3rd Party Tobacco Compliance Inspections

This Sources Sought notice is to identify the availability and capability of potential Small Businesses, (including HUB Zone, 8a, Small Disadvantaged, Veteran and Service Disabled, Veteran owned and Woman owned Small Businesses) that can provide for non-government facilitation of inspections of retail establishments, in Puerto Rico. Under the provisions of the Tobacco Control Act (which amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act), FDA has been given the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health and to reduce tobacco use by minors. A capability statement must demonstrate the ability to employ qualified inspectors that are health, food, or drug officer/employees of any U.S. State, Territory, or political subdivision, in order to obtain the FDA Commission necessary to perform these tobacco retail inspections. Interested parties must also describe their previous experience performing similar inspection work.

This notice is issued for information purposes only and not a reqest for competitive proposals.  Any small business can submit a statement of capabilities (no longer than 5 pages) in sufficent detail to determine if the requirements of this synopsis can be met. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561611. The solicitaton will be available on or about April 24, 2015, on the FedBizOpps (FBO) website at, http://www.fbo.gov. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and the amendments and should submit a separate proposal for each state in which they are interested.  It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps website for the release of the solicitation and the amendments. Hard copies will be provided to individuals eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act upoon request. Responses to this notice must be sent via email to allison.mandel@fda.hhs.gov, no later than 15 days from the date of this announcement. No phone calls will be accpeted

This Sources Sought notice is to identify the availability and capability of potential Small Businesses, (including HUB Zone, 8a, Small Disadvantaged, Veteran and Service Disabled, Veteran owned and Woman owned Small Businesses) that can provide for non-government facilitation of inspections of retail establishments, in the District of Columbia. Under the provisions of the Tobacco Control Act (which amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act), FDA has been given the authority to regulate the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of tobacco products to protect the public health and to reduce tobacco use by minors. A capability statement must demonstrate the ability to employ qualified inspectors that are health, food, or drug officer/employees of any U.S. State, Territory, or political subdivision, in order to obtain the FDA Commission necessary to perform these tobacco retail inspections. Interested parties must also describe their previous experience performing similar inspection work.

This notice is issued for information purposes only and not a reqest for competitive proposals.  Any small business can submit a statement of capabilities (no longer than 5 pages) in sufficent detail to determine if the requirements of this synopsis can be met. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561611. The solicitaton will be available on or about April 24, 2015, on the FedBizOpps (FBO) website at, http://www.fbo.gov. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and the amendments and should submit a separate proposal for each state in which they are interested.  It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps website for the release of the solicitation and the amendments. Hard copies will be provided to individuals eligible under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act upoon request. Responses to this notice must be sent via email to allison.mandel@fda.hhs.gov, no later than 15 days from the date of this announcement. No phone calls will be accpeted