SOURCES SOUGHT
51 -- Sources Sought for Co-Brand Agreement for Titanium Scissors
- Notice Date
- 1/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332216
— Saw Blade and Handtool 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, Virginia, 22202-3259
- ZIP Code
- 22202-3259
- Solicitation Number
- CP-01-09-13-01
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Damayra Duporte, Phone: 703-310-0522
- E-Mail Address
-
dduporte@nib.org
(dduporte@nib.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On behalf of the Committee for Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, the independent federal agency that administers the AbilityOne Program, National Industries for the Blind (NIB), a designated central nonprofit agency, is pursuing potential partnerships with U.S. commercial manufacturers of Titanium scissors, straight and bent handles for the purpose of providing employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. If successful, the result will be a co-brand agreement between the manufacturer and the AbilityOne Program, and its registered brands. The ultimate expectation is that the co-branded product will be placed on the AbilityOne Procurement List (PL). The titanium scissors, straight and bent handles, must meet and/or exceed FAR and other Federal Government published standards, Executive Orders and Federal Agency requirements. At a minimum, the following criteria must be met: 1.Possession of a recognized brand name in the market place. 2.Product Specific Criteria Product technical specification - 8" straight Scissor length: 8" Blade length: 3 3/8" Blade thickness: 0.075" Stainless blade coating material: Titanium nitride blend Coating thickness: 0.3 to 0.5 microns (micrometers) Average blade surface hardness: 3.724 +/-1.14 Gpa (nanoindentation hardness method) Minimum blade surface hardness: 1632 HV (Vickers test method; 3x harder than) Average blade steel hardness: 52 Rc or 544 HV (Rockwell or Vickers test method) Blade surface roughness: 15-25 microinches / inch Ra Blade color: Silver / Light Grey Product technical specification - 8" bent Scissor length: 8" Blade length: 3 1/2" Blade thickness: 0.075" Stainless blade coating material: Titanium nitride blend Coating thickness: 0.3 to 0.5 microns (micrometers) Average blade surface hardness: 3.724 +/-1.14 Gpa (nanoindentation hardness method) Minimum blade surface hardness: 1632 HV (Vickers test method; 3x harder than) Average blade steel hardness: 52 Rc or 544 HV (Rockwell or Vickers test method) Blade surface roughness: 15-25 microinches / inch Ra Blade color: Silver / Light Grey 3.The chosen manufacturer must be willing to set a high priority for delivering bulk materials to the non-profit agency in order to assure the agency of on-time deliveries to the federal government customer(s). 4.All products must be manufactured and lab tested, certified and customer tested to be effective according to their purpose, have current Material Safety Data sheets if necessary, and meet certifications with corresponding documentation designated by customers. 5.A willingness to enter into a multi-year agreement which includes on-going technical and production assistance and the necessary factory trained technical field support while enabling the non-profit agency to meet the criteria of the AbilityOne Program to convert material, fill containers, label, assemble and package the products thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 6.Commitment to working independently with the AbilityOne to market products to the Government customers under the AbilityOne Program. It is preferred that the chosen manufacturer has a dedicated team for Federal Government sales and marketing. 7.Willingness to work with the non-profit agency, (NIB or NISH) and the Committee to ensure that the price to the end-users is a fair and reasonable price. 8.Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that proposed products meet the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency's employees would perform. The deadline for response is February 8, 2013. Responses should be directed to the contact listed in this Notice. Questions should be directed to Damayra Duporte at 703-310-0522.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/JWOD/JWODCOP/COP01/CP-01-09-13-01/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1310 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
- Zip Code: 22314
- Zip Code: 22314
- Record
- SN02962418-W 20130111/130109234614-e6013e380bb58166352cc5a748c69154 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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