NOTICE OF BID OPPORTUNITY

Competitive Solicitation 23-0001

Buoy Tags

COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION POSTING: October 1, 2024

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING BIDS: November 15, 2024

Find the full solicitation on Washington’s Electronic Business Solution (WEBS). Vendors not registered in WEBS will not receive updates or amendments to the solicitation, which could disadvantage your bid.

Virtual Pre-bid conference: October 15, 2024 at 9:00 AM (Pacific Time)

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Contract location: Statewide

Contract description: The Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (Enterprise Services) is conducting a competitive procurement to award a Contract for eligible purchasers to acquire Buoy Tags.

Enterprise Services, through its Printing and Imaging Program is tasked with providing the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife with goods and services to carry out their operations. These operations require the use of large quantities of markers known as Tags. Tags are attached to crab pots and used to track activity by licensed fishery operations.

Tags must be sturdy and flexible enough to withstand a marine environment. They must be individually and sequentially numbered. Orders may specify oval or square shaped tags. Colors are based on the Pantone Matching System color chart, and vary from year to year. This solicitation will have a preference for Tags manufactured in whole or in part with recycled material and/or with digital or soybean based or other nontoxic printing.

Enterprise Services intends to award one (1) contract to the highest scored, responsive, responsible bidder.

Commodity codes:

080-10 Badges, Buttons, Emblems, and ID Cards, Celluloid and Plastic: Student, Faculty, Membership, Employee, etc.

080-15 Badges, Buttons, Emblems, and Patches, Metal: Cap, Game Wardens', Officers', Service Awards, Uniform, etc.

966-52 Licenses and Back Tags Printing Services (Hunting, Fishing, etc.)

966-90 Tickets, Special Tags, Labels, Printed: Continuous, Gang or Single

Inclusion plan: None

Preference/priority points:

• Washington Small Business: 5 Points
• Veteran-owned Business: 5 Points
• Executive Order 18-03: 5 Points
• Washington State Environmental Preference: 5 points

Solicitation documents: Solicitation documents, contacts and bid instructions are available in WEBS: https://pr-webs-vendor.des.wa.gov/.

Question-and-answer period: Deadline for Submitting Questions: October 22, 2024

Anticipated Deadline for Answers: October 29, 2024

Submit questions or concerns about this solicitation in writing to the Procurement Coordinator:

Sean Santoro, sean.santoro@des.wa.gov.