OS3 Requisition Channel - Office Supplies - QSDJ-DG-140002-D

Amendment A00015 - Please see updates, including Q&As, revised Attachment 1, revised Approved Products List, and summary of changes to Approved Products List 

NOTE - 

Questions relating to Amendment A00014

We have received some questions following the posting of Amendment A00014 and we intend to address the questions relating to Amendment A00014 for which we have information via subsequent Amendment A00015.  If there are any additional questions relating to Amendment A00014, they must be sent to maria.viscione@gsa.gov by 5:00pm EST on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.   Questions received after Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 5:00pm EST will not be answered. The due date for Round 3 Reverse Auction submissions will be extended.  The new date will be indicated in Amendment A00015.

OS3 Requisition Channel - Office Supplies - QSDJ-DG-140002-D

OS3 Requisition Channel - Office Supplies - QSDJ-DG-140002-D

Amendment A00014 to update Attachment 1, list of preliminarily approved part numbers and list of preliminarily disapproved part numbers.

Amendment A00013 to provide updated Attachment 1, and updated preliminarily approved part number list.

Amendment No. A00012 to note new date for Reverse Auction Round 1 response and provide updated Attachment 1, preliminarily approved part number list, and preliminarily disapproved part number list.

Amendment No. A00011 to extend the due date for Reverse Auction Round 1 responses.

Amendment A00010 posted on January 21, 2015 updates the Market Basket with the current version of Attachment 1 with  ‘Attachment_1_Office_Supplies_Proposal_Sheet_Requisition_01212015’, dated January 21, 2015 and updates the preliminarily approved part number list with ‘OS3_Requisition_Approved Part NumberList_01212015’, dated January 21, 2015. 

Amendment A0009, posted on January 15, 2015  updates the Market Basket with the current version of Attachment1, with ‘Attachment_1_Office_Supplies_Proposal_Sheet_Requisition_01152015’, dated January 15, 2015.

The signed SF30 must be submitted to maria.viscione@gsa.gov. 

Amendment A0008 posted on January 6, 2015 deletes 11 nsns from the Market Basket. The signed SF30 must be submitted to maria.viscione@gsa.gov within 3 days of the posting of this Amendment.

Amendment A0007 posted on November 4, 2014 adds new Business Rules, Marketbasket deletions due to not being TAA Compliant and/or sourcing issues, and makes minor corrections.  The signed Business Rules  and SF30 must be submitted to OS3reqA0007response@gsa.gov within 3 days of the posting of this Amendment.

Clarifications/Notes

Amendment No. 5 (A0005) 

Response to questions.

Amendment No. 3 (A0003)

See Amendment No. 2, A0002 for the OS3 Requisition Channel plus all applicable attachments, as referenced therein.

PLEASE NOTE - AT THIS TIME, WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

Responses to questions received from industry.

This is a notice for Request for Proposal (RFP) to establish multiple Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts in support of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (FSSI) for Office Supplies for Federal Government agencies. Industry, Contractors and Vendors should understand that GSA's goal is to focus all possible Federal spend through strategically sourced solutions in order to maximize volume purchase power and price savings during the life of this program.

This RFP number QSDJ-DG-140002-D is known as the (FSSI) Office Supplies Strategic Sourcing Solutions (OS3) Third Generation for Requisition. The OS3-Requisition Channel acquisition will result in award of a Federal Supply Multiple Agency awards utilizing an IDIQ type contract for a period of one year with four (4) one-year options.

Contracting Agency: General Services Administration's Federal Acquisition Service Region 2 Northeast and Caribbean Acquisition Center New York, NY is the contracting issuing office and administration agency during the solicitation and award process.

Contract Type: Upon award, this will be a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) Type Contract with the Economic Price Adjustment (EPA). A substantially the same as approved EPA clause will be utilized in lieu of FAR 52.216-2. Please note that items under this acquisition are subject to the Trade Agreements Act, FAR 52.225-5.

Scope: The OS3 Requisition Acquisition includes commercially available office supply products and will encourage maximum small business opportunities. This acquisition has a potential value of $200,000,000 total sales transactions per year.

North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) applicable under OS3 Requisition:
339940: Office Supplies (except Paper Manufacturing)
322121: Paper (except Newsprint Mills)
325992: Photographic Film, Paper, Plate and Chemical Manufacturing (i.e.Toner/Ink)

Product Supply Classification (PSCs):
7045 Office ADP Supplies
7420 Office Accounting and Calculating Machines
7460 Office Visible Record Equipment
7490 Office Miscellaneous Office Machines
7510 Office Supplies
7520 Office Devices and Accessories
7530 Office Stationery and Record Forms
7540 Office Standard Forms
9310 Office Paper and Paperboard

RFP Goods and Services: The following table describes the component structure of the solicitation and Small Business (SB) socio-economic concentration preference based on anticipated receipt of qualified proposals:

OS3 CLIN Offerings:

CLIN 1 - General Office Products (2 Vendors)

2 Awards with no preference for socio-economic status.

CLIN 2 - Paper (2 Vendors)

2Awards  with socio-economic preference for small business.

CLIN 3 - Toner and Inkjet (2 Vendors)

2  Awards with socio-economic preference for small business.

The Government reserves the right to adjust the number of awards based upon receipt of successful qualified proposals as set forth in the evaluation criteria.

Please note that this is NOT a Federal Supply Schedule 75 procurement and there is no prerequisite for having an existing GSA Schedule 75 contract. Please pay attention to the AbilityOne certification, Socio-Economic preferences, and other important requirements within the solicitation documents.

This is not a schedule notice, however will result in multiple awards, as indicated above. This notice does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this proposal, or guarantee to contract for supplies or services.

Telephonic requests and physically printed or delivered paper proposals will not be accepted as part of this paperless acquisition.