USDA Forest Service, P&P, RM. 706 RPE, P.O. Box 96090, Washington,, DC 20090-6090

84 -- FOREST SERVICE UNIFORMS DUE 072895 POC Contact Point, Brenda Powell, (703)235-4374, Contracting Officer, H.Laurie Lewandowski, (703)235-2121 The USDA Forest Service intends to issue a solicitation for centralized manufacturing, warehousing and distribution for Forest Service uniforms, both dress and field. This Contralized Automated Uniform Distribution Program shall service approximately 27,000 personnel at approximately 900 locations. The contractor will be required to establish and maintain: an inventory management program, a toll free automated ordering system, a quality and internal control system, a system for processing individual orders, a distribution process for packaging and shipping, a system to establish and monitor individual accounts, maintain a data processing system with software compatible with the National Finance Center to retrieve transmitted uniform allowance filed on a daily basis; keeping a history and running balance of each empleoyee's account, billing and accountablily records for items shipped and returned, and an automated reporting system. Contract award date estimated at April 1996, for a term of one year with 4 options years. Current contract for this program is held by Lion Apparel, Inc. The solicitation will be issued under SIC Codes 5136/5137, of which the size standard to be classified as a small business is 100 emplyees or less. Firms interested in being placed on the bidders list shall submit a letter of interest, due by close of business July 28, 1995, which shall include the following: Size of business, including number of employees, facilities, manufacturing capabilities, and any other information that establishes capability to perform. This is a sources sought notice only; a solicitation notice will be published at a later date. (0188)

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