Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Puget Sound, Bldg 467 W Street, Code 200 Bid Desk, Bremerton, WA 98314-0051

53 -- NUTS AND BOLTS DUE 051700 POC David Stokes (360)476-8020 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, david_p_stokes@puget.fisc.navy.mil. The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Puget Sound, on behalf of the FISCPS Regional Inventory Management program manager, requests information in preparation for an upcoming Third Party Logistics contract solicitation. It is anticipated that we will have the need for third party support of between 10,000 and 12,000 line items in the FSC 53 category of nuts and bolts in the Puget Sound navy inventory footprint, including facilities at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Bangor, and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton. It is the Navy's primary objective in this effort to draw down on-hand inventory and reduce current material costs by contracting for just-in-time logistics support. We welcome automated solutions that include internet-based ordering by Government purchase card, inventory and usage tracking and creation of trend patterns, tracing receipt information, and other industry best practices. We request that you provide information on suggested approaches to structuring a solicitation statement of work for such an effort. Please also address how large scale and multi-site inventory support is provided for commercial customers. Provide a response to this request information by 3:00 p.m. on 17 May 2000. You may call or contact us at the following: David P. Stokes, (360) 476-8020 or e-mail to FISCPS_bid_officer@puget.fisc.navy.mil. Posted 04/26/00 (W-SN448873). (0117)

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