PIN.MARKET_SURVEY.131640.docx

PRE-INVITATION NOTICE/MARKET SURVEY

SOLICITATION NO. QSDM-K6-131640-A

General Services Administration, Heartland Supply Operations, Heartland Region (6) 1500 E. Bannister Road, Atrium, Kansas City, MO 64131-3088

August 1, 2013

NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE

PRE-INVITATION NOTICE/MARKET-SURVEY

The General Services Administration (GSA), FAS, Heartland Supply Operations, offers the following National Stock Numbers (NSN) for your review. (NOTE – It has not yet been determined whether these items will be a total small business set aside or not it will be based on your responses to this market survey, so please reply by 8/13/2013.

SOLICITATION NO.: QSDM-K6-131640-A

FSC: 5180 – Misc Various Tool Kits COMMODITY: Tool Kits, Various CONTRACT TYPE: 5 year Blanket Purchase Agreements – Open Market (not GSA Schedule BPA) CONTRACT PERIOD: 10/01/2013 through 09/30/2018 NUMBER OF ITEMS: 23 Tool Kits SURVEY DUE DATE: August 13, 2013

The Item Purchase Descriptions (IPD) are attached in a separate file for your review. We request that you please take a few moments to complete the questionnaire concerning this procurement. Your comments are important to us, pro or con. Information on where to obtain any of the special documents contained in this survey is listed on page 2. If drawings are needed, they are available upon request from the Contracting Officer listed below.

AFTER REVIEWING THE DESCRIPTIONS, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED AT THIS TIME TO PLEASE SUBMIT ANY CONCERNS, DISCREPANCIES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC. TO HELP ENHANCE THE QUALITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS PROCUREMENT. GSA WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE AS MANY CONCERNS AS POSSIBLE BEFORE ISSUANCE OF THE SOLICITATION.

IMPORTANT: If you are interested in bidding, please complete the questionnaire and return it with your response. Your input will be used in an effort to improve and expand the competitive procurement process.

For further information or if you have any questions, please call Fran Bock-Waldo (816) 926-6827 .

Please return the questionnaire to my email address – Fran.Bock-Waldo@gsa.gov

VENDOR SURVEY QUESTIONAIRE

PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT LEGIBLY

1. Company Name: ___________________________________ Address: ___________________________________ Telephone No.: ___________________________________ FAX No.: ___________________________________ Person To Contact: _____________________________________ E-Mail Address: ____________________________________ Company Website: ____________________________________

DUNS #:____________________________________

2. Are you classified as a LARGE _____ or SMALL _____ business under NAICs code 332216

Under 13 CFR 121.406

a) General. In order to qualify as a small business concern for a small business set-aside, service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside, WOSB or EDWOSB set-aside, or 8(a) contract to provide manufactured products or other supply items, an offeror must either:

(1) Be the manufacturer or producer of the end item being procured (and the end item must be manufactured or produced in the United States); or

(2) Comply with the requirements of paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this section as a nonmanufacturer, a kit assembler or a supplier under Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

(b) Nonmanufacturers. (1) A firm may qualify as a small business concern for a requirement to provide manufactured products or other supply items as a nonmanufacturer if it:

(i) Does not exceed 500 employees;

(ii) Is primarily engaged in the retail or wholesale trade and normally sells the type of item being supplied;

(iii) Takes ownership or possession of the item(s) with its personnel, equipment or facilities in a manner consistent with industry practice; and

(iv) Will supply the end item of a small business manufacturer, processor or producer made in the United States, or obtains a waiver of such requirement pursuant to paragraph (b)(5) of this section.

(c) Kit assemblers. (1) Where the manufactured item being acquired is a kit of supplies or other goods provided by an offeror for a special purpose, the offeror cannot exceed 500 employees, and 50 percent of the total value of the components of the kit must be manufactured by business concerns in the United States which are small under the size standards for the NAICS codes of the components being assembled. The offeror need not itself be the manufacturer of any of the items assembled.

(2) Where the Government has specified an item for the kit which is not produced by U.S. small business concerns, such item shall be excluded from the calculation of total value in paragraph (c)(1) of this section. Based on the above Definitions in 13 CFR, answer the following questions

3. Are you a MANUFACTURER _____ or a DEALER _____ ** If both, Please specify what items (included in this market survey/solicitation) your firm manufactures and which item(s) you are a dealer for: _____________________________________________________________

4. What items would you be interested in providing from the attached IPDs or are already providing? Note you must provide all of a kit, not just the components, we are soliciting for the entire kit to be provided.

5. If you are a small business , tool kitter/assembler (or dealer of Tool Kits), for the items listed in the attached IPDs, would you be supplying 50% of the total dollar value of the components from a SMALL MANUFACTURER? YES____ NO _____ ** If you are a large business, no response needed Use space below for any questions/concerns.

6. If you are a DEALER , and would be using a SMALL MANUFACTURER, please indicate the name of the supplier/ manufacturer(s) and including the corresponding NSNs.

7. If you are supplying any of the attached NSNs, would the items you are supplying be manufactured in the USA? YES _____ NO _____ If no, what country(s)? Specify by NSN, _____________________________________________________________________________________________

8. Who/Where is your PRODUCTION POINT for these commodity(s), where would the kit be assembled?

Company Name: _______________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ County: ____________________Phone No.__________________ Contact: ____________________ If more than one, production point, list on back and include the corresponding item #’s.

9. Refer to attachment, Mil STD 129, for packaging and marking, you must be able to meet these requirements for shipping products under the awarded BPA, Please advise if this is a requirement that you could meet. Yes _____ No _____ If not, would the price of the item increase, or could you not meet the requirement to meet compliance?

10. What is your best/realistic delivery time in days for each item you intend to bid on? If you need more space, add additional pages

Item #’s. _______________________________ Delivery Time: _____________

Item #’s. _______________________________ Delivery Time: _____________

Item #’s. _______________________________ Delivery Time: _____________

Item #’s. _______________________________ Delivery Time: _____________

11. Would FOB destination be a problem for you ? YES___ NO___ If yes, why?

12. What is the minimum quantity per order you are willing to accept? ______________________

13. If you are a manufacturer and you do not plan to bid on this procurement, please provide the names and phone numbers of some of your distributors who may be interested in bidding:

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