Knife, paring

DLA MARITIME PUGET SOUND INTENDS TO PROCURE PARING KNIVES ON AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY, INDEFINITE DELIVERY BASIS. ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 2000 KNIVES, 4†LONG BLADE, SOFT BLACK PLASTIC ERGONOMIC HANDLE, STEEL ALLOY. FOR USE BY INSULATORS. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR PARTS 12 AND 13. THE RESULTING AWARD WILL BE A FIRM FIXED PRICE IDIQ SUPPLY CONTRACT FOR A BASE YEAR AND FOUR OPTION YEARS, FOR DELIVERY TO PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD, BREMERTON, WA. REQUESTED DELIVERY UPON PLACEMENT OF ANY DELIVERY ORDER IS 10 DAYS. THE RFQ IS ESTIMATED TO BE ISSUED ON 4 APRIL 2012 AND WILL BE ELECTRONICALLY POSTED VIA THE NECO WEBSITE AT WWW.NECO.NAVY.MIL.

OFFERORS WISHING TO SUBMIT AN OFFER ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOWNLOADING THEIR OWN COPY OF THE RFQ AND FOR FREQUENTLY MONITORING THE SITE FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE RFQ. AN EMAIL REQUEST TO kathleen.harrigan@navy.mil WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE EVENT AN OFFEROR EXPERIENCES PROBLEMS DOWNLOADING THE RFQ FROM THE NECO WEBSITE. NO BIDDERS LIST WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THIS OFFICE. FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THE RFQ AND ASSOCIATED AMENDMENTS PRIOR TO THE DATE AND TIME SET FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS MAY RENDER THE OFFEROR NON-RESPONSIVE AND RESULT IN REJECTION OF SAME. AFTER DOWNLOADING THE SOLICITATION, FIRMS INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING OFFERS MUST: 1) COMPLETE THE PRICING, 2) COMPLETE ALL REPRESENTATION AND CERTIFICATIONS FOUND IN THE SOLICITATION, 3) PROVIDE MANUFACTURER INFORMATION OF PROPOSED ITEMS, AND 4) ENSURE CURRENT REGISTRATION IN THE DOD CENTRAL CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION DATABASE (https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/default.aspx).