SOLICITATION NOTICE
72 -- RFQ for TOWEL, GLASS - 3483 - OMP
- Notice Date
- 3/21/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 313210
— Broadwoven Fabric Mills
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Supply Service (FSS), Southwest Supply Center (7FL), 819 Taylor Street RM 6A00, Fort Worth, TX, 76102, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N-W-F5267-1
- Response Due
- 4/2/2007
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Solicitation for a one-time buy for the following: NSN: 7210-00-205-3483 TOWEL, GLASS: Shall be a cotton towel intended for drying glassware, with the following characteristics: LENGTH - 30.0 inches, finished. WIDTH - 15.0 inches, finished. PATTERN - Woven checks or woven stripes using red or blue yarns matching Cable No. 80108 (Old Glory Red) or Cable No. 80173 (Royal Blue) of the Standard Color Reference of America, 10th Edition. UNIT OF ISSUE: The unit of issue shall be DZ (one dozen (DZ) towels to a package). SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS 1. Cloth. The towel shall be made from bleached white, plain weave, 100 percent cotton cloth with a striped or checked design woven into the cloth. The cloth shall weigh 5.0 oz per sq yd, shall have a warp yarn count of 54 yarns/inch, a filling yarn count of 38 yarns/inch, and shall have bursting strength of 50 lb in both the warp and filling directions. The stripes or checks shall be spaced at 1/2 to 1 inch intervals. Two colored yarns shall form each stripe or check line. Colored yarns shall be colorfast and shall not stain the white part of the fabric when subjected to laundering and bleaching. The cloth shall be woven from thoroughly cleaned, waste free, cotton yarns. Starch and protein content, including chloroform soluble and water soluble materials, shall not exceed 5.0 percent. 2. Construction. The finished towel shall be 30.0 inches long by 15.0 inches wide with a tolerance of + 1.0 in and -0.5 in in each direction. Each end and each side of the towel shall be hemmed with a 1/4 to 3/8 inch wide hem. A fast selvage may serve as a side hem. All hem widths shall be uniform, with the cut edge folded to the inside of the hem. Hems shall be stitched with 10 to 12 stitches per inch using cotton or polyester/cotton thread of a type and size appropriate for sewing the toweling fabric and durable to repeated laundering. 3 Labeling. Each towel shall have a permanent label marked with the following information: a) Towel size. b) Fiber content in accordance with the Rules and Regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act. c) Care instructions. d) Manufacturer?s name or trademark. The label shall be sewn into one hem near a corner. All information required on the label shall be completely visible after the label is sewn in. The marking shall be well defined and clearly legible. The label material and the marking shall be durable to the care method appropriate for the towel. AVAILABILITY OF SPECIFICATIONS: Copies of Rules and Regulations under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act are available from the Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580. Copies of The Standard Color Reference of America, 10th Edition are available from The Color Association of The United States, 315 West 39th Street, Studio 507, New York, NY 10018: Phone 212.947.7774, Fax 212.594.6987. PRODUCT CONFORMANCE: The products provided shall meet the salient characteristics of this purchase description, conform to the producer?s own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices and be the same product offered for sale in the commercial market. The government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance. PREPARATION FOR DELIVERY: The item(s) shall be packaged and packed in accordance with the latest revision of ASTM D 3951, Standard Practice for Commercial Packaging. Copies of ASTM standards are available from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Phone: 610-832-9585, Fax: 610-832-9555, Web site: www.astm.org, e-mail: service@astm.org. MARKING: Shipments to GSA and other civilian agencies shall be marked in accordance with FED-STD-123. Shipments to the Department of Defense (DOD) shall be marked in accordance with MIL-STD-129. REVISED PALLETIZATION REQUIREMENT ? 8-15-2004: PALLETIZATION: The shipping (transport) containers shall be palletized. The pallets shall be 48-inch length x 40-inch width, general purpose, four-way entry, flush stringer, and double-face non-reversible pallets. The palletized load shall not exceed 2500 pounds in weight for shipments to the Eastern Distribution Center (Burlington). The palletized load shall not exceed 2000 pounds in weight for shipments to the Western Distribution Center (French Camp and Stockton Locations). The palletized load shall not overhang the pallet deck board edge by more than 1 inch and shall not exceed 53 inches in overall height (including pallet). Less than half pallet loads or loads shipped by small package carrier in acceptable transport packing need not be palletized. When less than full but more than a half pallet is used, the palletized load shall utilize proper bracing and/or reinforcement to ensure that the load can withstand two additional loads placed on it. STACKING: A load-stacking test shall be performed once, at the beginning of the contract, for each different unitized or palletized load configuration. A fully palletized load shall be tested utilizing a total stack of three palletized loads, with all the proper bracing and/or reinforcement necessary to perform the test. There shall be no evidence of damage to the pallets, shipping containers or products when stack is tested on the rigid surface for a minimum of 24 hours, in compliance with all the National and Local Safety Regulations. The pre-tested palletized load configuration shall be duplicated using the same packaging materials, pattern, number of shipping (transport) containers, and procedures consistent throughout the duration of the contract. Palletized loads shall be stable and safe when handled with mechanical equipment by qualified personnel. MATERIALS: All lumber used inside or outside a shipment shall be bark free. No used wood pallets with repaired components or stringers will be acceptable. All wood pallet stringers shall be manufactured from hardwoods. Pallets manufactured of materials other than wood, shall conform to all the requirements specified herein. UNITIZATION: For the purpose of this requirement, the assembled group of containers or items in a single load that can be handled as a unit throughout the distribution system. Unitization encompasses, but is not limited to, consolidation in a container, placement on a pallet or load base having forklift capability, or securely binding together. Shipments should be considered for unitization where appropriate or specified. UNITIZATION OF PALLET LOAD: The palletized load shall be unitized and secured to the pallet to insure that the load arrives intact without product damage. The containers or items shall be placed in a suitable pattern to form a stable and balanced load. Vertical, horizontal or filler reinforcement shall be added as necessary to meet the stacking strength requirements. A palletized load shall be secured to the pallet by shrink or stretch wrapping, and/or, by steel or nonmetallic strapping. When steel or nonmetallic strapping is used, edge protectors shall be provided to prevent damage to the cartons when tensioning the strapping. As a minimum, two straps shall run lengthwise, two straps shall run widthwise, and two straps shall run around the girth of the palletized load. A palletized load shall be capable of protecting the products against damage in a multiple handling, transportation, and storage environment having distribution warehouses with rack systems that support the load/s overhead of warehouse personnel. Notice of special requirements for shipment to all countries that have endorsed the IPPC Guidelines for treatment of non-manufactured wood packaging: The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) has approved and published on March 15, 2002, ?Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade?. Countries endorsing the IPPC Guidelines are found at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/swp/. Clause D-FSS-468 requires non-manufactured wood pallets and other non-manufactured wood packaging material used in shipments destined to IPPC compliant countries require the appropriate wood treatment. Additionally, shipments delivered to DOD distribution facilities or freight consolidation points for eventual delivery to or through EU/IPPC countries shall comply with applicable DLA Regulations and Procurement Letter PROCLTR 02-17. (3/21/07)
- Record
- SN01256316-W 20070323/070321222022 (fbodaily.com)
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