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One issue with the greatest potential to impact Federal contractors is the "Maritime Federal Supply Class (FSC) Initiative " being issued by the Defense Supply Center Columbus. The solicitation, solicitation number SPM7MX09R0008, contains 56,000+ NSN’s. Click here to see the solicitation.
If awarded, the federal government would NO longer handle the buying for these items. The buying of these items would be handled by only one or two companies and these 56,000+ NSN’s would be removed from competitive bidding for up to 10 years. Free and open competition on these items would be eliminated and companies would no longer have the opportunity to bid and supply these items to the Federal government. Even more damaging is the provision in the solicitation that would allow the government to add every NSN in the FSC’s listed below to the contract thus eliminating competition on hundreds of thousands of items for up to a decade.
The items being solicited under the "Maritime Federal Supply Class (FSC) Initiative" include NSN’s in the following FSC’s 4710, 4720, 4730, 4820, 5330, 5331, 5930, 5935, 5961, 5962, and 6145. Further, as mentioned earlier, every NSN in these stock classes could be added to this contract after award.
A draft solicitation has been issued for the supply of these items and DSCC anticipates issuing a formal RFP early to mid September. If this solicitation or any future bundling of NSN’s will impact your business, please call or email NAMR at the email address or phone number listed on the Contact page
NAMR is working on behalf of its members to stop the harmful effects of this initiative and other issues as well. In fact, NAMR has testified before Congress on the effects of contract bundling and other issues such as the Federal Prison Industries. You can familiarize yourself with these issues by visiting the links to the right.
And, remember please let NAMR know if your business will be impacted by this Maritime Federal Supply Class initiative or other related federal contracting issues. You do NOT need to be a member of NAMR to contact us; although, NAMR welcomes new members.
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