4PL_RFI_Dispensing_Solution_FINAL.pdf

Enterprise Supply Chain Solutions (ESCS)

Request for Information

Overview

This Request for Information shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the General Services Administration. The purpose of this Request for Information is to seek the availability and capability of vendors who are interested in providing dispensing solutions for office supplies, tools, and industrial products.

One location under consideration is GSA Headquarters at 1800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC, with the potential opportunity to expand business to other Government facilities. In an effort to support these requirements and consolidate purchasing, GSA is considering entering into two (2)

Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) to provide dispensing solutions, one for office supplies and the other for tools/industrial products. The competition and scope of the BPAs will encompass Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) 75 and 51V. MAS 75 and 51V vendors who may not be able to meet the full requirements of the BPA are encouraged to work with other Schedule contractors to form teams capable of performing these requirements via Contractor Teaming

Arrangements (CTAs).

Objective

The goal of these BPAs is to have products stocked in a vending machine, via vendor-owned/vendor-managed inventory, for sale to Government customers.

The vendor selected will be provided with vending machine space on each floor and will be required to load machines and maintain inventory. Floor managers (GSA personnel) will process sales. GSA reserves the right to integrate the vending solution with GSA’s point-of-sale system or to require the vendor placing the equipment to meet criteria defined to pass data from dispensing equipment to a translator portal.

Bulk storage space for inventory will be made available. The vendor will be responsible for ensuring that HSPD-12 clearance is complete for any personnel and delivery drivers – the

Government will provide for any necessary clearances above that level. The target date is JAN

2014.

If issued, the BPAs will not exceed the term of the MAS contract period. The BPAs will be issued in accordance with Clause I-FSS-646-A of the Vendor’s GSA FSS contract. All products provided under these BPAs shall be available under a current and valid MAS contract. The term of the BPAs cannot exceed the expiration of your MAS contract. The terms and conditions of the Vendor’s MAS contract will remain unchanged except for the requirements listed within the

BPAs. GSA will retain the right to unilaterally select the items to be offered for sale from a

MAS Contractor offering its entire catalog, ensuring that the items selected for sale do not conflict with other GSA program goals relative to AbilityOne and UNICOR.

Under this BPA, the Vendor will provide the customer with office supplies, industrial type products and tools that include the following, but not limited to:

Power Tools and Accessories

Hand Tools

Hardware

Safety Products

Precision Tools and Equipment

Tooling Components

Plumbing

Electrical

HVAC Equipment and Accessories

Vendors should provide information for various types of equipment including:

Spiral Dispensing drop units

Lockers, Cabinets, Tool Chests

Scale Systems

Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Control products

Vertical Vend units

Storeroom Software

High density small footprint units (sandwich-style machines)

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR PRICE QUOTES. This is a request for potential vendors to express interest in the requirement outlined above and submit a brief

Capability Statement demonstrating their experience, skills and ability to fulfill the

Government’s objective described above.

Of particular interest to the Government is the respondent’s ability to:

Maintain inventory in dispensing units

Convey any equipment placement options (leases, rentals, etc), Discuss the equipment feasibility to dispense office supplies

Outline software licensing, maintenance and installation fees if applicable.

Capability Statements shall not exceed twenty (20) single-sided pages.

Responding to this Notice The Capability Statement must be sent to Jeffrey Chance at Jeffrey.Chance@gsa.gov with a copy to the Contract Officer, Laurel Weiskopf, at Laurel.Weiskopf@gsa.gov no later than November st , 2013 at 12:00 noon, EDT. This Request for Information shall not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited.

Please put your firm’s business name with “Response to DISPENSINGRFI” in the subject line of your email.

Questions regarding this requirement must be submitted in writing and directed to Jeffrey

Chance at Jeffrey.Chance@gsa.gov, by no later than October 18 th

, 2013 at 12:00 noon EDT.

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