DUE 071096 POC Purchasing Agent, HERMAN T. SHIVERS, 202-231-2134 The Virginia Contracting Activity, on behalf of the Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General (DOD-IG), Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), intends to procure on a full and open competition basis, ballistic resistant undergarments, hereafter referred to as a ballistic vest. The ballistic vest must provide front, side, and rear upper torso coverage. It must be lightweight, flexible and capable of being worn continously for eighteen (18) hours or longer at a time. The ballistic vest must meet the following minimum requirements: (1) The ballistic vest must be a National Institute of Justice (NIJ) approved Level IIIA ballistic vest. (2) The weight of the ballistic vest must be less than one pound per square foot. (3) The ballistic vest must be constructed from extended chain ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber. (4) It shall be in both a woven flexible polyethylene fabric and flexible polyethylene film. The polyethylene fabric shall be a 180 Denier with fiber tenacity of 38 grams/denier and a nominal pic count of 49 X 49. (5) The ballistic vest must be manufactured by an ISO-9001 certified manufacturer. Certification must include the design stage through post certification quality control and after sales servicing. (6) The ballistic vest must be tested by an independent third party laboratory prior to delivery. (7) The ballistic vest insert shall be constructed from forty-three (43) layers of woven flexible polyethylene fabric and ten (10) flexible polyethylene film. (8) The ballistic vest must include a carry bag and two (2) comfort T-Shirt, undershirt, to be worn under soft body armor. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP is scheduled to be released on or about May, 31 1996. All interested sources shall submit a written request for solicitation package MDA908-96-R-0026, to the attention of Herman T. Shivers, DAP-2(IG), at the address above, within 15 days from the date of this publication. No telephone requests will be accepted. Type of contract anticipated is a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ). Duration of the contract will be a base year and two (2) option periods. (0120)

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