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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 24, 2005 FBO #1245
SOLICITATION NOTICE

84 -- T-Shirt, Plain Round Neck, Color White/Navy Round Neck 100% Preshrunk Cotton, Type 1

Notice Date

4/22/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

315211 — Men's and Boys' Cut and Sew Apparel Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, 10 MSG/LGC, 8110 Industrial Drive Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO, 80840-2315
 

ZIP Code

80840-2315
 

Solicitation Number

FA7000-05-T-0103
 

Response Due

4/29/2005
 

Archive Date

5/19/2005
 

Point of Contact

Dorothy Bell, Contract Specialist, Phone 719-333-3613, Fax 719-333-9103, - Diana South, Contract Specialist, Phone (719) 333-8650, Fax (719) 333-4404,
 

E-Mail Address

dorothy.bell@usafa.af.mil, diana.myles-south@usafa.af.mil
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items or services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ), solicitation number FA7000-05-T-0103, in accordance with FAR Parts 12 & 13. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-032 effective April 11, 2005. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) number is 315211 and the business size standard is 500 employees. The proposed acquisition is reserved for 100% small businesses. LINE ITEM 0001 11,200 each $_______ total $_________ See exact sizes below: RQN# STOCK# SIZE QTY 0069 8415L9004567000 SMALL 200 EA 0070 8415L9004577000 MEDIUM 4000 EA 0071 8415L9004587000 LARGE 5600 EA 0072 8415L9004597000 X-LARGE 1400 EA Unit Pack of 8 EA Per Package sample photographs can be provided by emailing: dorothy.bell@usafa.af.mil T-Shirt, USAFA, Plain Round Neck, Color White/Navy Round Neck 100% Preshrunk cotton, TYPE 1. T-Shirt shall be manufactured IAW USAFA Purchase Description 34TRW/SDCU 174, dated 21 Nov 2003. USAF ACADEMY PURCHASE DESCRIPTION PLAIN, PERSONALIZED, & INTERNATIONAL USAFA T-SHIRTS 1. SCOPE: This purchase description covers the requirements for a T-shirt to be worn by United States Air Force Academy cadets as part of the Physical Conditioning Uniform. 2. CLASSIFICATION: The T-shirt shall be of three types: Type I--------USAFA T-shirt Type II-------Personalized USAFA T-shirt Type III------International Personalized USAFA T-shirt 3. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS: 3.1 Description: The T-shirt shall be short sleeved with a high crew neck collar (See Figure 1). The collar and sleeves shall be 1 x 1 true or mock rib knit folded and over edge stitched to the T-shirt. The collar shall have the stitching at the back of the neck covered with fabric binding which extends across the shoulder seams; raw edges of binding shall be turned under. The collar and sleeves shall finish 1" + 1/8" wide. All seams shall be over edge stitched. 3.1.1. USAFA T-shirt: The type I T-shirt shall have the acronym USAFA screen-printed, centered over the left breast of the X-small T-shirt, 6" below the shoulder seam. The lettering shall be block style as shown in Figure 3, except that the letters shall be 1 1/2" in height by 5 1/4" in length. Each larger size T-shirt shall be placed 1/4" lower, see table below. Screen Printing Placement Below Shoulder Seam Tolerance Extra Small Small Medium LG XL 2-XL + 1/8 6” 6-1/4” 6-1/2” 6-3/4” 7” 8” 3.1.2. Personalized USAFA T-shirt: The type II T-shirt shall have the cadets last name centered above USAFA (See Figure 2). The letters are to be 1/2" high block style and 1/2" above USAFA. 3.1.3. International Personalized USAFA T-shirt: The International Cadets shall have the Country of Origin screen printed underneath the word USAFA, see figure 4. Notes: The screen print shall use the plastisol ink process and the ink shall match Navy Blue shade 35048 of FED-STD-595. 4. FABRIC MATERIAL: 4.1. Basic Material: The T-shirt shall be fabricated from jersey knit material made from 100% pre-shrunk cotton. The material shall be heavy weight with 6.5 +/- .5 ounces per square yard. Note: The commercial fabric weight for a heavy weight T-shirt fabric is around 5.5 ounces per square yard or more. The contractor shall certify that the fabric weight meets the salient characteristics if requested by the purchasing organization, see section 9 Workmanship. 4.2. Rib Knit Material: The rib knit material shall be 8 + .5 oz/sq yard, 100% cotton. 5. COLOR: 5.1. Basic Material: The color for the basic material shall be white. 5.2. Rib Knit Color: The color number for Navy blue is 80174 from the Standard Color Reference of America, Tenth Edition. For samples of this color, write to: 315 West 39th Street, Suite 507 New York, NY 10018 Phone: 212-947-7774 It shall be colorfast to prevent bleeding on white cotton material, during commercial washing procedures. Note: A sample of Navy blue fabric will be available to the contractor who is awarded the contract, see section 12 Sample. 6. LABEL: 6.1. Label: Commercial type label is acceptable except that it shall also have a label with the contract number and NSN. The commercial label shall provide the size, Care instructions, and fiber content information. 7. SIZES AND MEASUREMENTS: 7.1. Size and Measurements: The T-shirt shall be provided in the following sizes and measurements: TABLE I. SIZES & FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Measurement Tolerance Extra Small Medium Large Extra 2-Extra Small Large Large A.