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GSA Federal Acquisition Service
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National Customer Service Center
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Miscellaneous - Complementary Special Item Numbers (SINs)
Category
Description
4PL
4PL Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) Supplies and Services This SIN encompasses all commercially available Fourth-Party Logistics (4PL) delivery models required for a full solution that includes, at a minimum, providing the product, logistical support, transportation, inventory management, and all other services necessary to support 4PL operations.
Specific services include, but are not limited to: Vendor-Owned/Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) Services, such as resupply of designated items by the Vendor through regularly scheduled reviews of on-site inventory counts, removal of damaged or outdated goods, and the re-stocking of inventory to predetermined levels at their specified locations and customer support.
4PL services can be delivered in various 4PL models, separately or in combination: Brick and Mortar Retail Storefronts; Tool Rooms and Issue Points; Virtual ServMarts; Satellite Locations; In-Store Referral Ordering; Direct Delivery; and Online Catalogs.
General Requirements
Items must:
(1) Represent a full and broad catalog (as outlined in SCP-FSS-001); and
(2) Be within scope of at least one existing MAS SIN; and
(3) Comply with all requirements outlined in corresponding SIN(s)
NOTE: Items proposed under this SIN do not have to be awarded under another SIN in the MAS program, but must be commercial in nature and meet all category-specific requirements outlined in the corresponding category attachment.
NOTE: Offerors shall provide fully burdened rates of products offered under the consolidated schedule. Proposed price lists must specifically cover fully-burdened rates which include the product and the 4PL Services. Proposed prices are firm fixed price (FFP) and must represent fully-burdened rates inclusive of product, service and freight cost.
Delivery Requirements: F.O.B. Destination, in accordance with the clause at FAR 52.247-34 F.O.B. DESTINATION (see most current Solicitation for clause effective date), is required for all domestic deliveries. For the purposes of the 4PL SIN, "domestic delivery" is delivery within the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Washington, DC, and U.S. territories. Domestic delivery also includes a port or consolidation point, within the aforementioned areas, for orders received from overseas activities.
Note: U.S. territories include 48 contiguous states, Washington, DC, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam.
