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84 -- SHIRTS, CADET, LONG AND SHORT SLEEVES SOL F0561197R0722 DUE 121297 POC David Austin (719)333-6224 Shirts are intended for wear by the men and women cadets at the United States Air Force Academy. Shirts shall be manufactured from polyester/cotton material (65/35), USAF Blue Shade 1550. All material shall be furnished by the contractor. Each shirt shall be manufactured in accordance with Purchase Descriptions AESC 84-1B, AESC 83-8A and MIL-S-87225A (USAF), to include Amendments and Letters of Exceptions. The appropriate Purchase Descriptions, Amendments and Letters of Exceptions will be provided with the solicitation. The resultant contractor shall be certified for each applicable garment, at the time of proposal submittal, by the Department of the Air Force, Human Systems Center (AFMC), Air Force Clothing Division, 2255 Monahan Way, Attn: HSC/YAG, Wright-Patterson AFB OH 45433-7009. Interested contractors not certified may obtain information for certification approval from HSC, Ms Gina Rice (937) 255-6073. Only proposals with current certification numbers for each garment will be accepted. The proposed contract will be a firm fixed price requirements contract with a basic period from date of award through 31 Oct 98, with 1 one-year option. Estimated yearly quantities (to include fill-in orders) are: Men's Long Sleeve -- 5200 ea; Women's Long Sleeve -- 1050 ea; Men's Short Sleeve -- 7100 ea; Women's Short Sleeve -- 1250 ea. Each women's shirt shall include a neck tab. Bar Code 39 labels shall be required. Exact quantities and sizes will be provided on or about 15 Jan 98 of the basic year and 20 Dec of option year one, if exercised, by delivery order. First articles for one each man's and women's long and short sleeve shirts shall be required within 30 days after contract award if item has not been furnished by the successful offeror within the previous 5 years. All deliveries shall be FOB destination, USAF Academy CO not later than 30 Apr of each delivery year for the short sleeve shirts and 10 Jun of each delivery year for the long sleeve shirts. Request for Proposal F0561197R0722 will be available on or about 7 Nov 97. RFP closing will be on or about 12 Dec 97. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS. Only written requests received directly from the requester are acceptable. FAX requests may be made to (719) 333-4404, Attn: David Austin. The Standard Industrial Classification Number is 2321 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. REQUESTERS MUST STATE THEIR BUSINESS SIZE ON EACH REQUEST. Women owned and small disadvantaged businesses are encouraged to submit offers. The proposed contract listed here is UNRESTRICTED. The evaluation preference for Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) Concerns apply to this solicitation. See Numbered Note 26. (0275)

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