{"id":3593,"date":"2021-12-07T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=3593"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T15:30:06","slug":"multi-million-dollar-solicitation-for-gen-iii-plate-carrying-vests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2021\/12\/multi-million-dollar-solicitation-for-gen-iii-plate-carrying-vests\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Million dollar solicitation for USMC Gen III Vests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DLA Troop Support is soliciting long-term supply of vests used to carry armored plates. The contract will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite quantity contract (IDIQ) with a 42 month ordering period.\u00a0 The order includes the USMC Generation III plate carrier and repair kits.\u00a0 There is no set quantity on this contract, but DLA estimates monthly volume at 2,300 systems, 18,000 non-ballistics, 1,275 ballistics, and 1,725 repair kits per month.\u00a0 The contract line items include the full plate carrier system and the individual components.<\/p>\n

This vest, NSN 8470-01-675-1217 consists of (1) One outer base vest assembly consisting of an outerfront vest carrier and rear vest carrier, a front load bearing panel, a rear cummerbund\u00a0 adapter, and two shoulder straps; (2) One inner vest assembly consisting of a front inner vest carrier and back inner vest carrier; (3) One outer cummerbund assembly consisting of two interchangeable left and right sides and two interchangeable tube adapters; (4) Two side plate pockets; (5) One inner cummerbund consisting of two inner
\ninterchangeable left and right sides; (6) One harness; (7) One soft armor assembly consisting of two base vest inserts and two side plate pocket inserts.<\/p>\n

The solicitation includes sixteen National Stock Numbers which are detailed in the attachments.\u00a0 Vest colors are Coyote and Black in sizes from X-Small-Short to X-Large. These stock numbers were registered in late 2018 and currently have no procurement history.\u00a0 The Military estimates single-unit cost at $530.37.<\/p>\n

Vendors have 185 days from the data of award to provide first article samples for testing.\u00a0 All delivery orders after the first will have a lead time of 120 days from order.\u00a0\u00a0 This acquisition will utilize best value, tradeoff, source selection procedures and will be a 100% HUBZone small business set-aside.<\/p>\n

All responses to this RFP are due by January 31, 2022.<\/p>\n

To learn more about this opportunity, log into BidLink<\/a> and put SPE1C1-21-R-0049 into the \u201cSearch for Anything\u201d box.\u00a0 More solicitations like this can be found using BidLink\u2019s intelligent solicitation search.<\/p>\n

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DLA Troop Support is soliciting long-term supply of vests used to carry armored plates. The contract will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite quantity contract (IDIQ) with a 42 month ordering period.\u00a0 The order includes the USMC Generation III plate carrier and repair kits.\u00a0 There is no set quantity on this contract, but DLA estimates monthly … <\/p>\n

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