79 -- ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS OF A LIQUID BASE GRIDDLE CLEANING SYSTEM FOR FOOD CONTACT SURFACES

Notice Date

March 28, 2001

Contracting Office

Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severly Disabled, 1421 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Room 10800, Arlington, VA 22202-3259

ZIP Code

22202-3259

Response Due

April 27, 2001

Point of Contact

Leon J. Wilson, Jr., Executive Director (703) 603-7740

E-Mail Address

Patrick T. Mooney, Director, Pricing and Program Operations, (pmooney@jwod.gov)

Description

The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee) is pursuing partnerships with U.S. commercial manufacturers of a Liquid Base Griddle Cleaning System for Food Contact Surface which meet the following criteria: 1) Possession of a nationally known brand name that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal through evidence of substantial sales. 2) Willingness to enter into a multi-year agreement, which includes technical assistance, to have a nonprofit agency that meets the criteria of the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program to assemble and/or package the products in question thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 3) Commitment to working independently with the JWOD team to market the products to Government customers under the JWOD Program. 4) Willingness to work with the nonprofit agency, NIB or NISH and the Committee to ensure that the products' price to end-users is a fair and reasonable price. 5) Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that the specific products meet the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency's employees would perform. 6) All ingredients for the cleaning liquid must be on the GRAS list as compiled by the FDA. The deadline for response is April 27, 2001.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010330/79SOL002.HTM (W-087 SN50H5K2)