68 -- DETERGENT BLEACH TABLETS

The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC) at Port Hueneme, California, is seeking qualified manufacturers capable of producing safe detergent bleaching powders in the form of tablets or cakes for Navy projects. These products are intended to be similar to toilet bowl cleaner tablets or detergent cakes, with minimum tablet diameters of one inch, but with a Navy preference for larger cakes measuring 3 to 5 inches in diameter. The cakes should be single units weighing between 500 to 1000 grams (1 to 2 pounds). The initial production run is expected to range from 100 to 500 units. The detergents to be formed into these tablets or cakes include sodium persulfate, sodium percarbonate, and sodium perborate. There may also be an opportunity for manufacturers to design water-tight packaging, either in plastic or metal containers, but cardboard packaging is not acceptable. This notice is strictly a sources sought announcement and not a solicitation or request for proposals. Interested parties are encouraged to submit a concise capabilities statement, along with product descriptions, brochures, and specifications, by either mail or email by January 30, 2006. Responses should be addressed to Rosemary Hernandez at the Specialty Center Contracts Core in Port Hueneme or emailed to the provided address. Official contract opportunities and offerings will be announced separately. The solicitation number for this sources sought is N62473-06-SourcesSoughtSCCC2, issued under the NAICS code 424690, and the point of contact for contract-related inquiries is Contracting Officer Janet L. Harouch.