The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) is seeking proposals from business entities interested in participating in an acquisition as a Prime Vendor (PV) to provide items under the general groupings of lumber and related products and woodworking machinery and tools for the Korea and Japan regions. A PV, or integrated suppliers, can be defined as the designation of a single source of supply for a wide range of products. The requirements covered under this solicitation include, but are not limited to, Federal Supply Class (FSC) 55: softwood lumber, hardwood lumber, plywood/veneer, poles, pilings, ties, crossarms, dowels, plugs, stakes, doors and moldings and FSC 32: sawmill and planing mill machinery, woodworking machines/tools and attachments for woodworking machinery. This is a representative list and should not be considered exhaustive of all products that will be required of the acquisition. The intended solicitation will cover military customers located in Korea and Japan (including Okinawa). Prospective offerors should have the capability to deliver lumber and related products as well as woodworking machinery and tools within the region. The intended solicitation will be issued on an unrestricted basis with the resultant contract being an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) for two (2) base years and three (3) one-year options. Estimated value of this acquisition is $6,800,000 for the base period; $17,000,000 for total contract period. This will be a best value/source selection acquisition in which technical merit is considered more important than price. Solicitation SP0560-04-R-0071 is anticipated to be issued on 12 April 2004 with an estimated closing date of 12 May 2004. A Pre-Proposal Conference, to be held at DCMA Portland, is tentatively scheduled for 21 April 2004 and interested parties should request to be notified. To obtain further details or a copy of the solicitation, please contact: Jeff Kochanowicz, phone (215)737-4102, email:
[email protected] or Mary Ellen Dobbins, phone (215)737-6195, email:
[email protected]. Copies of this solicitation can be found, after the issue date, on the DLA Procurement Gateway, http://progate.daps.mil/home. From the Gateway homepage, select “Search RFPs” from the left-hand sidebar. Then choose the RFP that you wish to view. You must be registered in order to download RFPs. If you are not registered, you will be directed to register at the time of download. RFPs are in portable document format (PDF). In order to download and view these documents, you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. This software is available for free at http://www.adobe.com. This notice is also posted under Classification Code 55. NOTE TO ALL SUPPLIERS: THIS RFP IN NO WAY COMMITS THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT. ***** NOTE: Contractors will not be required to deliver material directly to customers in Japan and Korea. Offerors should predicate their pricing on F.O.B. Destination delivery to a consolidated freight station designated by the offeror. The freight station must be located in or in close proximity to a major port located in the states of Washington, Oregon or California that has regular ocean freight service to Korea and Japan. Shipping containers will be provided by the Government, however, loading of containers is the responsibility of the contractor; accordingly, pricing must include any costs associated with the labor, dunnage, etc. necessary to properly load the material into the shipping container.