Procurement: Sprpa125reg40- Philadelphia Pa

This tender solicits bids for **** specialized shipping and storage containers. The containers must be reusable and repairable, designed for specialized equipment. Pre-award and post-award surveys and conferences may be required for new manufacturers, and post-award conferences are recommended for previous sources. The container shell material must be plastic, and the manufacturing process must use vacuum forming, rotomolding, or blow molding. Specific manufacturing requirements, testing, and inspection procedures are detailed in the document. A first article test (FAT) is mandatory, with specific testing procedures and criteria outlined. The government will require testing for all offerors. The cost of the government testing effort is estimated at $12000. The FAT samples will be destroyed during testing. Offerors who have previously furnished identical production articles accepted by the government may request a waiver of the first article approval requirements. The offeror must submit evidence that the last production unit was delivered within three (3) years of the solicitation issue date, and that the production location will be the same as used for the previous production run. The offeror must also submit a certification that the articles will be produced using the same facilities, processes, sequences of operations, and approved subcontractors as those previously delivered and accepted by the government or the original equipment manufacturer/prime manufacturer, and that the previous production units were manufactured without material review board disposition or waiver/deviation request or rejection of pre-production samples for cause. Offerors requesting a waiver must submit two prices: one based on compliance with the first article approval requirements and one based on a waiver of such requirements. If the first article is disapproved, the contractor must submit an additional first article for testing. All costs related to these tests are to be borne by the contractor.