Commercial Acquisition Department, Bldg 11, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, Code 59, Simonpietri Dr., Newport, RI 02841-1708

52 -- SPECIALTY AND COMMON STOCK BUILDING PRODUCTS. SOL N66604-97-Q-6559 DUE 102397 POC M. Goulart, Contracting Officer, at (401) 841-2442 X288; FAX (401) 841-4820. WEB: Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport, http://www.npt.nuwc.navy.mil/contract/. E-MAIL: M. Goulart, Contracting Officer, goulart@code59.npt.nuwc.navy.mil. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport has a requirement to establish a contractor managed Building Products Program to deliver specialty and common stock building products at various locations within the Command. The system must be cost effective, efficient, responsive to customer needs and paperless which will utilize electronic transfer of data and Government Bankcards to the maximum extent possible. In addition, this system will provide timely delivery to the point of order (employees workplace). Building materials and supplies will include but not limited to all items which meet the approved standard of the Facilities, Health and Safety and the Environmental Departments at NUWC. Examples of materials and supplies are as follows: building supplies such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical, masonry and associated hardware and some paint/adhesive products. NUWC plans on awarding a contract to those companies that best meet our needs. The selected vendor(s) will be chosen based on howwell they demonstrate their capabilities, experience, and success running similar types of programs, and how well their proposed system meets our goals: access to your ordering system using any web browser or a telephone ordering system which collects all mandatory data; direct ordering by employees utilizing Government Credit Cards; wide range of building materials available to NUWC; and direct delivery of materials to person who placed order. In addition, the selected vandor shall prepare ordering documents from electronically transmitted data, prepare anay necessary shipping documents and invoices, record and maintain a system that tracks the quantity of materials ordered by type and end user, missed deliveries, wrong deliveries, returns, credits, etc. Specific information for this requirement will be provided in a Request for Quote (RFQ). Requests for the RFQ must be submitted in writing, specifying the RFQ number. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0266)

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