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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 23, 2003 FBO #0726
SOLICITATION NOTICE

75 -- Army Wide BPA for Office Products Request for Quote Announcement Ref: GSA E-Buy RFQ# 29396

Notice Date

11/21/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

ACA, South Region Contracting Center, 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson, GA 30330-1096
 

ZIP Code

30330-1096
 

Solicitation Number

W911SE-04-T-9999
 

Response Due

1/21/2004
 

Archive Date

3/21/2004
 

Point of Contact

Charlene G. Jeong, 404-464-2517
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to ACA, South Region Contracting Center
(jeongcg@forscom.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

NA On 1 October 2002, the Army mandated the use of a group of Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) for the purchase of office products. The primary goals of this BPA initiative were to ensure that office product purchases were in compliance with the statutory p references afforded to products manufactured under the Javits-Wagner-O??????Day (JWOD) Act and to capture economies of scale. The purpose of this Solicitation notice is to announce the issuance of the Request for Quotes (RFQ) of Army BPAs for office produ cts. Army Contracting Agency, Southern Region Contracting Center - East intends to procure office products through the issuance of Blanket Purchase Agreements under GSA Federal Supply Schedules. RFQ issuance will be made through GSA E-Buy. The GSA E-Buy web a ddress is: http://www.gsa.gov/Portal/content/offerings_content.jsp?contentOID=116555&contentType=1004&P=1&S=1. Interested vendors shall submit their submissions via electronic means in GSA E-Buy. No hard copy submissions will be accepted. Submissions fr om responsible vendors will be considered. RFQ submission closing date will be listed in GSA E-Buy. No hard copy request for quotes (RFQ) will be made available. An Industry Day Conference will be scheduled by 15 December 2003. Vendors should express their interest in attending via e-mail to POC listed herein. Vendors will be notified through GSA E-Buy of the exact date, time, location, and agenda. The Homepage Address for all Army BPAs status/updates is: http://www.forscom.army.mil/aacc/Army_BPA/BP A_default.htm. All CONUS Army users are now required to purchase office products through the Army BPAs. However, Army installations with an onsite self-service supply store may use this source to obtain JWOD office products. To the maximum extent practi cable, BPA purchases must be made through the DoD E-Mall at https://emall.prod.dodonline.net/scripts/emLogon.asp. Army customers place orders using the Government-wide Purchase Card Vendors will be requested to submit their submissions for office products and Toner/Inkjet that meet the criteria stated in the RFQ. The vendor will be required to provide the following information in their RFQs: pricing information; capability and capaci ty data; past performance; a willingness to accept minimum order qty of $25.00, possess a GSA contract, show certification as an authorized JWOD distributor, demonstrate E-Commerce capability. The Government will not require Level 3 data from vendors, but will require data from vendors?????? packing list with shipments, purchases by customer or zip code, and similar data readily available from vendors?????? automated systems and required for EMALL operations. In order to avoid confusing Government cardhol ders, the BPA customers, the Army requires an order to be charged in total regardless of whether partial shipments are made. In order to maximize small business participation, we are seeking qualified small businesses, including consortiums and teams. The Army expects that vendors will offer additional pricing discounts beyond their GSA FSS pricing, demonstrate a willingness to provide shipment within 24 hrs. with 2-day delivery, and develop and offer a Customer Management Program. One of the major goals of the Army Office Products BPAs is to leverage the Army??????s buying power based on economies of scale. The Army intends to award the optimum number of BPAs consistent with participation by Small Business, the Army??????s needs, a nd technical and price evaluation factors. Award of the BPAs will be based by determining the most advantageous submissions, price and other factors considered. Quote evaluations will be based on Small Business Participation, capability, and capacity, past performance, and price including customer management programs. Point of Contact is Charlene Jeong at jeongcg@forscom.army.mil.
 

Place of Performance

Address: ACA, South Region Contracting Center 1301 Anderson Way SW, Fort McPherson GA

Zip Code: 30330-1096

Country: US
 

Record

SN00475033-W 20031123/031121230645 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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