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This document explains in wholesale terms the types of items purchased, who procures them and where they are purchased. Information specifically directed to small, disadvantaged, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and women-owned businesses is moreover included.  Background The National Labor Relations Board is an self-sustaining federal organ created by Congress in 1935 to supervise the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. The statute guarantees the right of employees to organize and to undear collectively with their employers or to refrain from all such activity.Oftenapplying to all employers involved in interstate commerce--other than airlines, railroads, agriculture, and government--the Act implements the national labor policy of assuring self-ruling nomination and encouraging joint bargaining as a ways of maintaining industrial peace.  Through the years, Congress has amended the Act and the Board and courts have ripened a soul of law drawn from the statute. Where Procurement Takes Place NLRB’s Acquisitions Management Branch (AMB) purchases goods and services on a internal basis.  Vendors are urged to contact CPS on 202-273-4210 for increasingly information on the specific products and services stuff purchased. Purchases are moreover made at many field offices. The purchases made by these offices, however, are often limited to small dollar value, off-the-shelf items that are misogynist locally. The names and locations of the field offices may be obtained here. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database Contractors must register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database surpassing they can be awarded contracts over $2,500. The CCR Web site is at www.ccr.gov.  All contractors are required to be registered in the CCR prior to receiving any contract ribbon from NLRB.  CCR provides a "single face" to a vendor for registering to do merchantry with the Government. The contractor is responsible for ensuring the verism of the registration information and is the only one authorized to transpiration the information. To register your visitor into the CCR, visit the website at www.ccr.gov.   In addition, the CCR registration process requires that you have a DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet. You may obtain a DUNS number from Dun & Bradstreet by calling 1-(800)-333-0505 or by visiting their Web site at www.dnb.com. Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) In conjunction with registration in the CCR, contractors must moreover submit their representations and certifications electronically through the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at orca.bpn.gov. GSA Advantage! NLRB fills many of its requirements for wontedly used items through GSA Advantage!®, a General Services Administration (GSA) on-line system from which GSA stock items and Federal Supply Schedule products and services may be ordered. Products and services from the Federal Prison Industries, Inc., moreover referred to as UNICOR; from nonprofit agencies serving people who are veiling or severely disabled, such as the National Industries for theVeiling(NIB); and from nonprofit agencies serving people with severe disabilities other than unawareness are sold through GSA Advantage. Where specific products or services are not misogynist from GSA Advantage, NLRB may reap them directly from UNICOR or NIB or similar agencies. GSA Federal Supply Schedule & Other Government-wide Contracts One of the primary methods for acquiring goods and services not misogynist through GSA Advantage!® is by ordering from vendors that have GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts, or that have indefinite wordage type contracts issued by one Federal organ but versus which other Federal offices are unliable to issue orders.  Purchasing Procedures NLRB uses a variety of procedures for purchasing on anUnshutMarket basis. These procedures are governed by the FederalVanquishmentRegulation (FAR) which is recapped below. The FAR is misogynist on the Internet at www.acquisition.gov.  Micro-Purchases by Non-Procurement Personnel NLRB’s Micro-Purchases (procurements of $3,000 or less) are often carried out by authorized non-procurement personnel through use of a Government-wide commercial purchase vellum rather than stuff handled by the Contracts and Procurement Section. SimplifiedVanquishmentProcedures For requirements unscientific to forfeit increasingly than $3,000 but less than $150,000, procurement offices use simplified vanquishment procedures.  These procedures are simpler than those used in sealed prompting or negotiated procurements.  Competition to the maximum extent practicable is required, with solicitation of at least three sources often considered to meet this requirement. Acquisitions in this dollar range are set whispered for the sectional participation of small merchantry concerns unless there is a reason why this is not feasible.  For purchases up to $25,000, requests for quotation are usually oral and written solicitations are rarely used. Notices of merchantry opportunities over $25,000 are posted on the FederalMerchantryOpportunities (FedBizOpps) Web site.  