The Clinical Research Center (CRC) at the National Institutes of Health has a requirement for a contractor to provide varying quantities and sizes of toilet tissue, hard roll towels, toilet tissue, c-fold towel, roll towel, c-fold paper towel and toilet seat cover, dispensers. All products must fit and/or operate properly in the dispensers. Any replacement dispensers supplied must match existing dispensers The Government anticipates that this acquisition will be solicited using reverse auction pricing procedures. The base period of performance will be for twelve (12) months, with four (4) twelve month option periods. After the solicitation is posted, and responses have been received and evaluated, only qualified bidders will be invited to participate in an on-line bidding process. This synopsis represents a market Survey for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center which is seeking to identify interested small business manufacturers of the items described above. According to FAR 19.102(f)(f)(1)(2), a manufacturer is defined as ?.?the manufacturer of the end item being acquired is the concern which, with its own forces, transforms inorganic or organic substances including raw materials and /or miscellaneous parts or components into such end items. A concern which purchases items and packages them into a kit is considered to be a non-manufacturer small business?? The applicable NAICS code is 322291-500 employees. Any firms who are small business manufacturers of the above noted products are requested to identify themselves as such when responding to this market survey. All firms responding to this market survey notice are requested to identify their firm?s size and type of business (e.g. small business, service-disabled, HUBZone, 8(a), etc). This information will assist the Government in determining in accordance with FAR Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b) and (c) whether or not this procurement will be set aside for any of the programs described above. Please note that this is NOT a formal presolicitation notice, but rather a market survey as required by FAR Part 10. It is currently estimated that the Invitation for Bid for this procurement will be issued on or about January 26, 2007. If there are any questions, please contact Mrs. Ann Argaman on (301) 594-5919. Responses to this market survey may be e-mailed to Mrs. Argaman@
[email protected] or they may be mailed to: NIH, Clinical Center Office of Purchasing and Contracts, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 106, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5480