AMENDMENT : Soliciation FN1379-13 is being cancelled in its entirety and will be resolicited. AMENDMENT : At this time we do not have an issue date for soliciation FN1379-13. Please do not submit any samples or any other infomration until the soliciation is posted to Fedbizops. The notice that was sent out on August 6, 2013 is a PRESOLICITATION NOTICE (synopsis) not a solicitation. The presoliciation notice is required by the Federal Acquistion Regulation for uniform contract foratted solicitations/contracts. The response date listed in the PRESOLICIATION NOTICE is a date fedbzops requires be filled out but the actual dates for samples and proposal submission will be listed in the soliciation document. Vendors shall not submit anything in response to the PRESOLICAITION notice. Anything submitted will be returned to the vendor at your cost. All deadlines for receipt of infomration will be listed in the solcitaition docuement. UNICOR intends to enter into an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with one (1) base year and four (4) option years if exercised type contract for seating/upholstery and panel/systems fabrics to be delivered to the following UNICOR locations: UNICOR USP Allenwood, Route 15 South, 2 Miles N. of Allenwood, Allenwood PA 17810, UNICOR FCI Beckley, 1600 Industrial Park Rd, Beckley, WV 25813, UNICOR, FCC Coleman, 846 NE 54th Terrace, Coleman, Fl 33521, UNICOR FCC Florence, 5880 State Highway 67, South Florence, Colorado 81226 , UNICOR FCI Schuylkill, Interstate 81 and Route 901, Minersville, PA 17954. Solicitation number is FN1379-13 and this solicitation is issued as a Request For Proposal. The minimum delivery order quantity is $250.00 per delivery order and the maximum delivery order quantity is $50,000.00. Delivery lead time is 30 calendar days for Initial delivery order after receipt of order (ARO), Standard Fabric orders will be delivered within 14 calendar days (ARO) and All other fabric (Non standard fabric and Best Sellers) will be delivered in 21 calendar days ARO. This is a 100% total small business set aside; therefore, offers will only be considered from small business concerns. Offerors who are small business must be listed as a Small Business in the SAM registration (www.sam.gov) at time of submission of offer. The NAICS codes associated with this solicitation are 313210 size standard 1,000 employees, 313320 size standard 1,000 employees, and 313240 size standard 500 employees. Offerors are advised that the Government intends to evaluate offers and award on a Multiple AWARD BASIS based on Lots. Lot 1 - UNICOR Legacy Offering to include customer Standard Offering. Lot 2 - Non Standard fabrics and Lot 3 - Offerors best sellers - Offerors are being asked to propose their best selling products as part of this solicitation for seating/upholstery and panel/systems fabrics. Offerors will be required to submit samples of fabrics by offer closing date and time. Failure to submit samples will result in your solicitation not being considered for award. Offerors shall submit signed and dated offers to UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, 400 first Street NW - 7th floor, Room 7012, Washington, DC 20534, Attn: Tatea Cavanaugh. The solicitation number FN1379-13 shall be displayed on the outside envelope. Email offerors may be sent to
contact@example.gov or e-fax
+1 (555) 000-0000 . Email subject line must contain solicitation number FN1379-13. Specific item specifications and quantities will be listed in solicitation. All offerors must complete the Business Management questionnaire in Section L of solicitation document with three references. References must be for same or similar items. All Offerors must complete the ACH form and SAM Registration, which can be found on UNICOR's webpage at www.unicor.gov. For the ACH form click on About UNICOR, doing business with UNICOR, For Vendors and click on Electronic Vendor Payments to print ACH form. All Offerors will be required to register on www.sam.gov. Any offorer not registered in SAM will not be considered for award. All questions shall be asked in writing and shall be submitted to Tatea Cavanaugh at
contact@example.gov and Linda Kerr at Linda.Kerr @usdoj.gov the email subject line shall state the Solicitation number FN1379-13. All offerors must acknowledge all amendments if any. Requirements for submission of samples will be listed in detail in the full solicitation. Offers received after the exact time and date specified will not be considered. The Government intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror's whose offer represents the best value to the government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate proposals: Adherence to specifications to include matching of existing fabrics in standard and Non Standard offering, Quality, Inventory Management Plan, Ability to meet Green Requirements, ISO certification, past performance, and price. Order of importance will be spelled out in solicitation document. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer will be mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer which shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. No copies of the solicitation will be mailed. The solicitation, amendments and any other corresponding documents for FN1379-13 will be posted to Fedbizops. The solicitation will be issued with a deadline date and time for questions, no questions will be answered after the deadline date. ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING ONLY. WE WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS VIA TELEPHONE. All questions received before deadline date will be answered in an amendment that will be posted to fedbizops. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal which will be considered.
