Brookhaven National Laboratory, Division of Contracts and Procurement, Building 355, Upton, N.Y. 11973-5000

R -- CONSULTING SERVICES TO ASSESS INVENTORY AND WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS SOL RFP No. KF-96-01 POC Kevin Fox, Sr. Contracts Specialist, (516) 344-2766 BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY, is a major research facility that carries out basic and applied research in the physical, biomedical and environmental sciences, and in selected Technologies. The physical plant consists of 360 buildings spread over a 5200 acre site and are used by approximately 3200 employees and 4000 guests and visitors. The annual budget is approximately $400 million. BNL is soliciting proposals from outside sources to ASSESS ITS ONSITE INVENTORY/STOCKROOM AND WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS performed by its Supply and Materiel Group. The inventory system is comprised of approximately 12,000 line items, with an annual sales base in excess of $7 million. The stockroom facilities are comprised of five 1940's wooden structures and one concrete building totaling 52,600 square feet. The inventory system supports a diversified work force with commodities that range from office supplies to state of the art electronic components. The warehouse facilities are comprised of two facilities totaling 36,700 square feet. The objective is to review the existing operations from both a service and cost perspective to determine improvement opportunities that may be available to the Laboratory. The goal is to develop an action plan for realizing the short and long range improvements that are identified. Topics to be assessed include, but are not limited to: physical layout and condition of the facilities, possible consolidations; system or operations improvements; stocking methodology, i.e. in-plant stores operations or vendor furnished services, i.e. stock less stores, Just-in-Time; electronic communications links with suppliers; and any concepts that reduce purchasing, vendors, receiving, billings and other paperwork. It is contemplated that the review would be completed in two separate phases. The first, of short duration and limited dollar value, would be to review and assess the overall operations and identify specific areas that present opportunities for improvements. This could take the form ofa consultant or daily rate contract. The second phase would be a more detailed assessment and proposal of implementation of the areas selected by the Laboratory. It is contemplated that this would be a negotiated fixed price contract. Interested parties are requested to provide a proposal with an overview of their experience and background in performing similar studies as well as their rate structure. A list of previous clients should be included which Brookhaven could contact to verify and assess their experience. Resumes of the individuals who would conduct the review must be included in the response to this solicitation. Selection of the firm will be based on the following criteria: (1) Resume(s) submitted for the person(s) proposed to carry out the work. This will have a weight of 70%. (2) The experience of the firm. Include the company's experience which is relevant to the proposed project. Specifically, related U.S. Government, DOE and private sponsored research and development facilities similar to Brookhaven. This will have a weight of 30%. This is a technical competition, price will not be point scored. The selected firm may be required to submit additional pricing information that will be evaluated for reasonableness and subject to negotiation. Interested parties must submit their proposal within two weeks of publication of this notice to: Kevin J. Fox, Division of Contracts & Procurement, Building 355, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000. (0346)

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