Solicitation for Requirement for the MN Army National Guard The Minnesota Army National Guard has a requirement for the purchase, and installation of storage shelving and wire woven caging for the creation of secure storage spaces in three different Training and Community Centers (TACC) around the State. An onsite visit to the locations for the purpose of obtaining measurements, dimensions etc. is required prior to the submission and acceptance of any quotation pertaining to this requirement. Only proposals from vendors who attend the scheduled site visits will be accepted for consideration. Vendors may attend and submit proposals for any individual site or all of the sites. Each proposal must be accompanied by a drawing and a complete listing of components or parts to be utilized in line item fashion, along with a cost specific to installation for the site being quoted. The successful vendor will be required to dispose of all packaging, debris and excess inventory upon completion of installation(s). The Government will not be responsible for the disposal, cleanup, or return of materials left behind by the vendor, and no invoices will be paid until the site and job has been inspected and accepted by the appointed POC at each of the locations. Site visits are scheduled for Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at the following locations: Albert Lea TACC Mankato TACC West St. Paul TACC 410 Prospect Ave 100 Martin Luther King Dr. 1346 South Robert Street Albert Lea, MN 56007 Mankato, MN 56001 St. Paul, MN 55118 0800 19 July, 2011 1130 19July, 2011 1430 19 July, 2011 The onsite visits will be attended by personnel from the USPFO-MN, Procurement and Contracting Division to assist contractors/vendors with questions and issues specific to the bidding and solicitation of this requirement. The POC for this requirement will be SGT Todd F. Penkhus, Contract Specialist for the USPFO-MN. Contact number is 320-616-2750 (office), or email:
[email protected]. Secondary POC for the solicitation and site visits will be SSG Jameson Schwartz @ jameson.schwartz@ us.army.mil or 320-616-2749. The secondary POC should be contacted on the day of the visits regarding last minute changes or complications. The site visit times are scheduled as follows: Albert Lea, MN TACC: 0800, Mankato, MN TACC: 1130 and St Paul TACC: 1430. Times for the Mankato and St. Paul TACCs are approximate and may change due to the number of vendors in attendance, travel isssues etc. Any vendor wishing to attend the site visit(s) and submit a quotation for consideration should notify SGT Todd F. Penkhus @ 320-616-2750 or
[email protected] NLT 1500, July 15, 2011. Questions regarding this Solicitation should be directed to same. Vendors desiring to do business with the Federal Government must also be registered on the Central Contractor Register (CCR). A vendor need not be registered with the CCR in order to provide a quotation, however, registration with the CCR must be completed prior to award of any contract.