Various Toners (Open Market)

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have a requirement for Various Toners (Open Market) NAICS 453210 for the period of 9/28/2015-10/27/2015. The anticipated award date is September 28, 2015. USPTO is exempt from the Competition in Contracting Act under the Patent and Trademark Office Efficiency Act, 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A) and the subject requirement is being procured using the Alternative Competition Method as described in the Patent and Trademark Office Acquisition Guidelines (PTAG). In accordance with the PTAG 6.1.1, the USPTO publicized the 36 line items requirement on September 10, 2015 among the required Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) Office Supplies holders (OS3) and it was determined that 10 line items required was not on the vendors FSSI schedules. Therefore, the responsive vendors were re-solicited the open market items on September 17, 2015.