8115--New Contract Optical Shipping Boxes - Scarboro Group LLC Base Plus Four

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 seeks optical shipping boxes and invoice paper to support the VISN 20 Optical Fabrication Laboratory's eyeglass distribution program, with proposals due June 12, 2026. This is a 100 percent Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside, competitively awarded to the single lowest-priced, responsive, and responsible offeror.

Place of performance is the VA Boise Medical Center, Building 34 (FOB Destination), Boise, Idaho. The contractor must deliver tuck-top auto-bottom shipping boxes measuring 7.25" L × 3.25" W × 2.25" H, fully assembled and weather-protected, within 10 business days of order confirmation. Invoice paper (8.5" × 11") must be preprinted with specified fields and include a permanently adhering peel-away adhesive label positioned per provided specifications; inkjet compatibility is required. Monthly ordering volumes are estimated at 8,000 to 15,000 units of shipping boxes and proportional quantities of invoice paper. Annual estimates are 192,000 shipping boxes and 120 boxes of invoice paper. The contract covers a base year (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027) plus up to four one-year option years through June 30, 2031. If a new die or tool is required, VA will procure and provide it at no cost to the contractor. Pricing must remain unchanged should a 6-month optional extension period be exercised.

The contract is firm-fixed-price with NET 30 payment terms by electronic funds transfer. Monthly invoicing occurs in arrears, submitted electronically through Tungsten Network within 10 working days after each month of service. Offerors must be registered in SAM and certified as SDVOSB in the SBA VetCert database. NAICS code 322212 (Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing) applies with a 750-employee size standard.