68 -- DETERGENT BLEACH TABLETS

1. SCOPE. The Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC), Port Hueneme, California, is seeking interested qualified sources to manufacturer safe, detergent bleaching powders into tablets or cakes for NFESC projects. These would be similar to tablets, pills, or detergent cakes (used as toilet bowl cleaners). The tablets must be at least 1-inch in diameter. The Navy prefers cakes of 3- to5-inches in diameter, with the larger size desired. The cakes should be single-unit cakes weighing 500 to 1000 grams (1 to 2 lbs). A total of 100 to 500 tablets or cakes are anticipated for the first run. The detergent bleaches to be pressed include (1) sodium persulfate, (2) sodium percarbonate and (3) sodium perborate. There may be an opportunity to design the water-tight packaging for the tablets/cakes (in plastic or metal cans, but not cardboard). This is only a request for sources, not an offer. All offers for contracts will be advertised in a separate announcement. Responses to this "sources sought "ad should be sent by (a) mail (with product brochures or booklets) or (b ) information sent by e-mail. 2. SOURCES SOUGHT INFORMATION. This is not a solicitation or a request for proposals. Interested parties may submit a brief capabilities statement and proposed product description, brochures, and specifications to Rosemary Hernandez, Specialty Center Contracts Core, 1205 Mill Road, Building 850, Port Hueneme, CA 93043-4347 or by eMail to [email protected] by January 30, 2006.