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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF DECEMBER 30,1997 PSA#2001Defense Personnel Support Center, Attn: Dpsc-hfve, 2800 South 20th
Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19101 89 -- VIRTUAL WARTIME VENDOR CONCEPT SOL SP0300-98-R-7000 DUE 030298
POC Debbie O'Donnell, 215-737-7752, Contract Specialist, P.J. Carr,
Contracting Officer The original synopsis, submission number 134729, is
revised due to the elimination of the food-purchase-option portion of
the solicitation. Under the revised solicitation the contractor will
not be required to supply food product or to offer an option for such
purchase. The Defense Personnel Support Center is interested in
developing and accessing commercial market information to maintain
visibility over certain commercially available food components needed
to support the military services wartime field feeding plan. The food
items, which are referred to as Other War Reserve (OWR), consist of an
estimated 250 items which fall into various food commodity groups. The
food commodity groups consist of canned meat, poultry and fish; dairy
foods and eggs; juices; canned fruit and vegetables; starches, cereals,
bakery; jams, jellies and spreads; sugars and syrups; soups and gravy
mixes; desserts and pie fillings; condiments and sauces; margarines and
oils; spices; beverages and disposable items, such as paper cups and
trays, plasticware and trash bags. These items are predominately
commercial food components which are part of the military group-feeding
system. According to the particular military service, the items either
become part of an assembled ration or are shipped out individually.
The government's objectives are to (1) purchase market information on
commercial inventories available within the contractor's own supply
system necessary to support the OWR program, (2) improve the ability of
the commercial sector to respond to the mobilization needs of the
government in the event of a surge in military requirements, and (3)
reduce the overall costs to the government involved in planning and
maintaining visibility over commercial inventory levels. The program
will focus on Virtual Inventory Management. Under the Virtual Inventory
Management concept, the objective during normal peacetime operations is
to maintain instant access to information pertaining to the prime
contractor's product sourcing at the distributor and/or the
manufacturer level. Contract requirements will include: (1) a
semi-annual report including recommendations for item substitutions,
(2) participation in government-industry process review meetings
semi-annually, (3) a contingency plan describing the contractor's
proposed transition from a virtual inventory management system to an
actual supply mechanism for the military should the need arise and (4)
participation and interaction with the government for the testing of
the contractor's virtual supply system and for verification of the
proposed contingency plan. The contract awarded under this solicitation
will be a firm fixed-price contract for visibility over product
available within the contractor's supply system. This is an
unrestricted acquisition. A source selection trade-off process will be
utilized in this acquisition, which will include a base year and two
one-year options. All responsible sources may submit proposals which
will be considered by this Agency. Interested sources can request a
copy of the solicitation by faxing a request to Debbie O'Donnell at
(215)737-9043. (0358) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0171 19971230\89-0001.SOL)
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