This ought to give you pause

[DeanC]

Remington Shotguns
Solicitation Number: EDOOIG-10-000004
Agency: Department of Education
Office: Contracts & Acquisitions Management
Location: Contracts (All ED Components)

Solicitation Number: EDOOIG-10-000004
Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Synopsis: Added: Mar 08, 2010 10:39 am

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to purchase twenty-seven (27) REMINGTON BRAND MODEL 870 POLICE 12/14P MOD GRWC XS4 KXCS SF. RAMAC #24587 GAUGE: 12 BARREL: 14" - PARKERIZED CHOKE: MODIFIED SIGHTS: GHOST RING REAR WILSON COMBAT; FRONT - XS CONTOUR BEAD SIGHT STOCK: KNOXX REDUCE RECOIL ADJUSTABLE STOCK FORE-END: SPEEDFEED SPORT-SOLID - 14" LOP are designated as the only shotguns authorized for ED based on compatibility with ED existing shotgun inventory, certified armor and combat training and protocol, maintenance, and parts.
The required date of delivery is March 22, 2010.
Interested sources must submit detailed technical capabilities and any other information that demonstrates their ability to meet the requirements above, no later than March 12, 2010 at 12 PM, E.S.T. Any quotes must be submitted electronically to the attention of Holly.Le@ed.gov, Contract Specialist (Contract Operations Group), with a concurrent copy to Sherese.Lewis@ed.gov, Contracting Officer (Contract Operations Group).
The following clauses are applicable to this requirement:

52-212-1 Instruction to Offerors - Commercial Items
52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items
52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items
52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items
52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required Implementing Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items

In accordance with 52.212-2, the fill-in applicable to this requirement is below:
52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items.
As prescribed in 12.301(c), the Contracting Officer may insert a provision substantially as follows:
Evaluation-Commercial Items (Jan 1999)
(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:
(i) Technical Capability
(ii) Price
In accordance with 52.212-5, the following clauses are applicable to this requirement:
52.225-1 Buy American Act - Supplies (February 2009)
52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central

New equipment only; no remanufactured products. No partial shipments
Offer must be good for 30 calendar days after submission.
Offerors must have current Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the time offer is submitted. Information can be found at http://www.ccr.gov.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The Government will award a commercial item purchase order to the offeror with the most advantageous offer to the government. All offerors must submit their best price and delivery capabilities.

Place of Delivery:
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Inspector General
c/o: Gary Pawlak, Special Agent
500 West Madison Street - Suite 1414
Chicago, IL 60661

Contracting Office Address:
550 12th Street, SW, 7th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20202

Primary Point of Contact.:
Holly Le,
Contract Specialist
Holly.Le@ed.gov
Phone: 202-245-6070
Fax: 202-245-6297

Secondary Point of Contact:
Sherese Perrin Lewis,
Contracting Officer
Sherese.Lewis@ed.gov
Phone: 202-245-6235
Fax: 202-245-6296

[Pat Cannon]

based on compatibility with ED existing shotgun inventory

Ever since 1963 there's been a special unit of elite DoEd operators in control of all schoolbook repository buildings.

[mrokern]

They have special agents in their Office of the Inspector General, responsible for investigating grant fraud and things along those lines...

[DeanC]

Great... Behind on your student loan? "rack, rack"

[nyffman]

First the IRS, now the Dept of Education????????? I shoulda put on my tinfoil hat before going online.

[bstrawse]

First the IRS, now the Dept of Education????????? I shoulda put on my tinfoil hat before going online.

I think many of us would be shocked by the number of federal law enforcement agencies -- like say the special agents of the FDA, or others..

[plblark]

I heard somewhere that the US Postal Inspectors are the largest single agency group or Sworn officers.

[DeanC]

[BobS]

First the IRS, now the Dept of Education????????? I shoulda put on my tinfoil hat before going online.

I think many of us would be shocked by the number of federal law enforcement agencies -- like say the special agents of the FDA, or others..

I don't think there are any federal agencies that don't have at least a few people that carry guns. I had a friend whose wife was in the Dept of Agriculture as a food inspector. She carried a handgun on duty. Why? I have no earthly idea and neither did her husband.

I imagine it has something to do with an "Us vs. Them" mentality.

Bob

[Joat]

There are 90 federal agencies with the power to enforce laws, all of them have guns.

http://snarkybytes.com/?p=5352

[Pat Cannon]

There are 90 federal agencies with the power to enforce laws, all of them have guns.

http://snarkybytes.com/?p=5352

Heh. My favorite so far is the Railroad Retirement Board. I suppose there might be a fortified compound of pension fraudsters out there somewhere. You never know.

[chunkstyle]

My brother-in-law is an enforcement agent for the Bureau of Mines. Sure, he can go armed, but he doesn't need to, so he doesn't.