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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 30, 2011 FBO #3535
DOCUMENT

83 -- Towels (reusable) - Attachment

Notice Date

7/28/2011
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

314129 — Other Household Textile Product Mills
 

Contracting Office

VA National Acquisition Center - Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
 

Solicitation Number

VA79711RP0183
 

Response Due

8/12/2011
 

Archive Date

11/10/2011
 

Point of Contact

Amber Zavala
 

E-Mail Address

786-5241<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: The VA National Acquisition Center will issue Request for Proposal (RFP) VA-797-11-RP-00183 for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for Towels (reusable). VA purchases approximately 1,272,809 of these Towels on an annual basis. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. The Towels are being procured as an SDVOSB set-aside. Therefore, all offerors products must be manufactured by a small domestic (or "outlying area") manufacturer. Outlying areas include Commonwealths: (i) Puerto Rico (ii) The Northern Mariana Islands. Territories: (i) American Samoa (ii) Guam (iii) U.S. Virgin Islands; and Minor outlying islands (i) Baker Island (ii) Howland Island (iii) Jarvis Island (iv) Johnston Atoll (v) Kingman Reef (vi) Midway Islands (vii) Navassa Island (viii) Palmyra Atoll (ix) Wake Atoll. Specifications for Towels (reusable) are as follows: Bath, Towel, Reusable, White 20" x 40" 86% Cotton/14% Polyester 1Fabric Content: 86% Cotton/14% Polyester 2Towel Size: Finished product size must be 20" x 40" Plus/Minus.25in 3Weight of Bath towel: Weight per dozen will be minimum of 6lbs. 4"VA PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE" must be kaumographed in the center or on the CAM edge of the towel in blue color. Letters must be 1 to 2 inches tall. 5Finished Edges: Salvaged edge the length of the towel with ends of the towel hemmed 6Towel must have a double stitched hem at each end 7Towel shall have a border without terry loops, placed 2 to 4 inches from each end of towel. Border shall be 1 to 2 inches wide 8Towels shall have double loop range of 1/8 to ¼ inch 9Manufacturer Label: Constructed of either Polyester or Nylon 10Contents of Manufacture Label: Content, Laundry Instructions, Country of Manufacture Bath, Towel, Reusable, White 20" x 40" 100% Cotton 1Fabric Content: 100% Cotton 2Towel Size: Finished product size must be 20" x 40" Plus/Minus.25in 3Weight of Bath towel: Weight per dozen will be minimum of 6lbs. 4"VA PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE" must be kaumographed in the center or on the CAM edge of the towel in blue color. Letters must be 1 to 2 inches tall. 5Finished Edges: Salvaged edge the length of the towel with ends of the towel hemmed 6Towel must have a double stitched hem at each end 7Towel shall have a border without terry loops, placed 2 to 4 inches from each end of towel. Border shall be 1 to 2 inches wide 8Towels shall have double loop range of 1/8 to ¼ inch 9Manufacturer Label: Constructed of either Polyester or Nylon 10Contents of Manufacture Label: Content, Laundry Instructions, Country of Manufacture Bath, Towel, Reusable, White 24" x 48" 86% Cotton/14% Polyester 1Fabric Content: 86% Cotton/14% Polyester 2Towel Size: Finished product size must be 24" x 48" Plus/Minus.25in 3Weight of Bath towel: Weight per dozen will be minimum of 8lbs. 4"VA PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE" must be kaumographed in the center or on the CAM edge of the towel in blue color. Letters must be 1 to 2 inches tall. 5Finished Edges: Salvaged edge the length of the towel with ends of the towel hemmed 6Towel must have a double stitched hem at each end 7Towel shall have a border without terry loops, placed 2 to 4 inches from each end of towel. Border shall be 1 to 2 inches wide 8Towels shall have double loop range of 1/8 to ¼ inch 9Manufacturer Label: Constructed of either Polyester or Nylon 10Contents of Manufacture Label: Content, Laundry Instructions, Country of Manufacture Bath, Towel, Reusable, White 24" x 48" 100% Cotton 1Fabric Content: 100% Cotton 2Towel Size: Finished product size must be 24" x 48" Plus/Minus.25in 3Weight of Bath towel: Weight per dozen will be minimum of 8lbs. 4"VA PROPERTY NOT FOR SALE" must be kaumographed on the CAM edge of the towel in blue color. Letters must be 1 to 2 inches tall. 5Finished Edges: Salvaged edge the length of the towel with ends of the towel hemmed 6Towel must have a double stitched hem at each end 7Towel shall have a border without terry loops, placed 2 to 4 inches from each end of towel. Border shall be 1 to 2 inches wide 8Towels shall have double loop range of 1/8 to ¼ inch 9Manufacturer Label: Constructed of either Polyester or Nylon 10Contents of Manufacture Label: Content, Laundry Instructions, Country of Manufacture If you submitted a bid and samples for the previous solicitation for this item (VA-797-11-RP-0129) you DO NOT have to submit more samples, but you will have to fill out the new solicitation document and submit it by the closing date. You may make pricing changes if necessary. Solicitation #VA-797-11-RP-0183 will be electronically issued in commercial item format, in accordance with FAR Part 12, on or about August 15, 2011. The solicitation will be open for 30 days. Interested offerors are advised to continuously check URL: http://www.fedbizopps.gov for any changes to the solicitation. Any future Amendments or other information regarding this solicitation will be available on that site as well. The point of contact is Amber Zavala, Contracting Officer. Please e-mail all questions or inquiries to Amber.Zavala@va.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VANAC/VANAC/VA79711RP0183/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA-797-11-RP-0183 PRESOL NOTICE-TOWELS.DOC (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=224802&FileName=VA-797-11-RP-0183-000.DOC)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=224802&FileName=VA-797-11-RP-0183-000.DOC

 

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Record

SN02513394-W 20110730/110728234952-157a794e431ff663b79871975b34c472 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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