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DLA Land & Maritime, Columbus

MARKET RESEARCH

PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY

IMMEDIATE ATTENTION/REPLY REQUESTED. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE.

INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR PENDING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

DLA Land & Maritime, Columbus is considering a solicitation and subsequent Award on an Indefinite Quantity/Long Term Contract (IQC) for the items below. As a potential supplier of these items, we are asking that you fill out this market survey to the best of your knowledge so that we can generate a realistic and beneficial solicitation.

In the STOCK DEL column, please indicate the absolute best delivery (in Days) you would be able to provide the listed items with the quantity indicated by in QFD/NSO column.

In the Commercial column, please indicate if the item is Commercial (Y) or Not (N).

REQUIREMENTS:

1005-01-408-6671

1005-01-413-6992

1030-01-408-3578

*ADQ=estimated annual demand quantity

*QFD=estimated quarterly demand quantity

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:

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LARGE OR FORMCHECKBOX

SMALL BUSINESS; FORMCHECKBOX

MANUFACTURER OR FORMCHECKBOX

DEALER

If you are a dealer/distributor, are you independent from the OEM(s)?

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YES (For example, if you have reliable access to the OEM’s products and can set your own price)

If Yes: Based on sources in table above, list the OEMs that you are independent from: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

NO (For example, the OEM has strict control over the resale prices the dealers can charge)

DO YOU CARRY THIS ITEM IN YOUR INVENTORY?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

ARE THESE QUANTITY SENSITIVE ITEMS?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

DOES THIS ITEM CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

DO YOU DEAL THROUGH DEALER/DISTRIBUTORS OR DO YOU PREFER TO FORMCHECKBOX

Dealer FORMCHECKBOX Govn’t

DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT?

IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN QUOTING ON SPECIFIC NSNS, PLEASE EXPLAIN BELOW.

· WHY? ______________________________________________

WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO QUOTE PRICED OPTION YEARS?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

· IF SO, HOW MANY YEARS? FORMCHECKBOX

1 FORMCHECKBOX

2 FORMCHECKBOX

· IF NOT, WHY? _____________________________________________

(NOTE: There will normally be a “BASE year”, which is the first actual year of the contract, then the Government will have the option to accept other years, which are called “Option years”. For example, “1st option year” (or 2nd actual year of contract), “2nd option year” (3rd actual year of Contract), etc.)

COMMERCIAL QUESTIONS:

1. ARE THESE COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS? FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

2. ARE THESE CATALOG/PRICE LISTED ITEMS?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

3. ARE YOU ABLE TO SUPPLY US WITH A COPY OF YOUR PRICE LIST? FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

IF NO TO #1—

ARE THESE ITEMS MODIFIED ITEMS OF A TYPE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKET PLACE (MEANING THESE ITEMS DO NOT HAVE TO BE IDENTICAL BUT CLOSELY RELATED)

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

IF NO TO PREVIOUS QUESTION, DO THESE ITEMS HAVE MINOR MODIFICATIONS OF A TYPE NOT CUSTOMARILY AVAILABLE IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE? (FOR EXAMPLE, MINOR MODIFICATIONS MEAN THE ITEM NEEDS TO RETAIN A PREDOMINANCE OF NONGOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS OR ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS)

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

IF NO TO #1—IF THESE ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE, WILL THESE ITEMS BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE IN TIME TO SATISFY THE GOVERNMENT’S DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS ON THIS PROJECT?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

If YES TO #1— CAN YOU PROVIDE COMMERCIAL SALES HISTORY, LISTING IN CATALOGS OR BROCHURES, KNOWN ESTABLISHED PRICE LIST TO THE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE, AVAILABILTY OR ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC? FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

FOB POINT QUESTIONS:

The Government prefers that you offer on an FOB Destination basis. Your price would include transportation charges to any location in the United States.

IS FOB DESTINATION ACCEPTABLE?

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

DO YOUR PRICES TYPICALLY INCLUDE FOB DESTINATION?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

WOULD FOB DESTINATION IMPACT THE PRICE COMPARED TO FOB ORIGIN?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON PRICE? (EXAMPLE: Estimated percentage of increase in price) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ IF NO, DOES THIS MEAN THE PRICE FOR FOB DESTINATION AND FOB ORIGIN WOULD BE THE SAME?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

ZONE QUESTIONS:

IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC NSNs on this project that you think would significantly impact shipping PRICES (example: size or weight of specific nsns?) FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

IF YES, PLEASE LIST NSNS OR CLIN NUMBERS and what the impact would be (example percentage of increase in price): ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ would you typically provide the same price for anywhere in the US? FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

if yes does the location make a significant difference IN PRICE?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

What is the difference in price (estimated percentage of increase)? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

WOULD YOU PREFER TO PROVIDE PRICING FOR ONE OR MULTIPLE ZONES?

(PLEASE CHOOSE ONE)

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ONE ZONE FORMCHECKBOX

MULITPLE ZONES

OTHER MISCELLANOUS QUESTIONS:

WOULD YOU REQUIRE PHASED DELIVERY FOR QUANTITIES ABOVE THE QFD QUANTITY?

(NOTE DELIVERY ORDERS COULD BE FOR QUANTITIES UP TO THE DO MAXIMUM USUALLY 4 X THE QFD QUANTITY) NOTE, THIS WOULD MEAN PHASED DELIVERY ON A SINGLE DELIVERY ORDER. IF A NEW ORDER WAS PLACED IT WOULD REVERT BACK TO THE REQUIRED DELIVERY. FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

CAN YOU PROVIDE STD-COM PKG WITH MIL-STD-129 MARKINGS?

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YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

Do you have any other NSNs, ideas, or comments for additional “family” groupings?

WHY? ______________________________________________

Do you have EDI capability? FORMCHECKBOX

YES FORMCHECKBOX

NO

COMMENTS:____________________________________________________________________

Your Name/Signature________________________________

Phone Number_____________________________________ We sincerely appreciate your time, and thank you for providing this information.