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73 -- NOTICE OF THE RELEASE OF A DRAFT REQUEST SOL SP0500-96-R-0290 DUE 091896 POC Contact: DISC-PODA:215-697-3398 for copies of Solicitation. Contracting Officer: Diane Hale/BPI/X2073. Buyer: Ger Ard corocran/DP-BPI/X3540. PR-NO: BPI96170000001 NSN 7320-01-388-6112, Tech data package availability:1-EA Del to (call Contracting office) Del by 20 Jun 96. RFP due date: 18 Sep 96. This is a notice that the food service equipment group intends to release a draft request for proposal (RFP) to suppliers of food service equipment in an effort to support all DOD and Federal customers. (CONUS & oconus). NOTE this request will be for equipment notsmallwares. We are looking for those manufacturers and manufacturers representatives Willing to use innovativetools/techniques to support our customers equipmentneeds. Our goal is to provide our customers with acatalog of various manufacturers' products by awarding numerous Long term contracts. The IDEAL characteristics of potential awardee(S) are 1. Supply equipment to Government customers in a manner that is equivalent to your most favorable Commercial customers. 2. Electronic Commerce (EC) to process customer requisitions. 3. Direct vendor delivery to our customers within commercially acceptable timeframe. 4. A substantiated and verifiable quality supplier. A presolicitation conference is to be Held 17 Jul 1996, at the Defense Industrial Supply Center (DISC) located inphiladelphia, PA to take questions and suggestions regarding the draft Solicitation. To request acopy of the food service equipment draft RFP and information regarding the presolicitation conference please call the above POC before COB 09 Aug 1996. It is suggested that all questions, suggestions, and discussions concerning the draft RFP be faxed well before the conference to the Attn: Of the above POC. NOTE to all suppliers, this notice and the release of the draft RFP in NO way commits the Government to award a contract|| point of contact Mr. Gerard Corcoran, DISC-DP/BPI (voice) 215/697-3540, (FAX) 215/697-3630, email gcorocoran,DISC.DLA.MIL, Diane Hale, contractingofficer, (voice) 215/697-2073, dhale,DISC.DLA.MIL||(0173)

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