Hardware and Abrasives

This acquisition is for an Indefinite Quantity, Fixed Price contract. FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiations. The proposed procurement is for a three (3) year base period. The total shall not exceed 3 years. Award will be made on an all or none basis per NSN for the supplies covered under this contract. This is an unrestricted acquisition. Copies of the solicitation will be available 15 days after this notice is published in the DIBBS at https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/RFP.

Based upon market research, the Government is not using the policies contained in Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items, in its solicitation for the described supplies or services. However, interested persons may identify to the contracting officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice.

One or more of the items under this acquisition may be subject to an Agreement on Government Procurement approved and implemented in the United States by the Trade Agreements Act of 1979. All offers shall be in the English language and in U.S. dollars. All interested suppliers may submit an offer.

Since these items are sole source, evaluation factors will not be used in accordance with FAR 15.002 (a). In the event more than one viable offer is received, the contracting officer may consider amending the RFP to include trade-off factors.

All responsible sources may submit an offer/quote which shall be considered.

The solicitation will be available in DIBBs on its issue date of March 28, 2014.

The proposed procurement contains an option to extend the contract period one or more times at the discretion of the government. The total duration (3 base years) shall not exceed __3__ years.

This acquisition is for supplies for which the Government does not possess complete, unrestrictive technical data; therefore, the Government intends to solicit and contract with only approved source(s) and/or their approved distributors/dealers under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Approved source(s) is/are: Marotta Controls CAGE 99657.

TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: Unrestricted