SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Item Unique Identification Data (IUID) Labels and IUID Processing and Management Services
- Notice Date
- 12/21/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339943
— Marking Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), Center for IT Solutions (5TF), 230 South Dearborn Street - Room 3380, Chicago, IL, 60604-1696, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 60604-1696
- Solicitation Number
- 5TS57070224
- Response Due
- 7/7/2007
- Point of Contact
- Eben Greybourne, Contracting Officer, Phone (312) 886-3811, Fax (312) 886-3827
- E-Mail Address
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eben.greybourne@gsa.gov
- Description
- (i) OPENING STATEMENT: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION / SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: A. The Governments objective is to purchase Item Unique Identification Labels for placement on tangible assets (equipment, etc.) and to purchase a service for requesting IUID Data Labels and for monitoring and reporting the status of each request. The purpose of this notice is to solicit information and comments from industry (1) regarding the commercial availability of IUID Data Labels and IUID Data Label Processing and Management Services, and (2) regarding the Governments proposed DRAFT Performance Work Statement for this requirement (attached). To obtain this information, the Government requests that all interested parties RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ON OR BEFORE 8 JANUARY 2008. Release of a solicitation is tentatively planned in the first quarter of calendar year 2008. However, this notice does not obligate the Government to solicit for this requirement or award a contract. THE PROPOSAL DUE DATE IN THIS NOTICE IS SYSTEM GENERATED AND DOES NOT APPLY. A PROPOSAL DUE DATE WILL BE ESTABLISHED WHEN THE SOLICITATION IS RELEASED. IF DETERMINED FEASIBLE, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE RELEASED TO FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE CONTRACT HOLDERS ONLY. B. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE: Vendors who can fulfill this requirement and who would be interested in submitting a proposal, in the event that a solicitation is issued, are requested to provide the following information in response to this request -- 1. Name of Company: 2. Address of Company: 3. Name, phone number and email address of company representative. 4. Company size standard and/or socio-economic standing; i.e., large business, small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, or women-owned small business. 5. A statement as to whether this requirement is commercially available or must be developed. Please address both the supplying if IUID Data Labels and the furnishing of IUID Data Label Processing and Management Services. 6. Indication that the IUID Data Labels and/or the IUID Data Label Processing and Management Services are or are not available on a GSA Schedule contract or Government Wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC). ----- 7. Responsible comments or suggestions regarding the attached Performance Work Statement. Please note that the PWS is in draft form and the Government anticipates revisions to this document prior to its release as a request for proposals (RFP) 8. Identification of any requirements in the work statement that are not standard commercial practice. Responses should be emailed to: Eben Greybourne, Contracting Officer at eben.greybourne@gsa.gov. (ii) RFP SOLICITATION NUMBER: 5TS57070224 ; (iii) CLAUSE AND PROVISION IN EFFECT THROUGH FEDERAL ACQUISITION CIRCULAR: 2005-16 Effective 22 March 2007; (iv) SET-ASIDE: -- NOT YET DETERMINED, NAICS CODE: 339943 --- Marking Device Manufacturing SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: 500 Employees; (v) LINE ITEM(S): Yet to be determined but will likely include a line item for IUID Data Label Processing and Management Services and one or more line items for IUID Data Labels. This requirement will also include training, report and documentation deliverables. This requirement will include two phases. Phase 1 will be an implementation test phase and will include the purchase of no more that 25 thousand IUID Data Labels. Phase 2 will be full implementation with an estimated ceiling of 5.2 million IUID Data Labels. NOTE: The Government may fulfill this requirement by establishing a Blanket Purchase Agreement with the successful offeror against which orders will be placed for needed items and services. The Government will reserve the right to order fewer than the total quantity solicited. Option quantities may be solicited. (vi) DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS: (1) IUID Data Labels --- labels of various sizes and composition imprinted in one of a number of ways with machine readable and human readable identifying information unique to the tangible asset being labeled. (2) IUID Data Label Processing and Management Service is a web based service (with some manual features) for requesting IUID Data labels, monitoring IUID Data Label request processing and delivery status, and providing reports of all IUID Data Label processing information. (vii) DATE(S) AND PLACE(S) OF DELIVERY: As designated on individual delivery orders. Phase 1 delivery will be primarily in the vicinity of Wright Patterson AFB, OH. Phase 2 delivery could be world wide. (viii) FAR 52.212-1, INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS ? Not yet established; (ix) EVALUATION PROCEDURES: Not yet established; (x) OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATION: FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, Required (submit with proposal or through ORCA unless already verified by a FSS contract; (xi) FAR 52.212-4, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS? Not yet established; (xii) FAR 52.212-5, CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS COMMERCIAL ITEMS, Not yet established; (xiii) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Not yet established; Subcontracting Plan, if required, applies (for large businesses only); (xiv) DEFENSE PRIORITIES AND ALLOCATIONS SYSTEM (DPAS): N/A; (xv) NUMBERED NOTES: None; (xvi) OFFERS DUE: Not yet established; (xvii) GOVERNMENT CONTACT: eben.greybourne@gsa.gov, Contracting Officer, 312/886-3811. Note: DRAFT PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT and MIL-STD 130M ARE ATTACHED. 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- Place of Performance
- Address: Wright Pattersion AFB, Ohio
- Zip Code: 45433
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 45433
- Record
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