PREAMBLE
Telecommunication
Consultants Services, Inc.
provides commercial products and services to the Federal
Government. We are committed to promoting participation of
small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses in
our contracts. We
pledge to provide opportunities to the small business community
through reselling opportunities, mentor-protégé programs,
joint ventures, teaming arrangements, and subcontracting.
COMMITMENT
To
actively seek and partner with small businesses.
To
identify, qualify, mentor and develop small, small disadvantaged
and women-owned small businesses by purchasing from these
businesses whenever practical.
To
develop and promote company policy initiatives that demonstrate
our support for awarding contracts and subcontracts to small
business concerns.
To
undertake significant efforts to determine the potential of
small, small disadvantaged and women-owned small business to
supply products and services to our company.
To
insure procurement opportunities are designed to permit the
maximum possible participation of small, small disadvantaged,
and women-owned small businesses.
To
attend business opportunity workshops, minority business
enterprise seminars, trade fairs, procurement conferences, etc.,
to identify and increase small businesses with whom to partner.
To
publicize in our marketing publications our interest in meeting
small businesses that may be interested in subcontracting
opportunities.
We
signify our commitment to work in partnership with small, small
disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses to promote and
increase their participation in Federal Government contracts. To
accelerate potential opportunities please contact: Loaunn
Bui, Account Manager, Phone (972) 241-0700, Fax (972) 241-0960,
E-Mail: lbui@texastcs.com.
BEST
VALUE
BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
FEDERAL SUPPLY SCHEDULE
(Insert
Customer Name)
In
the spirit of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
(Agency) and (Contractor) enter into a
cooperative agreement to further reduce the administrative costs
of acquiring commercial items from the General Services
Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule Contract(s)
____________________.
Federal
Supply Schedule contract BPAs eliminate contracting and open
market costs such as: search for sources; the development of
technical documents, solicitations and the evaluation of offers.
Teaming Arrangements are permitted with Federal Supply
Schedule Contractors in accordance with Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) 9.6.
This
BPA will futher decrease costs, reduce paperwork, and save time
by eliminating the need for repetitive, individual purchases
from the schedule contract.
The end result is to create a purchasing mechanism for
the Government that works better and costs less.
Signatures
Agency
Date
Contractor
Date
BPA
NUMBER_____________
(CUSTOMER
NAME)
BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Pursuant
to GSA Federal Supply Schedule Contract Number(s)____________,
Blanket Purchase Agreements, the Contractor agrees to the
following terms of a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
EXCLUSIVELY WITH (Ordering Agency):
(1)
The following contract items can be ordered under this
BPA. All orders placed against this BPA are subject to the terms
and conditions of the contract, except as noted below:
MODEL
NUMBER/PART NUMBER
*SPECIAL BPA DISCOUNT/PRICE
(2)
Delivery:
DESTINATION
DELIVERY SCHEDULES / DATES
(3)
The Government estimates, but does not guarantee, that
the volume of purchases through this agreement will be
_________________________.
(4)
This BPA does not obligate any funds.
(5)
This BPA expires on _________________ or at the end of
the contract period, whichever is earlier.
(6)
The following office(s) is hereby authorized to place
orders under this BPA:
OFFICE
POINT OF CONTACT
(7)
Orders will be placed against this BPA via Electronic
Data Interchange (EDI), FAX, or paper.
(8)
Unless otherwise agreed to, all deliveries under this BPA
must be accompanied by delivery tickets or sales slips that must
contain the following information as a minimum:
(a)
Name of Contractor;
(b)
Contract Number;
(c)
BPA Number;
(d)
Model Number or National Stock Number (NSN);
(e)
Purchase Order Number;
(f)
Date of Purchase;
(g)
Quantity, Unit Price, and Extension of Each Item (unit
prices and extensions need not be shown when incompatible with
the use of automated systems; provided, that the invoice is
itemized to show the information); and
(h)
Date of Shipment.
(9)
The requirements of a proper invoice are specified in the
Federal Supply Schedule contract.
Invoices will be submitted to the address specified
within the purchase order transmission issued against this BPA.
(10)
The terms and conditions included in this BPA apply to
all purchases made pursuant to it.
In the event of an inconsistency between the provisions
of this BPA and the Contractor’s invoice, the provisions of
this BPA will take precedence.
BASIC
GUIDELINES FOR USING
“CONTRACTOR TEAM ARRANGEMENTS”
Federal
Supply Schedule Contractors may use “Contractor Team
Arrangements” (see FAR 9.6) to provide solutions when
responding to a customer agency requirements.
These
Team Arrangements can be included under a Blanket Purchase
Agreement (BPA). BPAs
are permitted under all Federal Supply Schedule contracts.
Orders
under a Team Arrangement are subject to terms and conditions or
the Federal Supply Schedule Contract.
Participation
in a Team Arrangement is limited to Federal Supply Schedule
Contractors.
Customers
should refer to FAR 9.6 for specific details on Team
Arrangements.
Here
is a general outline on how it works:
·
The
customer identifies their requirements.
·
Federal
Supply Schedule Contractors may individually meet the customers
needs, or -
·
Federal
Supply Schedule Contractors may individually submit a Schedules
“Team Solution” to meet the customer’s requirement.
·
Customers
make a best value selection.