These notices, moreover referred to as synopses, may contain sufficient information for vendors to submit quotes (this is referred to as a combined synopsis/solicitation) and in these instances a separate written solicitation is not issued. SealedPromptingand Negotiated Procedures For acquisitions unscientific to exceed $150,000, sealed prompting or negotiated procedures are used. These are increasingly formal and structured than simplified vanquishment procedures. These acquisitions must (with limited exceptions) be competed using procedures that provide for full and unshut competition, which ways that all responsible sources are permitted to compete. Acquisitions in this dollar range are often synopsized on the FedBizOpps Web site prior to issuance of the written solicitation (Invitation for Bids or Request for Proposals).  SealedPrompting Under sealed prompting procedures, an Invitation for Bids (IFB) is issued inviting interested companies to compete by submitting a sealed bid. Bids are publicly opened at a stage and time specified in the IFB. The bids are evaluated without discussions and contract ribbon is made to the responsible bidder whose bid, conforming to the IFB, is the most worthwhile to the Government, considering only price and the price-related factors included in the IFB. Negotiated Procedures Under these procedures, a Request for Proposals (RFP) is issued inviting interested companies to submit proposals by a specified date. Unlike offers submitted in sealed bidding, proposals submitted for negotiation are not publicly opened. Proposals received are evaluated based on the factors and sub-factors contained in the solicitation.Ribbonmay be made without discussions if the Government includes a notice in the solicitation stating its intent to evaluate proposals and make ribbon without discussions. If discussions are held, Offerors may be given the opportunity to revise price, schedule, technical requirements, contract type or other contractual terms and conditions in their offer. After completion of all discussions and receipt of Best and Final Offer proposal revisions, ribbon is made to the responsive/responsible Offeror whose offer is the most worthwhile to the Government considering price and the other factors specified in the solicitation. Commercial Item Acquisitions The FederalVanquishmentStreamlining Act of 1994 established a preference for the vanquishment of commercial items and moreover established procedures intended to increasingly closely resemble the commercial marketplace. The procedures unique to vanquishment of commercial items are used in conjunction with those for simplified acquisition, sealed prompting or contracting by negotiation.  Special requirements related to commercial item acquisitions include expanded market research, streamlined evaluation procedures, and the worthiness to increasingly closely follow the customary commercial practice for the item/service stuff acquired. Small, Disadvantaged, Women-owned, and Service-disabled Veteran-owned SmallMerchantryConcerns  Section 308 of the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 authorizes contracting officers to ribbon sole source contracts to service-disabled veteran businesses under unrepealable conditions.  In addition, simplified vanquishment procedures have been implemented in order to modernize opportunities for small, disadvantaged, women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses and HUBZone small merchantry concerns to obtain a pearly proportion of Government contracts.  Whenever possible the NLRB, will use these resources to procure goods and services. How to Obtain Information Regarding Proposed Purchases FederalMerchantryOpportunities (FedBizOpps) The FederalMerchantryOpportunities Web site is where the public can obtain information well-nigh Government-wide merchantry opportunities greater than $25,000. Synopses of proposed contract actions, solicitations and associated information, and ribbon synopses can be accessed electronically at this site. All new contracting opportunities within the NLRB are posted on the FederalMerchantryOpportunities (FedBizOpps) Web site.  FedbizOpps is the government-wide portal for all Federal contracts and the single government point-of-entry for Federal government procurement opportunities valued over $25,000. Merchantryopportunities listed on FedBizOpps may be found by visiting www.fedbizopps.gov. Solicitation Copies at Procurement Offices CPS maintains and posts copies of unshut solicitations for ready reference on NLRB’s Web Site.  Vendors may wish to set up appointments to meet with procurement personnel to discuss the types of products and services offered and the needs of the procurement office customers. Selling Opportunities Through GSA GSA purchases goods and services for U.S. Government agencies, ownership both nationally and in local markets, through its Washington, DC headquarters and its regional offices throughout the country. Information well-nigh selling to the Government through GSA is misogynist at www.gsa.gov. VanquishmentAssistance  Vendors may obtain assistance from the U.S. SmallMerchantryAdministration.  In wing to vanquishment assistance programs, the SBA has an variety of business, financial, and management teammate programs for small businesses, including those that are disadvantaged or owned by women and service-disabled veterans. 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