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TERMS OF DELIVERY ARE F.O.B. DESTINATION TO:

UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

McKean Cut and Sew

6975 Route 59

Lewis Run, PA 16738

Solicitation is issued as a three (3) year fixed price

requirements type contract with one (1) base year and two (2)

option years, and with an Economic Price Adjustment for

PCU313110313110, Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills.

Offerors who do not agree with the Producer Price Index listed

above are required to submit the price index that they believe

is correct to the contracting officer at least five (5) calendar

days prior to the due date for offers. The index submitted will

be evaluated, and changed by amendment to the solicitation if

necessary.

SOLICITATION IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS

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THESE ITEMS MUST BE BERRY AMENDMENT COMPLIANT, 100% USA DOMESTIC

ONLY, MANUFACTURED ENTIRELY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THIS IS TO INCLUDE THE RAW MATERIALS.

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NON-MANUFACTURER RULE APPLIES: A recipient of a contract setaside

for small business, other than the actual manufacturer or

processor, must provide the products of a small business.

The government reserves the right to request bid samples from

all offerors in a competitive range prior to a contract award or

request a sample from the awardee after contract award.

QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS SOLICITATION WILL ONLY BE ADDRESSED

IN WRITING VIA EMAIL TO: Aaron.Mitchell2@usdoj.gov. . NO PHONE

CALLS PLEASE.

Questions must be submitted not later than OCTOBER 6, 2023 at

2:00PM CST.

For a list, description and total estimated quantities of all

items, refer to Section B.

UNICOR’s desired delivery is 30 calendar days or sooner from

receipt of each delivery order issued. Vendors are required to

provide their best manufacturing/delivery time for evaluation which will be evaluated under technical factors as a go/no go.

Delivery schedule will be established at time of award.

Delivery orders will be issued in accordance with 52.216-19.

Vendors shall submit signed and dated offers email to

Aaron.Mitchell2@usdoj.gov.

Due to security considerations, do not send offers via U.S.

mail. Offers shall be submitted on the SF1449. OMB Clearance

1103-0018.

Offers shall be submitted on the SF1449. OMB Clearance 1103-

0018.

The date and time for receipt of proposals is OCTOBER 13, 2023

at 2:00PM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. Offer must indicate

Solicitation No. CT2343-23, time specified for receipt of offer,

name, address and telephone number of offeror, technical

description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to

evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation,

terms of any expressed warranty, price and any discount terms.

Offer must include acknowledgment of all amendments, if any.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE

OFFEROR:

SAM UNIQUE ENTITY NUMBER:_______________________________________

VENDOR'S POINT OF CONTACT: _____________________________________

VENDOR'S TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBER: _____________________________

VENDOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS: ________________________________________

VENDOR'S BUSINESS SIZE (i.e. SMALL, LARGE, ETC.): ______________

By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the

requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in

the SAM database (System Award Management) prior to submitting a

proposal, during performance and through final payment of any

contract resulting from this solicitation.

______________________________________________ Signature

The Administrative Contracting officer is Aaron Mitchell at

Aaron.Mitchell2@usdoj.gov