Dept of Justice, Fed Prison Industries, 320 1st Street NW -- Material Mgt Branch, Washington, DC 20534-0001

83 -- COTTON/ POLYESTER TOWEL BLANKS SOL 1PI-R-1382-99 DUE 081299 POC Minnie B. James, Contract Specialist, PH: 202/305-7278, FAX: 202/305-7363 WEB: Presolicitation Notice, www.unicor.gov.procurement. E-MAIL: Presolicitation Notice, mjames@central.unicor.gov.. Unicor, Federal Prison Industries, Inc. anticipates awarding a Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. This is a Commercial Item for Towel Blanks for NSN 7210-01-417-9681. Two Line Items. Period of Performance One Year with one option year if exercised. Specification TLPD-T-001A. Material: Cotton/Polyester, Color: Champagne Beige, Weight: 13.5 OZ. Size: 50" x 27" (+/-2" Length: +/-1", Unit/Measure: Each. The Max. Qty. 100,000 Ea. Min. Guaranteed Quantity 25,000 Each. Delivery is required 30 days receipt of delivery order upon award of contract. Delivery is FOB Destination to: Unicor Terre Haute, In. Additional information will be provided in the solicitation. Solicitation 1PI-R-1382-99, is issued under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP), this solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-07. Only responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the Agency. The evaluation for this requirement will be based on Past Performance, Best Value and Specification Quality, not price alone. Past Performance will valued at 50% Price and Specification 25% each. Copies of the solicitation are no longer being mailed but will be available for download from the Unicor Procurement Business Opportunities page. The electronic solicitation will be in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format. To display and read Unicor solicitations, please download the free Adobe AcrobatReader from the Adobe Website at http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/ custsupport/dow. The procurement website is http://www.unicor.gov/procurement. The solicitation will be available for download in about 17 calendar days after this notification. Posted 06/23/99 (W-SN346464). (0174)

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