SOURCES SOUGHT
75 -- JUST-IN-TIME OFFICE SUPPLIES FOR NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
- Notice Date
- 9/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 424120
— Stationery and Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BJ
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ08ZBJ487L
- Response Due
- 9/15/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/8/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan P. Prihoda, Contract Specialist, Phone 281-244-6959, Fax 281-483-9741, - David V McKay, Contracting Officer, Phone 281-483-6549, Fax 281-483-9741, />
- E-Mail Address
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jonathan.p.prihoda@nasa.gov, david.v.mckay@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Source Sought Synopsis only.NASA/JSC is seeking capabilities information from certified Small, small disadvantaged,8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned business concerns within afive (5) state region, consisting of Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. The capabilities information will be used to determine if the procurement can beset-aside as a(n) Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Ownedset-aside. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites forthe release of any solicitation or synopsis. NASA/JSC is hereby seeking information about potential sources for the Just-In-TimeOffice Supplies procurement. The Government considers the supplies required to be acommercial or commercial-type product.A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.The NAICS Code for the proposed acquisition is 424120 and the small business sizestandard is 100 employees. The scope of the Just-In-Time (JIT) Office Supplies procurement provides office supplyproducts in the following categories for the Johnson Space Center, including EllingtonField and the Sonny Carter Training Facility. This includes offerings of officeproducts/supplies listed in the firms commercial office supply catalog. Categoriesinclude, but are not limited to: Binding and Filing; Cases and Portfolios; Mailing andShipping Supplies; Office Essentials (clips, notes, books, tape, etc.); Optical disks andCD-ROMs; Ergonomic Products (wrist and foot rests); Clocks; Paper (copier, computer,labels, etc.) Minimum Recycled Content compliant; Ink/Toner Cartridges (new andremanufactured, when available); Visual Communications and Meeting Aids; WritingInstruments (pens, pencils, markers) AbilityOne compliant. Historically, JSC annuallyplaces approximately 7,800 orders with a total value ranging from $1,400,000 to$1,700,000.Interested, certified small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, orservice-disabled veteran-owned vendors capable of performing as prime contractors thatmeet the requirements of this synopsis are asked to submit capability statements of ten(10) pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort describedherein. Capability statements must include the following information:1) Name and address of firm, size of business; 2) Average annual revenue for past 3 years;3) Number of employees; 4) Ownership; 5) Whether they are small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), woman-owned, HUBZone, orService-Disabled Veteran-Owned, 6) Number of years in business, 7) Affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potentialteaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potentialprime). Affiliate information shall also include an outline of the roles/functions to beperformed by each member in all situations. For example, joint ventures, teamingarrangements, and prime/subcontractor relationships.In addition, capability statements must address the vendors ability to comply with andthe capacity to perform the following requirements: 1) As some of the office supplies contemplated by this statement of work may beavailable on the Procurement List maintained by the Committee for Purchase From PeopleWho Are Blind or Severely Disabled, in accordance with the Javits-Wagner-ODay Act (41U.S.C. 46-48(c)), the vendor is required to be authorized to distribute AbilityOneproducts by the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabledregarding the ordering of supplies that are determined to be essentially the same asAbilityOne (formerly JWOD) products. 2) In accordance with Executive Order 13101, Greening the Government ThroughWaste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition, products offered in the category ofcopy paper must comply with the requirement for a minimum of 30% recycled content. Additionally, the vendor must offer products in the category of ink/toner cartridges thatare remanufactured, if available. 3) Supplies must come from local vendor warehouse, not directly frommanufacturer. 4) Provide a dedicated customer service representative for the JSC JIT OfficeSupplies administrator/customer support. 5) Provide a dedicated delivery driver with a dedicated back-up delivery driverwho both must meet minimum security clearance requirements for badging. 6) Delivery shall occur in a clearly marked vendor-owned vehicle only. 7) Provide Next-Day desk-top delivery for orders placed prior to 3 p.m. to theend-user placing the order. There are approx. 30 orders per day to all JSC buildingsonsite, Ellington Field, Sonny Carter, and other locations within a 25 mile radius, withmajority of orders onsite. 8) Accumulate all orders for the month into a single combined invoice to submitfor payment in lieu of submitting an individual invoice for each order placed.Forexample, if 1,200 orders are placed during the month, only one invoice summarizing all1,200 orders would be submitted for payment. 9) Provide for Internet online ordering capability. The vendor shall not acceptphone or fax orders. Additionally, the online capability shall provide: capability forthe JSC JIT administrator to approve/deny/edit online orders; add/delete users, resetcustomer passwords, and change organizational code/account of users; capability tosearch/browse catalog for the JSC JIT administrator only; capability to track orders andto see if an item is in stock when placing the order; capability to remove items, changequantities of items, show individual item and subtotal costs, show a picture anddescription of the item, and MSDS sheet, if hazardous content, when placing order online;and provide online reporting to access: real-time usage data (preferably available onlinein excel format) to minimally include: ordering organization to the 3rd level (i.e. JSCbranch level); item ordered, stock number, quantity, cost, percent recycled content ofitem.10) Provide training at JSC on internet ordering to approximately 250 300users initially, with the ability to schedule additional refresher training annually. If a vendor presently has a commercially available catalog for the office supply itemsdescribed above, please include one (1) copy in the firms response along with thecapabilities statement submitted. The number of pages for the catalog will not beincluded when determining the page count of the response.RESPONSES DUE:Interested parties having the capabilities necessary to meet or exceedthe stated requirements are invited to submit appropriate documentation. All responsesshall be submitted to Jonathan P. Prihoda no later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time onSeptember 15, 2008. Please reference NNJ08ZBJ487L in any response. Mailing address is:NASA Johnson Space Center, Attn: Jonathan P. Prihoda, Mail Code BJ3, 2101 NASA Parkway,Houston, Texas 77058. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as acommitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited.Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), orService-Disabled Veteran-Owned set-aside based on responses hereto. All Small Business,8(a), HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned firms will need to be certified at thetime of proposal submission if the procurement is set-aside. Any questions regarding this announcement should be directed to the identified point ofcontact. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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