A-A-1783
May 29, 1981
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHIRT, MAN’S (AND WOMAN’S SHORT SLEEVE)
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description.
This commercial item description covers requirements for short sleeve uniform shirts to be worn by male and female personnel of the Federal Protective Service.
Salient characteristics:
This shirt shall be made from 65 percent polyester/35 percent combed cotton poplin fabric weighing at least 4.0 oz/sq yd (Klopman’s Concept poplin or equal). The fabric shall have permanent press and soil release finishes and shall conform to the breaking strength, tear strength, dimensional change in pressing and laundering, and color fastness to laundering, perspiration, and light requirements of ASTM D 3477. The issue of the test method in effect on the date of the solicitation shall be used to determine compliance with the stated requirements. The shirts shall be light blue (Klopman’s Concept poplin #3975 or equal) with navy blue (Klopman’s Concert poplin #1008 or equal) shoulder straps, or white with white shoulder straps, as specified.
The shirt shall be coat style, form fitting, with short sleeves and convertible collar. The fronts shall have turn back facings measuring 3 + 1/4 inches wide. The convertible collar shall fasten in front with a button and buttonhole, and there shall be six additional buttons and corresponding buttonholes down the front. The buttons shall be 19 ligne, white, pearlized buttons. The front shall have two patch pockets with flaps; the lower corners of both pockets and flaps shall be mitered. The pockets shall measure 6-1/2 + 1/4 inches deep and 5-3/8 + 1/4 inches wide, and the flaps shall measure 2-3/8 + 1/4 inches deep and 5-1/2 + 1/4 inches wide.
The top of-the pockets shall have a 1/2 + 1/8 inch wide hem. Each pocket shall have a button to correspond to a buttonhole in each flap. The left pocket shall have a pencil division measuring 1-3/4 + 1/8 inch wide; there shall be a corresponding pencil opening through the left flap measuring 1-7/16 + 1/8 inches wide.
The shirt back shall be reinforced by means of a lined yoke. The yoke shall be topstitched on the outside. There shall be shoulder straps measuring 2 + 1/8 inches wide at the sleeve head and tapering to 1-5/8 + 1/8 inches wide at the ends which shall have a point measuring 7/8 + 1/8 inch long. The shoulder straps shall be caught in the sleeve seams and shall be sewn to the shoulders by single needle stitching forming as “X”. Each shoulder strap shall have a buttonhole at the pointed end to correspond to a button attached to the yoke.
The collar shall be a convertible sport type collar with points measuring 3 + 1/8 inches in the front. The collar shall be interlined for body and shape retention, and shall have permanently sewn-in collar stays.
The sleeves shall be one piece with a hem measuring 1/2 + 1/8 inch wide. The length of the sleeve shall be in proportion to the shirt size.
The shirts shall have a sling type badge reinforcement made from a double thickness of the shirt fabric and located on the inside of the left shirt front. The sling shall measure 1-1/8 + 1/8 inches wide and shall be centered and stitched in the left shoulder and left pocket flap setting seams. There shall be two buttonhole eyelets stitched through the left front of shirt and the sling spaced 1-1/4 + 1/8 inches apart with the bottom eyelet 1-1/4 + 1/8 inches from the top of the left pocket flap.
The bottom of the shirt shall be finished with a continuous closed hem measuring 1/4 + 1/16 inch wide. The shirts shall be available in men’s sizes Small (14 - 14-1/2), Medium (15 - 15-1/2), Large (16 - 16-1/2), and X-Large (17 - 17-1/2); women’s bust sizes 32 through 44.
The shirts shall be free from any defects such as holes, tears, misweaves, spots, uneven dyeing, loose or skipped stitches, etc., that would affect appearance or serviceability. All stitching shall be done with spun polyester thread matching the fabric color, with 10-14 stitches/inch. The collar shall be topstitched 1/8 inch from the edge. Sleeving and closing operations shall be overlock with safety stitch. The collars, pockets, flaps, and shoulder straps shall be die cut to insure uniformity. The finished shirts shall be completely pressed and folded in accordance with normal commercial practice. All edges shall be either turned under and stitched or overedge stitched so that no raw edges are exposed.
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