½ CHEST + 1 16 17 19 21 23 26 B.LENGTH + 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 C.NECK OPENING + 1 7 ½ 8 8 ½ 9 9½ 10 D.SLEEVE OVER + 1/2 6 ¼ 7 7 ¾ 8 ½ 9¼ 10¾ E.SLEEVE OPENING+ 1/2 5 ¼ 5 ¾ 6 ¼ 6 ¾ 7 ¼ 8¼ F.ARMHOLE + 1/2 7 ¼ 8 ¼ 9 ¼ 10 ¼ 11 ¼ 12¼ G.SHOULDER + 1/2 4 5 6 7 8 9 A. ½ CHEST: Measure across chest front from folded edge approximately 3" below armhole. B. Length: Measure form bottom edge of collar at the shoulder seam to bottom edge of T-shirt. C. Neck opening: Grasp neckband at center front and center back, form straight line but do not stretch collar. Measure across neckband from center front to center back. D. Sleeve over: Measure from top of sleeve at armhole/ shoulder seam to end of sleeve trim E. Sleeve opening: Measure from folded edge to folded edge at sleeve end when shirt is laid flat. F. Armhole: Measure from shoulder seam point to underarm in a straight line, point to point. G. Shoulder: Measure across one shoulder from collar seam to sleeve armhole/shoulder seam. Note: The above sizes may be abbreviated as XS, S, M. L, AND XL, XXL. 8. PATTERNS: 8.1. Patterns: Commercial patterns shall be used. The contractor shall produce patterns that shall conform to the design and requirements cited in this purchase description. 9. WORKMANSHIP: 9.1. Workmanship: The finished T-shirts shall conform to the quality of product established by this document. The occurrence of defects shall not exceed the contractor’s own quality assurance standards and the quality assurance standards defined by the technical data in the bid package. 9.2. Certification: The contractor shall certify that the product offered meets the salient characteristics of this description and that the product conforms to the producer’s own drawings, specifications, standards and quality assurance practices. The Government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to the first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract. Reliance on contractor quality assurance systems shall not relieve the contractor of the responsibility of ensuring that all products or supplies submitted to the Government for acceptance comply with all requirements of the contract. 9.2.1. Certification of Compliance: Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order, certificates of compliance may be submitted on all components. 9.3. Inspection: The contractor shall inspect the finished products 100% for compliance with this purchase description prior to submitting them to the USAFA for final inspection by 34th TRW/SDCU Cadet Uniform Flight personnel in accordance with ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993 and this purchase description. The point of final inspection and acceptance of the finished articles shall be at the USAFA Academy. 9.3.1. Inspection Levels and Acceptable Quality Level: Inspection levels and acceptable quality levels (AQL’s) expressed in defects per hundred units (DHU) shall be in accordance with ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993 Inspection Levels and it’s instructions. ANSI/ASQC Z1.4-1993 can be obtained by contacting American National Standard, at 1800-854-7179 or write to: American Society for Quality Control, 611 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202. For defect lists see Table II below. AQL levels and inspection levels for defects listed in Table III (General and Detailed Defects): TABLE II AQL LEVEL INSPECTION LEVEL Major 2.5 II Major and Minor A 15.0 II Major, Minor A and 40.0 II Minor B (combined) For defects listed in Table I (Measurements): One Class 4.0 S-3 TABLE III GENERAL & DETAIL DEFECTS MINOR MAJOR A B A. Inferior material or workmanship defects such as distortion, poor construction. X B. Component and assembly - any component part or required operation omitted or not performed in accordance with specification X C. Defects such as holes, cuts, and or tears X D. Loose thread, ends not removed, label missing X E. Discoloration stains or spots due to material or workmanship. Color bleeding during commercial wash. X F. Color not conforming to the color specified. X G. Incorrect, or illegible measurements. Score inspection will be scored using the size-measurement defect X SILK SCREENING H. Alignment of numbers are off centered, backwards, or misaligned. X I. Smudging, or misprint such as double print on one jersey, ghost images, or blurry prints. X J. Bad ink, thick and thin areas. X 10. PACKAGING 10.1. Packing: The packaging and marking shall be as specified in the contract or order. 11. NOTES & DOCUMENTS. 11.1. Source of Government Documents Copies of Military and Federal Documents are available from: Standardization Documents Order Desk Bldg. 4D 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094 11.2. Source for Non-Government Documents ASTM Test Methods (Applications for copies should be addressed t American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1187.) AATCC Test Method (Application for copies should be addressed t American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), PO Box 12215, Triangle Park, NC 27709-2215.) 12. SAMPLES: 12.1. Sample: Samples for color shade or material will be available to the contractor who is awarded the contract. 