The
FBI maintains a Solicitation Mailing List which lists
all eligible and qualified concerns to ensure access
to adequate sources of supplies and services. The list
is based upon requests submitted by the company to the Property
Procurement and Management Section on a Standard
Form (SF) 129, Solicitation Mailing
List Application (pdf), along with catalogs
and/or brochures. All companies are categorized first
by product code, then alphabetically, business size,
whether minority or woman-owned, or certified Hubzone
business, and/or 8(a) certified. In order to be placed
on the FBI's Solicitation Mailing List, you must download
the SF-129 - [pdf] and
mail it to:
Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Room 6842, JEH Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535
fax (202) 324-1172
You
may include additional information along with the SF
129 or you may e-mail to: ppo@fbi.gov.
Please keep telephone calls to a minimum as all the information
regarding the FBI's contracting policies are contained
on this web site. If interested in obtaining current
solicitation information, you must visit Fedbizopps.gov.
"Economically
disadvantaged individuals" means socially disadvantaged
individuals whose ability to compete in the free enterprise
system is impaired due to diminished opportunities to
obtain capital and credit as compared to others in the
same line of business who are not socially disadvantaged.
"Hubzone" means
a historically underutilized business zone, which is
an area located within one or more qualified census tracts,
qualified non metropolitan counties, or lands within
the external boundaries of an Indian reservation.
"Hubzone
small business concern" means a small business concern
that appears on the List of Qualified Hubzone Small Business
Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration.
"Small
business concern" means a concern, including its
affiliates, that is independently owned and operated,
not dominant in the field of operation in which it is
bidding on government contracts, and qualified as a small
business under the criteria and size standards of 13
CFR, Part 121.
"Small
disadvantaged business concern" means a small business
concern that has received certification consistent with
13 CFR, Part 124, where the concern is owned by one or
more disadvantaged individuals, the net worth of each
individual upon whom the certification is based does
not exceed $750,000 after taking into account the applicable
exclusions set forth at 13 CFR, and is certified by the
Small Business Administration as such.
"Socially
disadvantaged individuals" means individuals who
have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice or
cultural bias because of their identity as a member of
a group without regard to their qualities as individuals.
"Woman-owned
small business concern" means a concern which is
at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or in
the case of publicly owned business, at least 51 percent
of the stock of which is owned by one or more women.
Concerns
that have been debarred from government contracts or
determined to be ineligible shall be removed from the
Solicitation Mailing List to the extent required by the
debarment, suspension, or ineligibility rules set forth
in the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Concerns
that have been removed from the Solicitation Mailing
List due to two non responsive bids may be reinstated
upon written request by filling out a new application
(SF-129 - [pdf]), or
a submission of a bid.
Some of these publications
are in PDF (Portable Document Format). To view them
you will need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in installed on your
computer. The Reader can be downloaded at no cost from
Adobe's site on the World Wide Web.