Security Ink and Field Evaluation Readers
Added: Aug 25, 2010 11:47 am This is a pre-solicitation notice published in accordance with FAR 5.203 announcing that a solicitation will be published in the Federal Business Opportunity (FedBizOpps) on or about August 31, 2010 for Security Ink and Readers for the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Office of Security and Integrity (OSI).Security ink, in conjunction with decision stamps, is used principally by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to connote official conclusive action on submitted applications, travel documents, arrival and departure records, declarations, assorted forms, and petitions for benefits and services. Tough a network of Application Support Centers, Service Centers, local immigration services field offices, Asylum Offices, National Customer Service Call (NCSC) Centers, and Forms Centers. USCIS processes all immigrant and non-immigrant benefits provided to visitors of the United States. The security ink formula must be proprietary to each participating DHS component, containing security features that make its departmental origin identifiable, and difficult to remove from, or alter on , a document, while maintaining the identity of the component origin.Contractor tasks will include creating a formula for security ink, with specified characteristics and security features, to include distribution and quality control. In addition, the contractor will provide field evaluation readers.This acquisition will be a total small business set-aside. The acquisition is expected to result in one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will be awarded for a 12-month base performance period with four 12-month option periods.This notice is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract.All questions concerning this competition must be directed in writing via email to Richard.March@dhs.gov. No questions or inquiries will be accepted by telephone. The distribution of the resulting solicitation will be accomplished solely tough FedBizOpps. Hard copies of the solicitation documents will not be available, therefore, no written, telephone, or facsimile requests for the document will be accepted. All future information about this acquisition, including the solicitation and any amendments, will be distributed solely tough FedBizOpps.
HSSCCG-10-R-00032 Department of Homeland Security US Citizen and Immigration Services
8/25/10, 11:47 AM Notice of Intent to Sole Source Mod(1)
Added: Jul 07, 2011 12:43 pm The Naval Medical Logistics Command intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13.1) with Brain Power Inc, 4470 SW 74th Ave, Miami, FL, 33255 as the only responsible source that can provide units that are compatible with the installed base of BPI tinting systems and would not require significant reconfiguration of the optical lens assembly line. This acquisition is being conducted under the FAR 13.1Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Provisions and clauses in effect tough Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-52 are incorporated. Items being purchased in this acquisition: four lens tinters The Naval Medical Logistics Command has a requirement for four lens tinters for NMC San Diego [2] and Ft. Leonardwood [2] in support of NOSTRA. The requirement is for four lens tinters. The units shall be capable of tinting eyewear lenses as part of the optical lab assembly line. The units shall have four separate tanks to allow for four separate colors to be processed at the same time. The units shall be capable of tinting high index lenses, polycarbonate lenses, as well as hard coat lenses. The units shall monitor temperature of each tint tank. The units shall have automatic tank stirring and provide overflow protection to prevent tinting liquid from spilling out of its tank. The units shall be capable of being placed on a table top in the footprint (14” x 30”) left by the replaced equipment. The units shall integrate into the assembly line layout of the optical lab. The units shall be compatible with the installed base of BPI lens tinting equipment. The electrical requirements are 220VAC, 60Hz. Items being purchased in this acquisition: one lens tinter The Naval Medical Logistics Command has a requirement for one lens tinter for Naval Ambulatory Care Center, Newport in support of NOSTRA. The unit shall be capable of tinting eyewear lenses as part of the optical lab assembly line. The unit shall have two separate tanks to allow for two separate colors to be processed at the same time. The unit shall be capable of tinting high index lenses, polycarbonate lenses, as well as hard coat lenses. The unit shall monitor temperature of each tint tank. The unit shall have automatic tank stirring and provide overflow protection to prevent tinting liquid from spilling out of its tank. The unit shall be capable of being placed on a table top in the footprint (12” x 16”) left by the replaced equipment. The unit shall integrate into the assembly line layout of the optical lab. The unit shall be compatible with the installed base of BPI lens tinting equipment. The electrical requirements are 110VAC, 60Hz, single phase. Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed equipment/system such that OEM warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The system shall be compliant with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements to market and deliver medical products for use in the United States of America; even should delivery be requested outside of the United States. The claims made for the product shall comply with the regulations of the FDA with respect to products for marketing and delivery of a medical product for use in the United States of America, even should delivery be requested outside of the United States. This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures FAR 13.1 . There are not set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) 325131. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice will need to submit technical data, including cost, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same product. All capability statements received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Rebecca Wisner at Rebecca.Wisner@med.navy.mil. No phone calls accepted.
N62645RCES124 Department of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
7/7/11, 12:43 PM TURBO TINTER 2 DYE SYSTEM
Added: Aug 15, 2008 2:53 pm The Government intends to award a sole source contract to Brain Power Inc. to provide 10 each Turbo Tinter 2 Dye Systems, for (5) Naval Ophthalmic Support & Training Activity Detachments. This procurement will utilize procedures under FAR 13.5. This office will no longer issue a hard copy of the Request For Quote (RFQ); therefore, a copy can be obtained from website http://www.neco.navy.mil. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and tough final payment of any contract resulting from this RFQ, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at https://www.bpn.gov. The RFQ should be posted on or before 19 August 2008. Number notes 22 applies.
N0018908T0549 Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command
8/15/08, 2:53 PM Chemical, Phosphor, Rare Earth, Inorganic Oxysulfide, Infrared-to-VisibleUpconverter
Added: Feb 13, 2012 11:49 am W911QY-12-R-0042 - Chemical, Phosphor, Rare Earth, Inorganic Oxysulfide, Infrared-to-Visible Upconverter; U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, Massachusetts. The Government anticipates that this solicitation, in the form of a Request For Proposal (RFP), will be available on or about 1 March 2012 from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website on-line at https://www.fbo.gov/ and the Natick Contracting Division website at http://www3.natick.army.mil. The solicitation, specifications, and associated information will be available only from the Federal Business Opportunities and Natick Contracting Division websites. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Contractor will provide all plant, labor, supplies, materials, equipment, transportation and supervision necessary to provide tee types of custom designed materials. The following materials will be procured, via delivery orders, in the proposed acquisition for use as additives: tee luminescent materials (up-converters) that include rare earth phosphors that have narrow energy (IR) excitation and emitting in a narrow VIS wavelength. All tee rare earth phosphors will have an emission in the IR wavelength when excited by a N-IR source. All work required shall be in strict accordance with the detailed requirements of the technical provisions and specifications. All deliveries shall be F.O.B. Destination to the U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA. The Government anticipates awarding a single Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity contract with a base period of one (1) year and two (2) one-year option periods and that all delivery orders under this IDIQ contract will be Firm Fixed Price. The first Delivery Order is anticipated to have a delivery requirement for June 2012 and shall constitute the minimum guarantee for this contract. Also, the Government contemplates including an option for the purchase of a technical data package (TDP) and, if necessary a patent license, covering all data and/or formula's necessary for the re-procurement of the custom designed material purchased hereunder. This solicitation is set aside for Small Businesses. Funds are presently not available for this acquisition. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) for this solicitation is 325131 - Inorganic Dye and Pigment (Ceramic colors) Manufacturing and the small business size is 750 employees. All responsive offers from responsible offerors will be considered. Interested offerors must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR). CCR registration information can be accessed on-line at http://www.ccr.gov/. Interested offerors are required to post their representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov.
W911QY-12-R-0042 Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground
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