SOURCES SOUGHT
75 -- Sources Sought for Co-Brand Agreement for spring-energized staplers and electric solenoid powered staplers
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339940
— Office Supplies (except Paper) 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-04-06-18-01
- Archive Date
- 5/5/2018
- Point of Contact
- Judy Szabo, Phone: 703-310-0352
- E-Mail Address
-
jszabo@nib.org
(jszabo@nib.org)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- On behalf of the AbilityOne Program, NIB, a designated central nonprofit agency, is pursuing a potential co-brand partnership with a U.S. commercial manufacturer to help further expand the product offering of two staplers for the office environment: spring-energized staplers and electric solenoid powered staplers. •The term "spring-energized" refers to a stapler that makes use of a spring-and-lever mechanism that allows a degree of finger pressure to equate to a much higher degree of staple-driving force. •The term "electric solenoid-powered" refers to a stapler that makes use of a motor driven by electricity to drive staples. If successful, the result will be a co-brand agreement between the manufacturer and its registered brands and the AbilityOne Program. The ultimate expectation is that the co-branded products will 1) replace or renew the items currently on the AbilityOne Procurement List (PL), and 2) expand the AbilityOne product offering to include electric solenoid powered staplers, thus creating more jobs for people who are blind or severely disabled. At a minimum, the following criteria for the products and the chosen manufacturer must be met. The chosen manufacturer must: 1.Be in possession of a nationally known brand name for both spring-energized and electric solenoid-powered staplers that can be demonstrated to have significant appeal through evidence of substantial sales. 2.Demonstrate how it will help the NIB nonprofit agency (NPA) expand its product line of staplers, thus increasing blind work hours, while keeping expansion costs to the NPA at a minimum. 3.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.Be willing 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 manufacture, assemble, label, and package the products thereby creating employment for people who are blind or severely disabled. 5.Demonstrate a 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. 6.Be willing to work with the NPA, NIB, and AbilityOne to ensure that the price to the end-users is a fair and reasonable price. The products offered by the chosen manufacturer must: 1.Meet and/or exceed FAR and other Federal Government published standards, Executive Orders and Federal Agency requirements. 2.Meet industry performance specifications and standards for construction, performance, sustainability and reliability. 3.Be manufactured and lab tested, certified and customer tested to be effective according to their purpose and meet certifications with corresponding documentation designated by customers. Manufacturers' submissions must demonstrate that that the manufacturer and its proposed products meet the various criteria, as well as indicate what functions the NPA's employees would perform. The deadline for response is May 4, 2018 Responses should be directed to the contact listed in this Notice. Questions should be directed to Judy Szabo at 703-310-0352.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/JWOD/JWODCOP/COP01/CP-04-06-18-01/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1310 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314, United States
- Zip Code: 22314
- Zip Code: 22314
- Record
- SN04881905-W 20180408/180406231249-2eee9bddc13882a01234a97a2d556c52 (fbodaily.com)
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