Set Q and A1 _Tool Cabinet_PANDTA24P000001946_2-20-24-PDF.pdf

Set Questions/ Answers:

Q1: What are the part numbers for tool cabinets?

A1: Shelf Side Cabinet 3- Drawer/3- Shelf, Part # RX243003SL is provided for reference and will be reviewed as exact, equal and like items- It MUST be compatible w/ Roller and Hutch Combo- as well same manufacturer.

Professional Hutch & 19 -Drawer Roller Cabinet Combo, Part # RX723020HR is provided for reference and will be reviewed as exact, equal and like items- It MUST be compatible w/ self-side cabinet- as well same manufacturer.

Q2: What is the cabinet color:

A2: black is acceptable and the trim’ color could be any.

Q3: Could you kindly confirm whether the requested items in the solicitation must adhere to TAA standards, or if non-TAA compliant options are also acceptable?

A3: the solicitation includes:

FAR 52.204-7 which says the offeror has completed the “…Representations and Certifications.”

DFARS 252.225-7001 – Buy American and Balance of Payments Program

DFARS 252.225-7002 – Qualifying Country Sources as Subcontractors

DFARS 252.225-7012 Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

DFARS 252.225-7048 – Export Controlled Items

DFARS 252.225-7012 states we have a preference for certain domestic commodities, but depending on whether or not these are considered COTS, there is an exception to being domestic or from a qualifying country. If we determine they are not COTS then it would need to be from a qualifying country listed in

DFARS 252.225-7002

Definitions from DFARS 252.225-7001

(tool cabinets are sold in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace)

The definition of “Commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item”—

(i) Means any item of supply (including construc�on material) that is—

(A) A commercial item (as defined in paragraph (1) of the defini�on of “commercial item” in sec�on 2.101 of the Federal Acquisi�on Regula�on);

(B) Sold in substan�al quan��es in the commercial marketplace; and

(C) Offered to the Government, under a contract or subcontract at any �er, without modifica�on, in the same form in which it is sold in the commercial marketplace; and

(ii) Does not include bulk cargo, as defined in 46 U.S.C. 40102(4), such as agricultural products and petroleum products.

“Domes�c end product” **means—

(i) An unmanufactured end product that has been mined or produced in the United States; or

(ii) An end product manufactured in the United States if—

(A) The cost of its qualifying country components and its components that are mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds 50 percent of the cost of all its components. The cost of components includes transporta�on costs to the place of incorpora�on into the end product and U.S. duty (whether or not a duty-free entry cer�ficate is issued). Scrap generated, collected, and prepared for processing in the United States is considered domes�c. A component is considered to have been mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States (regardless of its source in fact) if the end product in which it is incorporated is manufactured in the United States and the component is of a class or kind for which the Government has determined that—

(1) Sufficient and reasonably available commercial quan��es of a sa�sfactory quality are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States; or

(2) It is inconsistent with the public interest to apply the restric�ons of the Buy American statute; or

(B) The end product is a COTS item.