MODIFICATION
70 -- Blanket Purchase Agreement for Information Technology (IT) Products
- Notice Date
- 12/19/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 443120
— Computer and Software Stores
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), Office of Procurement, P. O. Box 1450 - Mail Stop 6 600 Dulany Street, MDE, 7th Floor, Alexandria, VA, 22313-1450, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 22313-1450
- Solicitation Number
- ITBPA2007
- Response Due
- 1/3/2007
- Point of Contact
- Sylvia Van Dyke, Contracting Officer, Phone 571-272-6568, Fax 571-273-0284,
- E-Mail Address
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sylvia.vandyke@uspto.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Amendment 2 Questions and Answers, Ref: Synopsis/Solicitation No. ITBPA2007 1. Please provide estimated award date. There is no estimated award date at this time. Award of the BPAs will depend on the number of proposals which are received. Based upon the number of proposals we received last time, it may take up to 6 months. 2. Page 2 - In reference to the various specifications provided, can you please further clarify the following statement: ?The USPTO is not looking for vendors who can only offer a few products or product brands.? Can it be assumed that alternate product brands can be offered in lieu of the product brands listed or is this an all or nothing RFQ? As stated in the synopsis/solicitation, ?Vendors who can only offer a few products and/or limited product brands will be found unacceptable, and will not be considered for award?. A vendor which can only offer to sell the PTO, for example, security software, would be found unacceptable because it cannot offer a vast array of IT Products. Since the purpose of this BPA is to fulfill future requirements which are unknown at this time, offering alternate products is not an option. There will be no stated prices, or product brands listed in the awarded BPAs. Requirements will be competed among the awarded BPA holders as the requirements are identified. 3. E. (page 4) it says that ??the vendor must select 5 specifications to price?? does that mean we can just choose not to price those items that we are not authorized to sell? In order to consider price, which is required, the vendor must price 5 specifications. The vendor may price any of the specifications, regardless of whether or not it is authorized to sell the particular product. However, once the BPAs are awarded, vendors must be authorized to sell the products which they are quoting. As stated in the synopsis/solicitation, ?The prices will be used strictly for evaluation purposes only.? There will not be any orders resulting from this pricing. 4. Pages 3 and 4 - Under ?Supplemental Instructions? ? Please clarify under B. if you are requesting past performance evaluations from trade references. Reference Factor No. 2(a), the USPTO is requesting past performance evaluations from the vendor?s customers. Customers could include companies, federal government agencies, state or local governments, etc., which the Offeror has sold IT products similar to those identified in the synopsis/solicitation. 5. Please confirm you are asking for customer references under C. (regarding Factor No. 2(b). The USPTO is requesting ?customer references? under Factor No. 2(b), with whom the offeror has had an established relationship for over one year and has had sales for IT products in excess of $50,000 per year. 6. Confirm that the NACIS code 443120 is for 500 employees or fewer is the small business size for this solicitation. The nonmanufacturer size standard of 500 employees shall be used for purposes of Government procurement of supplies. This BPA is for supplies; therefore, the small business size standard of 500 employees will apply. 7. In regards to solicitation ITBPA2007 how many awards is the Patent and Trademark Office anticipating will be awarded? It is anticipated that multiple awards will be made. The USPTO wishes to remain flexible in the number of awards it may make. 8. Please confirm that current BPA holders cannot submit a response to the new BPA solicitation. The current BPA holders already have a BPA; therefore, it is not necessary to submit a proposal. The current BPA awards, if all of the options are exercised, will extend out to 6/30/2009. As a reminder, the previous combined synopsis/solicitation under which the current BPA holders were awarded stated ?the USPTO may solicit additional companies at any time to replace or increase existing BPAs to fulfill the USPTO?s requirements?. 9. Since our BPA expires in June of 2007, how do we continue our BPA NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-DEC-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 25-JUN-2007, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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