Office supplies

NIH plans to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for furnishing office supplies such as pens, pencils, binders, cartridges, folders, labels, markers, and tape on an as-needed basis.  The NSN numbers and estimated annual quantities will be provided in the IFB.  AbilityOne products are required for all items unless the items are not on the Mandatory Products List for AbilityOne.  The government requires delivery to be made within 7 calendar days from the date the contractor receives an order.  The anticipated period of performance for the contract is a base twelve month period, plus four (4) twelve month option periods for a total not to exceed period of sixty months.  Bidders whose bids are determined to meet the government's requirements set forth in the IFB will be invited to participate in an online reverse auction in which bidders will submit their bids online via a service provider.  This procurement is a total 100% small business set-aside.  The applicable NAICS code is 424120 and the size standard is 100 employees.  All interested small business vendors under NAICS 424120 are encouraged to submit a bid.  The anticipated release date of IFB NIHOD2009119 is the first or second week of May 2009.  The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the internet at the FedBizOpps website.  These documents will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application.  It is the bidder's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any).  Potential bidders will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).