SOURCES SOUGHT
84 -- Law Enforcement Badges
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332999
— All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of State, Office of Acquisitions, Acquisition Management, 1735 N. Lynn St., Arlington, Virginia, 22209, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- SAQMMA13SSQQ5225
- Archive Date
- 5/18/2013
- Point of Contact
- Anil N. Nayak, Phone: 703-875-6843, Vincent J Sanchez, Phone: 703-875-6629
- E-Mail Address
-
nayakan@state.gov, SanchezVJ@state.gov
(nayakan@state.gov, SanchezVJ@state.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This sources sought notice is intended for market research purposes only. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), or any type of solicitation for competition, and this sources sought notice does not commit the Government to solicit or award anything now or in the future. There is not a finalized definitive requirement available at this time, this is only a potential upcoming requirement, and industry sources are being sought to respond to this notice with the information requested below. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research to identify qualified and interested sources that could provide the services and/or supplies as stated. The U.S. Department of State is in search of potential sources for customized Law Enforcement Badges. Vendors providing information shall be able meet the follow specification/qualifications: 1) The badges and stamping dies shall be domestically produced. 2) Each Law Enforcement badge shall be stamped with a unique serial number on the back side and shall have security features to prevent duplication and to allow for easy identification by the naked eye (without magnification or use of specialized equipment) between authentic and forgeries. 3) Each Law Enforcement badge shall include a tracking chip for inventory control. 4) Each badge shall have heavy gold electroplating of a thickness no less than 100 micro inches. 5) The vendor shall be required to provide independent certification of plating thickness of submitted samples and random Government selected production items. 6) All stamping dies that are produced for the production of the law enforcement badges shall become the property of the U.S. Government. 7) The stamping dies used for the production of the Law Enforcement badges must be manufactured and safeguarded according to U.S. Government security requirements. 8) Vendor shall be able to produce 6000 Enforcement badges--describe how soon this can be done. If your firm is interested in providing information to the U.S. Department of State, we request that your firm respond to this notice with the following information: 1. Company name, address, points of contact including phone numbers and e-mail addresses, manufacturing sites and locations; 2. Company Cage Code and DUNS Number, Business size (large or small business, and if small indicate what types of small business concern (e.g. EDWOSB, Hubzone, 8(a), woman-owned, etc); 3. Past Performance references along with brief descriptions of previous projects with other Government Law Enforcement Agencies, if any; 4. Include detailed information regarding your firm's ability to meet the above specifications/qualifications and provide descriptive material on your security features. Also include any technical illustrations such as previous designs that your firm is willing to share. 5. Include warranty information and service life, if applicable. All of the items above should be addressed in your firm's response to this notice and any questions can be made to the points of contact listed on this notice. Please address each of the items above to the best of your firm's ability, given time and resources, within a 30 page limit. There will be NO compensation for responses to this sources sought notice. All participation is purely voluntary and shall incur no costs to the Government. The Government is NOT asking for samples, but may choose to do so in the future. All submissions should be sent in via email to SanchezVJ@state.gov and NayakAN@state.gov by the notice response date referenced on this sources sought notice.
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