Synopsis for USMA West Point Requirement for Nylon, Garment Bags

The Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) at West Point on behalf of the United States Military (USMA) has a requirement for high quality, nylon, garment bags that will be used to store of dress type garments in a full length hanging position and to transport these garments in a folded position while carrying by a handle.

Quantities: 1,515 in Base Year and 1,400 in Option Year One

Delivery schedule: 60 days after award. The delivery date is non-negotiable. The quote mark No Later Than quote mark delivery date that will be outlined in the solicitation is firm and will be the responsibility of the contractor to meet.

A firm-fixed price commercial contract will be awarded for one base year and one (1) option year.

This synopsis is a notification of the pending release of a solicitation for the aforementioned requirement in accordance with FAR 5.201. The requirement is a 100% Set-Aside for HUB Zone Small Business concerns in accordance with FAR Part 19. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 316998 (All Other Leather Good and Allied Product Manufacturing) with a Small Business Size Standard of 500 employees.

The release of the solicitation is anticipated to be on or about Monday, 10 March 2013. For this solicitation, MICC West Point intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider; FedBid, Inc.

FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. MICC West Point is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids. When the solicitation is released, all responsible Offerors that respond MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com.Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration.

The solicitation shall not be sent out to interested parties via email and bids submitted outside of FedBid will Not be accepted.