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84 -- CAP, GARRISON (FLIGHT), MEN'S & WOMEN'S, USAF OFFICERS & USAFA SOL F0561199R0506 DUE 052199 POC Lynna Craven, Contracting Specialist, Phone 719-333-3988, Fax 719-333-4404, Email cravenls.lg@usafa.af.mil -- Russell Jordan, Contracting Officer, Phone (719) 333-6224, Fax (719) 333-4404, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&;ProjID=F0561199R0506 &LocID=479. E-MAIL: Lynna Craven, cravenls.lg@usafa.af.mil. 17. The officer caps for men shall be manufactured in accordance with Military Specifications MIL-C-3261F (USAF), 22 September 1989, Exception 1 dated 3 May 1993 and USAFA Letter of Exception 15 June 1998. Men's caps shall be shade number blue 1620, Type IV, class 2. Officer caps for women shall be manufactured in accordance with Military Specifications MIL-C-44130, 11 January 1991, and USAFA Letter of Exception dated 15 June 1998. Women's caps shall be shade number blue 1620, Type III, Class 2. The basic material for officer caps shall conform to MIL-C-823, Class 4, and shade number blue 1620. The cadet caps shall be manufactured in accordance with US Air Force Academy Specification USAFA CU 427-05, 22 June 1993, (men's), and MIL-C-87215, 7 September 1984, USAFA Letter of Exception, 8 June 1998, and 8 Nov 1998 (women's). The Contractor shall furnish all material for the officer caps, while the fabric for the cadet caps will be Government Furnished Material, blue, elastique, wool. The successful offeror must be certified for each applicable MIL-C Specification, at the time of offer submittal, by the Department of the Air Fore, Human Systems Center (AFMC), Air Force Clothing Division, 2255 Monahan Way, Attn: HSC/YAG, Wright Patterson Air Force Base OH 45433-7009. Interested offerors not certified may obtain information for certification approval from HSC, Ms Gina Rice, (937)255-6073. The proposed contract will be a firm fixed price requirements contract with a one-year basic period and 4 one-year options. Estimated yearly quantity for Officer caps is 1600 each men's and 240 each women's. Estimated yearly quantity for Cadet Caps is 2424 each men's and 526 each women's, to include fill-in orders, if required. Exact quantities and sized will be provided no later than 15 Dec of each year by delivery order. All caps shall be delivered yearly no later than 30 March for Officers and 30 April for Cadets. Two Officer caps of each size 6 3/8 through 8 for men, and two each for sizes 20 through 25 for females shall befurnished no later than 15 Sep 99 for try-on sizing. These caps will not be considered part of the Government order and will remain the property of the contractor. First Articles, consisting of one each officer and cadet men's size 7 14 and women's size 21 12 caps will be required. Requests for Proposal F0561199R0506 will be issued on or about 19 April 1999. Deliver shall be FOB Destination, USAF Academy CO. Only written requests received directly from the requester are acceptable. No telephone requests. If requesting the RFP by FAX, send your request to (719) 333-4404, Attn: Lynna Craven. The Standard Industrial Classification Number is 2353 and the business size stand for small business, to include all affiliates, 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 100% small business set-aside. Posted 03/22/99 (D-SN311289). (0081)

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