ALUMINUM FOR LICENSE PLATES - Request for Quote

The Colorado Department of Corrections issued Request for Quote CFAA 2017001296 for the procurement of coiled aluminum materials for license plate manufacturing. The solicitation seeks approximately 36,000 pounds of coiled aluminum for regular vehicle license plates and approximately 4,000 pounds of coiled aluminum for motorcycle license plates, with delivery required to the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility, Colorado Correctional Industries Tag Plant in Canon City, Colorado. Bid submissions were due by April 19, 2017, at 2:00 PM Mountain Time, with submissions accepted via email to maryann.shaw@state.co.us or by fax to (719)269-4064. Prospective bidders must be registered on the Colorado Vendor Self Service (VSS) website to respond to this solicitation. Bid pricing must be quoted on a per-pound basis for each item type with all freight costs included as FOB-destination delivery. Evaluation criteria include cost, projected delivery date and availability, quality and security considerations, life cycle costs, bidder qualifications and experience, and past performance, with award made to the bidder(s) whose response is judged most advantageous to the State. The State reserves the right to divide the award among multiple bidders or cancel any order for which delivery is not made by the stated date.

The procurement encourages consideration of Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business status as part of the bidder qualifications evaluation factor. Payment terms are assumed to be Net-45 days after receipt of goods and invoice unless otherwise specified by the bidder, with proposed terms of less than 45 days coupled with a discount (such as Net-45 days/2%-10 days) actively encouraged. No specific budget range or award value was disclosed in the solicitation documents. The aluminum materials must conform to detailed technical specifications outlined in separate specification documents for both regular and motorcycle license plates, which establish material standards including alloy composition, thickness tolerances, and surface finish requirements. No incumbent vendors or existing infrastructure integration requirements were identified in the available solicitation materials.