SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMERCIAL SUPPLIERS OF NONTEXTILE, NONWOVEN INDUSTRIAL WIPING MATERIALS AND NONPROFIT AGENCIES WITH THEJAVITS-WAGNER-O'DAY PROGRAM
- Notice Date
- 12/15/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339999
— All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Comm for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase, Committee for Purchase, 1421 Jefferson Davis Highway Jefferson Plaza #2, Room 10800, Arlington, VA, 22202-3259, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-CP-12-13
- Response Due
- 1/15/2007
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2007
- Description
- The Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled (Committee) is pursuing partnerships with U.S. commercial manufacturers of nontextile industrial wiping materials 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) Construction shall incorporate a reinforced component for strength and durability together with fibers for softness and absorbency. 3) Engineered to feel like cloth but maintains strength in solvents as well as laundered cloth shop towels, absorbs more water and oil faster than laundered cloth shop towels on a pound for pound basis, and has a high overall wet strength. 4) 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 convert, package, and distribute the products in question thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 5) Commitment to working independently with the JWOD team to market the products to Government customers under the JWOD Program. 6) 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. 7) Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that the specific product meets the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency's employees would perform. The deadline for response is January 15, 2007.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1421 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 10800, Jefferson Plaza 2, Arlington, VA
- Zip Code: 22202
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 22202
- Record
- SN01197202-W 20061217/061215220105 (fbodaily.com)
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