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67 -- SERVICES FOR THE FURNISHING AND RECYCLING OF TONER CARTRIDGES, INK JET CARTRIDGES, AND THERMAL TRANSFER RIBBONS. SOL N66604-99-R-0355 POC G. Shenberger, Contract Negotiator at (401) 832-1854; C. Gorman, Contracting Officer at (401) 832-1489; FAX (401) 832-4820. WEB: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. E-MAIL: Geraldine Shenberger, Contract Negotiator, shenbergergr@npt.nuwc.navy.mil. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) intends to acquire services and supplies to manage a program for the furnishing of toner cartridges, ink jet cartridges, and thermal transfer ribbons and maintenance kits. The contractor shall deliver toner cartridges, ink cartridges, and toner and maintenance kits to the desktop of employees within the command. This contractor shall also establish and manage a program for collecting and recycling spent or used cartridges. Recycling includes disposal, re-manufacturing or recharging cartridges. This overall program shall include: Receiving orders from NUWCDIVNPT employees by phone, fax, e-mail, or other electronically transmitted data. Preparing any necessary shipping documents and invoices. Delivering cartridges and/or kits. Establishing, implementing and maintaining an effective and customer-friendly recycling program designed to maximize returning spent cartridges to the contractor. Maintaining a system that tracks quantities of cartridges ordered by type, quantities of cartridges received, missed shipments, wrong deliveries, etc. Delivering periodic management reports. Additionally, under the Changes Clause (FAR 52.243-1, ALT II), the contractor may be required to implement an EDI System, or other system, to more efficiently carry out this Toner Cartridge Program. The resulting contract will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with Firm Fixed Price provisions. Written orders will be issued by the Contracting Officer for each month's services. The incumbent contractor is New England Toner Service of Middletown, Rhode Island under Contract N66604-96-D-A364. Currently, the list of items under the present service contract includes 164 cartridges and kits for laser printers, 86 ink jet cartridges and associated items, and 20 thermal transfer ribbons. These items carry some of the following brand names: Apple, Brother, Cannon, Dataproducts, Epson, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Konica, Lexmark, Mita, NEC, Oasys Laser, Okidata, Panasonic, Pitney Bowes, QMS, Ricoh, Sharp, Tektronix, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Xerox. This list is subject to change during the contract period. The contractor shall deliver items within one day under a "no questions asked" return policy. The duration of this contract will be five years. The solicitation is set aside 100% for small business under Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 3861. Award will be made on the basis of best value for the Government. Evaluation Factors are Total Estimated Price, Past Performance, and Management Approach. Management Approach will include the subfactors of (1) quality of service and products; (2) procedures for orders, delivery, pricing; and (3) management of recycling program. Written Technical Proposals will be required. The solicitation will be issued the end of November with a planned award by the end of April 1999. The Contracting Officer will make a single award. Requests may be faxed to 401-832-4820 or 401-832-4519, as well as e-mailed or mailed. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which shall be considered by the agency. See Numbered Note 1. Estimated RFP release date: 11/24/98. Posted 10/22/98 (W-SN264608). (0295)

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