Army Uniform Contracts Awarded

Pentaq Manufacturing Corp., Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $31,895,125 modification (P00133) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1073) with four one-year option periods for Army combat uniform trousers with permethrin. This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Locations of performance are Puerto Rico, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina, with a Sept. 23, 2016, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2016 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pentaq Manufacturing Corp., Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico, has been awarded a maximum $18,499,173 modification (P00129) exercising the second one-year option period of a one-year base contract (SPM1C1-13-D-1074) with four one-year option periods for Army combat uniform trousers with permethrin. This is a firm-fixed-price contract. Locations of performance are Puerto Rico, Mississippi, Alabama and North Carolina, with a Sept. 23, 2016, performance completion date. Using military service is Army. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2015 through fiscal 2016 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The contract is regulated by the "Berry Amendment" which requires domestic U.S. sourcing of textiles and clothing for the Department of Defense. Clients of Agathon Associates, subscribers to Agathon Associates' Trade Advisor Service, and students in TMD 433 at the University of Rhode Island can learn more about the Berry Amendment at www.agathonassociates.com/textile-pri/berry/. You will need to enter your username and password. If you do not know your username and password email David Trumbull at david@agathonassociates.com.