MODIFICATION
75 -- BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR PURCHASE OF OFFICE PRODUCTS
- Notice Date
- 4/23/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- ACA, South Region Contracting Center, 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson, GA 30330-1096
- ZIP Code
- 30330-1096
- Solicitation Number
- DABK01-03-R-0000
- Response Due
- 5/9/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/8/2003
- Point of Contact
- Janie Wright, 404-464-4104
- E-Mail Address
-
ACA, South Region Contracting Center
(wrightja@forscom.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA This amendment is issued to clarify information included in the sources sought notice posted on 24 March 2003 entitled “Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) for Purchase of Office Products.” Vendors and interested parties who have already submitted a respon se need not provide additional information, unless so desired. The purpose of the notice is to request vendor feedback on a number of issues that impact both current BPA vendors and customers. The information received from vendors and interested parties, in conjunction with other market research efforts, will be used to address and plan corrective actions for concerns identified in the current BPAs. Feedback will also be used to develop acquisition strategy for the possible issuance of additional BPAs. The notice is intended only as a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. Offers are not requested and will not be accepted at this time. While vendor response to the notice is an indication of interest in future opportunities, it does not assure consideration for the a ward of additional BPAs. If and when offers for additional BPAs are requested, a new notice will be posted. An erroneous NAICS code was provided in the original notice. The correct NAICS code is 453210 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. The deadline for submissions in response to this notice is hereby extended from 25 April 2003 to 9 May 2003. Please submit written responses to Ms. Lynn Worsham at the Army Contracting Agency, Southern Region Headquarters, Lynn.Worsham@forscom.army.mil. Following is a summary of the issues for which feedback is sought: 1. Use of DOD E-Mall. To the maximum extent possible, orders are required to be processed through the DoD E-Mall to the BPA holder. What concerns or suggestions do you have regarding use of the E-Mall? 2. Delivery. Currently, the BPAs require 24-hour delivery. Would you be able to provide 24-hour delivery anywhere within the United States or only in certain geographical locations? What price increase would be imposed for deliveries to be delivered i n 24 hours versus 72 hours? What is your standard delivery time for popular high volume supplies? What is your standard delivery time for unpopular low volume supplies? 3. Minimum Orders. Do you require a minimum order? If yes, what is your minimum order? 4. Charges to Customer Purchase Card. A) Level 3 data. Level 3 data is defined as an electronic posting to the cardholder’s billing statement simultaneously when the items are scanned and charged to the customer’s credit card. Do you have the capabil ity of transmitting Level 3 data? B) Charges for complete order. Do you have the capability to charge for total orders versus partial shipments with partial charges, even when shipments from various distribution sites are made to one delivery point for o ne order? If no, please explain why. 5. Pricing and Discounts. The Army’s objective is to achieve the best commercial pricing possible for customers using combined Army purchasing power. In addition to discounts off the GSA schedule pricing, volume discounts will become effective as the tot al dollar volume ordered under an individual BPA reaches certain thresholds. Volume discounts would remain in effect for the life of the BPA and potentially for follow-on BPAs. Do you have any concerns, advice or experience on a discount system that will work to obtain total dollar volume discounts? 6. Pre-priced items. The Army is considering the potential benefits of pre-pricing some of the most popular high volume office products. What advantages/disadvantages do you think pre-priced items would create? 7. Javits-Wagner O’Day (JWOD) Act Compliance. Are you an authorized JWOD distributor? Do you have a system in place to substitute commercial products with JWOD products if the customer orders a commercial item number? Are there pricing or delivery issue s with JWOD products that should be raised to the JWOD c ommittee? 8. Potential Awards to Teams or Business Consortia. Vendors may consider teaming and consortium arrangements to maximize both business opportunities and customer support. However, in establishing the contractual relationships among vendors on a team or in a consortium, small business vendors may wish to consider the potential impact to their small business size status and implications regarding control of their business, in light of FAR 19.101 and SBA regulatory definitions pertaining to affiliation for the purpose of assessing a company’s small business status.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/USA/DABK/DABK01/DABK01-03-R-0000/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACA, South Region Contracting Center 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson GA
- Zip Code: 30330-1096
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 30330-1096
- Record
- SN00310521-F 20030425/030424064921 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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