Presolicitation_Notice_19GE5019R0033.pdf

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March 27, 2019

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Solicitation No. 19GE5019R0033

The American Consulate General Frankfurt hereby provides the following Pre-solicitation Notice in respect of the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for:

ONE-STOP LOGISTICS SOLUTION FOR THE REGIONAL BOOK PROGRAM

U.S. EMBASSY PARIS, FRANCE

The solicitation may result in the award of a firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract towards the end of July 2019.

One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements. It is anticipated that the contract will be for Base Year and four Option Years. The scope of work requires the successful Contractor to provide books as directed by the client, warehouse the books as well as other client-furnished promotional articles and books, and ship the products to multiple destinations in Africa, Middle East and Haiti. The Contractor shall also provide an online tool for reporting and tracking stock levels of books and promotional articles, among other functions. The client-furnished books represent the majority of books on the two book programs and will be published and delivered to the warehouse by a local publisher. Copyright arrangements with the local publisher and the cost of delivering the books to Contractor’s warehouse necessitate a minor geographic limitation in a bid to minimize costs. It is therefore a necessary requirement that the successful Contractor’s warehouse and office be within a 500-kilometer radius from Paris, France.

Companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence via email to the addresses PfannkucheS@state.gov and MambaKG@state.gov, not later than Tuesday, April 23, 2019 using the solicitation number 19GE5019R0033 in the subject line. DO NOT TELEPHONE. All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information:

Name of Firm, Name, Telephone Number, and Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm. The solicitation package/documents will not be placed online.

PROSPECTIVE OFFEROR’S CERTIFICATION:

AMERICAN CONSULATE GENERAL

Regional Procurement Support Office

Giessener Strasse 30 60435 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Tel.: (+49) 69 7535 3331 E-Mail: PfannkucheS@state.gov mailto:PfannkucheS@state.gov mailto:MambaKG@state.gov

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By expressing interest in this project, you are acknowledging that your company is able to reach compliance with the following highlighted requirement, which are included in the solicitation document:

DOSAR 652.242-73 AUTHORIZATION AND PERFORMANCE (AUG 1999).

SAM REGISTRATION

Interested companies are reminded that the requirement to obtain a DUNS number and SAM registration will be mandatory for contract award.

* Dunn and Bradstreet: www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html ** System for Award Management: SAM.gov

Solicitation and award will be subject to laws and regulations of the United States of America.

Competition is full and open.

The Contract Specialist for the administration of this contract is Sarah Pfannkuche, email:

PfannkucheS@state.gov http://www.dnb.com/get-a-duns-number.html