17--SPRING WIRE SUPPORT

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime in Columbus, Ohio intends to solicit for the following National Stock Number (NSN). The purpose of this contract is to provide stock replenishment coverage in support of military depots. NSN 1710-00-626-3917, Spring wire support. This material is being procured in accordance with Cage 07780 P/N 402111-2. This item requires a Contractor First Article Test (CFAT). The required total delivery is 450 days from date of award (120 days for CFAT, 45 days for review/approval/disapproval of CFAT and 285 days for production/delivery or 295 days with FAT waiver. FOB Origin and Inspection and Acceptance at origin are required. This solicitation is being issued under the First Destination Transportation (FDT) program. The NAICS for this item is 336413 with a business size standard of 1250. This solicitation is not set-aside for small business. Tailored ISO 9001 certification is required. Product Verification Testing required. This is an Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment critical application item (ALRE CAI). The requirement is a Fixed Price, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC), and the contract period will be for a 3-year base period and 2 one-year options to be exercised at the discretion of the Government. The total duration (base plus option years) shall not exceed 5 years. This material is not commercial; therefore, the Government is not using the policies contained in FAR Part 12 in its solicitation for this item. However, interested suppliers may identify to the Contracting Officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Governments requirement with the commercial item with 15 days of this notice. This solicitation will be available on the Internet at http://www.dibbs.bsmdla.mil/rfp on or about the issue date of January 21, 2021 (1/21/21) under solicitation# SPE7MX21R0037. Hard copies of this solicitation are not available. While price may be a significant factor in the evaluation of offers, proposals will be evaluated based upon a combination of Price, Past Performance, Delivery, and other evaluation factors described in the solicitation. All offers shall be in English and in US dollars. Certified cost and pricing data will be required with any offers. Subcontracting plan will be required. Surge will be included in the solicitation. Surplus will not be considered. Item is War Stopper Material. Item requires Production Test and Inspection Report and Certificate of Quality Compliance. E-JCP certification will be required. To obtain certification, contact: Commander, Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), ATTN: US/Canada Joint Certification Office, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, MI 49017-3084 or call the DLIS at (800)-352-3572. The DLIS US/Canada Joint Certification Lookup service is available via the Internet at http://www.dlis.dla.mil.ccal/. as STO CS001 DLA has enhanced its Joint Certification Program (JCP) registration and validation procedures. Selected National Stock Numbers (NSNs) will require additional permissions to access the associated technical data. In the event a vendor cannot access the technical data for a NSN in DLA cFolders, the vendor must submit a onetime request to jcpvalidation@dla.mil for technical data access consideration. If a vendor has inquiries after having submitted required information to the JCP office, these inquiries are to be directed to DLAJ344DataCustodian@dla.mil. DLA processes the vendor's technical data request on a first come, first served basis. Failure to comply timely with required information may result in lack of consideration for DLA solicitations. It is vitally important that vendors provide correct company official name(s) and contact information in all correspondence. DLA will work diligently on validating vendor requests. Vendors will be notified within 3 business days of when their requests were approved. However, DLA cannot guarantee that it can complete all validation requests by the due date for any solicitation responses. The Contracting Officer may utilize on-line Reverse Auctioning as a means of conducting price discussions under this solicitation. During the on-line auction, offerors' proposed prices will be publicly disclosed to other offerors and anyone else having access to the on-line auction. This public disclosure is anonymous, meaning that each offeror's identity will be concealed from other offerors (although it will be known to the Government), and only generic identifiers will be used publicly for each offeror's proposed pricing (e.g., "Offeror A"). By submitting a proposal in response to the solicitation, offerors agree to participate in the Reverse Auction and that their prices may be publicly disclosed, including to other offerors, during the Reverse Auction. An offeror's final auction price will be considered its final proposal revision. No price revisions will be accepted after the close of the Reverse Auction, unless the Contracting Officer decides that further discussions are needed, and final proposal revisions are again requested in accordance with FAR 15.307. Submission of proposal by electronic commerce (e-mail) is allowed. Preferred method to submit proposal is to upload through Dibbs. Submit e-mailed proposals to Kristina.Wolf@dla.mil. E-mailed proposals cannot exceed 15MB.