13. FIRST ARTICLE: 13.1. First Article. A sample of one T-shirt, size medium, complying with this purchase description shall be submitted to the contracting office for evaluation after the awarding of the contract and prior to production. Custodian:USAF Academy, CO 80840-8210 Preparing Activity: Cadet Uniform Flight (34 TRW/SDCU)USAF Academy, CO 80840-8210 Reviewing Activity:Director, Cadet Logistics (34TRW/SDCU)USAF Academy, CO 80840-8210 The USAFA lettering shall be screen-printed, centered over the left breast of the X-small T-shirt, 6 " below the shoulder seam. For USAFA print placements on other T-shirt sizes see “Distance of USAFA Placement From Shoulder Seam” table. For font style and dimensions see Figure 3. The cadet name must be centered ½” above the letters “USAFA”, and ½” in height. Lettering shown is not exact lettering. See Figure 3 for exact lettering style and dimensions. Figure 3 The International cadet’s name shall be centered ½” below USAFA letters, and ½" in height. Figure 4 TYPE II ----Personalized USAFA long sleeve T-shirt FOB Destination ONLY Delivery requirement: FOB for this RFQ is Destination. Quotations received with FOB other than Destination will be not be considered. Delivery is required 10 June 2005. USAFA Plain T-Shirts shall be packaged as a bundle wrapped in plastic and packaged eight (8) each, same size per bundle. Each package shall be bar coded with stock number, size, and brief description. Shipping containers shall be marked to indicate the purchase order number, quantity, commodity nomenclature and name of contractor. Containers shall be marked for: FX7000 if mixed a bar code for each size on box with the Government’s UPC Code 39 system, shall be affixed to each garment as identified within applicable specification therein. A sample bar code label and a first article shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer for approval within 7 days from date of award. This Product must comply with the Buy American Act (100% manufactured in the USA; and at least 51% of the cost of materials made, fabricated, purchased must be MADE IN THE USA.) FAR 252.225-7001 Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-1 is supplemented per following addenda: "Contractor shall submit their quote on company letterhead, provide solicitation number, the time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers, name, address, and telephone number of the offeror, unit price, an over all total price, a statement that contractor can meet deadline date in the solicitation, any discount terms, cage code, DUNS number, size of business, acknowledgement of solicitation Amendments, a completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (http://orca.bpn.gov/publicsearch.aspx) and DFARS 252.225-7000 (http://farsite.hill.af.mil/), Buy American Act-Balance of Payments Program Certificate must be signed and returned with bid. The clause at FAR 52.212.-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items applies to this acquition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive responsbile offeror whose is conforming to the solicitation. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Delivery and Low Price. Contractor shall provide a statement that they can meet the government delivery date along with their price. The Government intends to evaluate offers and make award without discussions; however, this does not preclude the Government from having discussions if it is in the best interest of the Government to do so. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items, with the following addenda, applies: FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference: FAR 52.209-4 -- First Article Approval -- Government Testing (Sep 1989) with the following addenda: (a) The Contractor shall deliver 1each unit size large t-shirt within 7 calendar days from the date of this contract to the Contracting Offcer at the address listed in Block 9 SF 1449 for first article tests. The shipping documentation shall contain this contract number and the Lot/Item identification. The characteristics that the first article must meet and the testing requirements are specified elsewhere in this contract.(b) Within two calendar days after the Government receives the first article, the Contracting Officer shall notify the Contractor, in writing, of the conditional approval, approval, or disapproval of the first article. The notice of conditional approval or approval shall not relieve the Contractor from complying with all requirements of the specifications and all other terms and conditions of this contract. A notice of conditional approval shall state any further action required of the Contractor. A notice of disapproval shall cite reasons for the disapproval. 52.242-15 Stop Work Order, 252.225-7031 Secondary Boycott of Israel. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Additional FAR clauses cited in the clause applicable to this acquisition are: (b) 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 30. DFARS 252.212-7001, Contract terms and conditions required to implement status of Executive Orders applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition with the inclusion of the following: DFARS 252.225-7001 Buy American Act - Balance of Payments Program Certificate and 252-232.7003 Electronic Submission of Payment Request. Offers must be received NLT 3 PM Mountain Standard Time 28 April 2005, at 10th ABW/LGCB, Operational Contracting Office, 8110 Industrial Drive, Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO 80840-2315. Offers received after this date and time will be considered late in accordance with 52.212-1(f) and will not be evaluated. Pictures of T-shirts and specifications are available via email. Please submit any questions and/or quotes via e-mail to the dorothy. bell@usafa.af.mil. Or fax TO: Dorothy Bell, Contract Specialist (719) 333-9103. Please contact Diana Myles-South, Contracting Officer, 719-333-8650 or email to diana.myles-south@usafa.af.mil in my absence. (End of Text) NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (22-APR-2005); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USAF/DRU/10ABWLGC/FA7000-05-T-0103/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, 10 MSG/LGC, 8110 Industrial Drive Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO

Zip Code: 80840-2315

Country: US
 

Record

SN00794435-F 20050424/050422213320 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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