The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Readiness Commodity Business Unit, is anticipating issuing an Open Season Solicitation under the CEC Program for Pharmaceuticals. This solicitation will be issued as an Unrestricted procurement. Included in this solicitation will be a base year plus nine (9) one-year term options. The Open Season solicitation will have three (3) closings from which the Government contemplates award(s). The first open season will commence approximately July 16, 2007 and close September 17, 2007. The second open season will commence on October 1, 2007 and close December 19, 2007. The third open season will commence on March 5, 2008 and close May 30, 2008. Potential offerors are requested to contact the acquisition specialist or the Contracting Officer for copies of Attachments 1, 2 & 3. The Acquisition Specialist is Barbara Duffy and can be reached on 215-737-4174 or e-mail
[email protected] or the Contracting Officer, Anne Polimeni, on 215-737-7656 or e-mail
[email protected] Availability of solicitations, FAR 5.102(d) applies, as our office no longer issues solicitations or amendments in paper form. Solicitation will be posted on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/ Detailed system requirements and instructions for registration can be found on the DLA DIBBS Home Page accessed on https://www.dibbs.bsm.dla.mil/. A few highlights of the information that will be found include: 1. On the DLA Internet Bulletin Board System (DIBBS) Home Page, click the VENDOR REGISTRATION link to begin the registration process. 2. In order to register for access to secure portions of DLA DIBBS, the company you are representing must already be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system. 3. A Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code registration will be processed immediately. A User ID will appear on the registration screen and a password will be sent separately to the email address of the Super User. If a CAGE is already registered on DLA DIBBS, the name and email address of the Super User will be provided. The Super User should be contacted to set-up additional accounts, logons and passwords for their CAGE. DIBBS Super User * If your CAGE has already been registered on DIBBS, the name and email address of the person designated as your super user will be provided. * The representative who starts the DIBBS registration process has the option to accept their CCR registration POC as the DIBBS super user, or they can designate themselves or another person to act as the super user for the CAGE. * The super user acts as the account administrator for a CAGE. They can add up to ninety-eight (98) additional users, provide user IDs and passwords, modify existing users, and control the login status of each user for their CAGEs through My Account (Account Maintenance). The Open Season Solicitation SPM2D0-07-R-0005 is amended as follows: This solicitation will remain in effect for five (5) years from the initial solicitation closing date of June 30, 2008 unless replaced by an updated solicitation or rescinded. The Government will retrieve proposal(s) received from the Business Opportunities Office (BOO) on a monthly basis beginning July 30, 2008 and continue up to and including the revised closing date for the open season solicitation or June 29, 2013. The last "business" day of each month will be used as the date for submission of offers. Please follow the above original synopsis for instructions to offerors.