Reverse Auction Bags

NIH will issue Invitation for Bid NIHOD2009125 (previously posted NIHOD2009116) for various sizes of Bags. This is a 100% small buiness set-aside. Bid samples are required and must meet all the salient characteristics set forth in the Invitation for Bid. Bidders whose samples are determined to meet all the salient characterisitics will be invited to participate in an online auction in which bidders will submit their bids online via a service provider. The Government expects to award a fixed-price indefinite quantity (requirements type contract for a period of one year with 2 successive 12-month option periods The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 326111. The related small business size standard is 750 employees. The IFB will be released on or after May 26. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement shall 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 idders 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).