SOURCES SOUGHT
95 -- Blanket Purchase Agreement - Steel
- Notice Date
- 3/19/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423510
— Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), Office of Acquisition, 14th & C Streets, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20228
- ZIP Code
- 20228
- Solicitation Number
- BEP-RFI-12-0009
- Point of Contact
- Yvette Anderson, Phone: 202-874-3151, Kathleen A. Barton, Phone: 202 874-3139
- E-Mail Address
-
yvette.anderson@bep.gov, Kathleen.Barton@bep.gov
(yvette.anderson@bep.gov, Kathleen.Barton@bep.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought Notice. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is seeking sources to establish Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) with vendors who can provide specified steel material for the purpose of manufacturing EDM Surface Pieces by EDM processes for the currency program. Respondents must be capable of supplying material and tolerances specified by BEP drawings to maintain ISO standards. A material sample will be required. The material shall be heat treated to specified specifications. All material shall be accompanied with material processing and heat treatment certifications, for ISO records. BEP will limit this BPA to vendors who meet the following - those vendors who are classified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) as HUB Zone (HUB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and/or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOB). The resulting contract vehicles will be utilized by the BEP Office of Acquisition - Equipment and Materials Division, for the acquisition of steel material for its plants located in Washington, DC and Ft. Worth, TX. Vendors will be required to possess the above referenced classification certifications at the time of expressing interest in establishing a BPA, during creation of the contract vehicle, as well as maintain the classification at the time calls are placed against the agreement. The BPAs will be issued based upon the category for metal under North American Industries Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 423510. Interested vendors are requested to submit a response that includes, but not limited to the following: 1) reference to Sources Sought number; 2) company name, address, telephone number, and website address (if available); 3) the type of small business (WOSB, HUB Zone, etc.); 4) the name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a technical point of contact having the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with Government representatives; 5) capability information regarding the company's ability to provide the aforementioned item; and 6) GSA Schedule number, if applicable. Companies are requested to submit the aforementioned response to the point of contact identified below by no later than 2:00PM Eastern Time March 30, 2012. FAR PROVISION 52.215-3 Request for information or solicitation for planning purposes. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR SOLICITATION FOR PLANNING PURPOSES (OCT 1997) (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of: identifying small business vendors, who possess the above referenced additional business size classifications, and who are able to supply steel material that fall within the above specified categories. Questions regarding this Notice may be addressed to the following point of contact: Primary Point of Contact: Yvette Anderson Contract Specialist yvette.anderson@bep.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TREAS/BEP/OPDC20220/BEP-RFI-12-0009/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 301 14th Street SW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20228, United States
- Zip Code: 20228
- Zip Code: 20228
- Record
- SN02699554-W 20120321/120319234539-b2abed2bc8014d6498d53b6103da86e1 (fbodaily.com)
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