5180 – FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM / WSIC J

NSN 5180-014160567; TOOL KIT, FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM; WSIC J; IQC PR 1000244901.  THE APPROVED SOURCES ARE KITCO FIBER OPTICS INC (08RC6), P/N 0801-8000 AND FIBER SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC (0YPM2), P/N FKIT 001

THIS SOLICITATION WILL RESULT IN AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS.  THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANITTY IS 57 KT; THE MINIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QUANTITY IS 15 KT; THE MAXIMUM DELIVERY ORDER QUANTITY IS 57 KT.  THE DELIVERY DATE WILL BE 180 DAYS.  INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE WILL BE AT DESTINATION; FOB WILL BE AT ORIGIN.  THIS IS A DLA DIRECT PROCUREMENT.  THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.  THIS IS NOT A CRITICAL SAFETY ITEM.   PRICE, PAST PERFORMANCE AND DELIVERY WILL BE EQUALLY WEIGHTED.  THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD DECISION MAY BE BASED UPON A COMBINATION OF PRICE, PAST PERFORMANCE, SPRS AND OTHER EVALUATION FACTORS AS DESCRIBED IN THE SOLICITATION.  THIS REQUEST IS FOR A WIRTTEN QUOTE.  PLEASE SUBMIT OFFERES IN WRITING.

A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE VIA THE DLA INTERNET BID BOARD SYSTEM (DIBBS) AT HTTPS://WWW.DIBBS.BSM.DLA.MIL/RFP ON THE ISSUE DATE CITED IN THE SOLICITATION. FROM THE DIBBS HOMEPAGE, SELECT "REQUESTS FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) / INVITATION FOR BID (IFB)" FROM THE MENU UNDER THE TAB "SOLICITATIONS." THEN SEARCH FOR AND CHOOSE THE RFP YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD. SOLICITATIONS ARE IN PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT (PDF). TO DOWNLOAD AND VIEW THESE DOCUMENTS YOU WILL NEED THE LATEST VERSION OF ADOBE ACROBAT READER. THIS SOFTWARE IS AVAILABLE FREE AT HTTP://WWW.ADOBE.COM. A PAPER COPY OF THE SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO REQUESTORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 20, 2026.