SOURCES SOUGHT
89 -- Sources Sought for Co-Brand Agreement for Fry Oils and Liquid Shortenings
- Notice Date
- 1/4/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 311999
— All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Comm for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase, Committee for Purchase, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway, Jefferson Plaza #2, Room 10800, Arlington, Virginia, 22202-3259
- ZIP Code
- 22202-3259
- Solicitation Number
- CP-01-04-11-01
- Archive Date
- 2/19/2011
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie Blake, Phone: 571-226-4620
- E-Mail Address
-
sblake@nish.org
(sblake@nish.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On behalf of The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee), the independent Federal agency that administers the AbilityOne Program, NISH, a designated central nonprofit is pursuing a potential partnership with commercial manufacturers of Deep Fry Oils and Liquid Shortenings for the purpose of providing employment opportunities for people who are blind or severely disabled. If successful, the result will be a Co-Branding Agreement between the manufacturer and the AbilityOne Program, and its registered brands. The ultimate expectation is that the co-branded product will be placed on the Committee's Procurement List (PL). The manufacturers will be nationally recognized suppliers of deep fry oils and liquid shortenings, and will supply a NISH food producing non-profit agency, located in Middletown, NY, who will Package, Pack, Label, Mark, Unitize and Distribute 100% of the annual requirement of these fry oils and liquid shortenings to all four branches of the U.S. Military and other Federal Customers, through the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support Prime Vendor Program (PVP). The Non-profit agency will provide world-wide distribution to CONUS and OCONUS locations. The fry oils and liquid shortenings must be commercial, nationally recognized brands that meet and/or exceed Federal Government and Industry published standards. At a minimum, the following criteria must be met: 1. Possession of a nationally known brand name that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal through evidence of substantial sales. 2. U.S. manufacturer of commercial-off-the-shelf fry oils and liquid shortenings (Canola, Vegetable, and Soy). Future oils may include but are not limited to corn, cottonseed, peanut, and sesame oils (additional, future oils types are not guaranteed). Interested manufacturers do not need to supply all oil types. However, preference may be given to manufacturers of all oil types (Canola, Vegetable, and Soy). Additionally, the selection of at least two manufacturers is preferred. 3. This product must meet industry specifications and standards for performance. 4. The chosen manufacturers must be willing to set a high priority for delivering the oils to the Non-profit Agency in order to assure on-time deliveries to the U.S. Military through the DLA Troop Support PVP. In the event of Surge or Full Scale Mobilization the oil suppliers must be willing to provide up to 300% of the annual requirement of fry oils and liquid shortenings. The estimated annual requirement for liquid shortenings (vegetable, soy, and canola) is 543,530 cases. The estimated annual requirement for the fry oils (vegetable, soy, and canola) is 207,113 cases. 5. A Certificate of Conformance must be provided for all in-bound oils and liquid shortenings. 6. A willingness to enter into a multi-year agreement which includes on-going technical and production assistance and the necessary factory trained technical field support while enabling the non-profit agencies to meet the criteria of the AbilityOne Program to Package, Pack, Label, Mark, Unitize and Distribute the products to the U.S. Military and other Federal Customers, thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 7. Commitment to working independently with the AbilityOne to market products to the Government customers under the AbilityOne Program. The chosen manufactures will have a dedicated team for Federal Government Sales and Marketing. 8. Willingness to work with the NISH non-profit agency selected for this addition and the Committee to ensure that the price to the end-users is a fair and reasonable. Pricing will negotiated on a quarterly basis with DLA Troop Support and will be derived from the New York Board of Trade or appropriate market indicator. 9. Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that proposed products meet the various criteria noted. 10. Past performance: Manufacturers with past experience in state or federal Government sales of fry oils and liquid shortenings may be given preference. 11. Manufacturer's proposals shall include their requirements for the nonprofit agency such as quality systems/certifications, inspection of the nonprofit agency premises, proprietary information/non-disclosure agreements; defect liability; product recall; etc. Additionally, it is expected that the non-profit agency will be subject to a comprehensive quality audit by the selected supplier, to ensure they meet the standards of the co-branding partner. Proposals should outline the requirements of the quality audit. Additionally, if there are areas that do not meet the standards of the co-branding partner, it will be the responsibility of the supplier to work with the non-profit agency to meet those quality requirements. The deadline for response is February 4, 2011. Responses should be directed to the contact listed in this Notice. The preferred method of submission is via email to Stephanie Blake. Responses, if submitted via email, should be limited to 10MB or less. There is no limit if submitted to the physical street address. Questions should be directed to Stephanie Blake at sblake@nish.org or 571-226-4620.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 8401 Old Courthouse Road, Vienna, Virginia, 22182, United States
- Zip Code: 22182
- Zip Code: 22182
- Record
- SN02353680-W 20110106/110104234025-cf42d821fbe778193846f0124c77b2e9 (fbodaily.com)
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