SOLICITATION NOTICE
81 -- Styrofoam Inserts
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 512290
— Other Sound Recording Industries
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE LA-325, Washington, DC, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- S-NLS20060071
- Response Due
- 3/7/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/22/2006
- Description
- The Library of Congress intends to negotiate a sole source Contract with Poly Foam Inc. The Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS/BPH) contracts out for braille books and magazines, audio books and magazines, playback machines, and related goods and services that service approximately 750,000 blind and handicapped patrons. This proposed purchase is for styrofoam inserts that are used in the shipping of audio playback machines sent to NLS/BPH blind and handicapped patrons. This proposed purchase is for 20,020 styrofoam inserts. Poly Foam Inc. has been using the Library=s tooling to manufacture the styrofoam inserts for the past five (5) years. The Library=s tooling is at Poly Foam Inc.=s manufacturing facility in Lester Prairie, Minnesota. The tool is enormous in size, fragile, weighs over 600 pounds, is over fifteen years old, and has a replacement cost of over $100,000. This tooling is a custom-designed for the production of these styrofoam inserts. Any attempt to ship the tooling from Poly Foam=s manufacturing facility would likely damage the tooling. It is the Library?s understanding that (1) a new contractor would not be able to reassemble the tooling, (2) operate the old tooling or (3) manufacture these styrofoam inserts without the tooling that is used by Poly Foam, Inc. at its manufacturing facility in Minnesota. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Library of Congress, 101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20540
- Record
- SN00992026-W 20060223/060221212508 (fbodaily.com)
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