SOURCES SOUGHT
89 -- Sources sought for co-brand agreement for hot cereal manufacturing partner for regular and quick cooking oats; instant oatmeal with flavor varieties; quick cooking grits; instant grits with flavor varieties; quick cooking and instant farina/creamy wheat
- Notice Date
- 4/23/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 311999
— All Other Miscellaneous Food 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-04-23-13-01
- Archive Date
- 5/25/2013
- Point of Contact
- Ryan Gold, Phone: 703-310-0401
- E-Mail Address
-
rgold@nib.org
(rgold@nib.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On behalf of AbilityOne Program, National Industries for the Blind (NIB), a designated central nonprofit agency, is pursuing potential partnerships with U.S. commercial manufacturers of hot cereals to include regular and quick cooking rolled oats, instant oatmeal with flavor varieties, quick cooking grits, instant grits with flavor varieties, and quick cooking and instant farina/creamy wheat for the purpose of providing employment for people who are blind or severely disabled by furnishing such products to the Federal government under the AbilityOne Program. 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 Committee's Procurement List (PL). The hot cereals described must meet and/or exceed the FAR and other published Federal standards including Executive Orders and applicable agency-unique requirements. To be considered for the commercial partner opportunity, the following criteria at a minimum must be met: 1.Possession of a recognizable brand name that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal through evidence of substantial sales and market share. 2.Offer purchase of hot cereals in bulk form. 3.Offer regular and quick cooking rolled oats, instant oatmeal, instant grits, and instant farina/creamy wheat, and quick cooking grits and quick cooking farina/creamy wheat. 4.Offer flavor varieties for instant oatmeal and instant grits. Response should include flavor varieties currently being produced. 5.Offer instant oatmeal, instant grits, and instant farina in single-serving formulations. 6.Offer a shelf life for up to 2 years. 7.Willingness to enter into a multi-year agreement, which includes on-going technical and production assistance while enabling the selected nonprofit agency to meet the suitability criteria of the AbilityOne Program in the production process by supplying the hot cereals in bulk form which the non-profit agency will machine package into finished form, thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 8.The chosen commercial manufacturer must be willing to set a high priority for delivering the bulk materials to the nonprofit agency in order to assure the agency of on-time deliveries to the end-user customers. 5. Commitment to working cooperatively with AbilityOne personnel to market the products to government customers under the AbilityOne Program. It is preferred that the chosen manufacturer has a dedicated team for Federal Government sales and marketing. 6. Willingness to work with the selected nonprofit agency, NIB and the Committee to ensure that the products' price to end-users is a fair and reasonable price. 7. All products must be manufactured and lab tested, certified and customer tested to be effective according to their purpose. 8. Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that the specific products meet the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the nonprofit agency's employees would perform. The written submission should recommend ways to maximize the employment for people who are blind or severely disabled in the fulfillment of the products. The deadline for response is May 24, 2013. Responses should be directed to the contact listed in this Notice. Questions should be directed to Ryan Gold at 703-310-0401
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/JWOD/JWODCOP/COP01/CP-04-23-13-01/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1310 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
- Zip Code: 22314
- Zip Code: 22314
- Record
- SN03043450-W 20130425/130423235046-cc7f4a2717c88154e299eb6271eb968e (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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