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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY <br />FIREFIGHTER PERSONAL PRTOECTIVE EQUIPMENT <br />Solicitation Synopsis <br />Solicitation No. 1540 <br />Intent <br />The Public Procurement Authority (PPA) served as Lead Agency to solicit proposals for <br />FIREFIGHTER PERSONAL PRTOECTIVE EQUIPMENT. PPA works in cooperation with <br />National Purchasing Partners "NPP" and its Government Division dba NPPGov, dba <br />FireRescue GPO and dba Law Enforcement GPO (collectively hereinafter "NPPGov"), to <br />service the PPA and NPPGov membership. The published Request for Proposal (RFP) <br />contained provisions that permitted all members of PPA and NPPGov throughout the <br />nation to "piggy -back" off the resulting Master Price Agreement. <br />Determination for issuing RFP vs. Sealed Bid <br />PPA has determined that it is advantageous for PPA to procure FIREFIGHTER PERSONAL <br />PRTOECTIVE EQUIPMENT using the competitive RFP process rather than sealed bidding. <br />Sealed bidding limits evaluation of offers solely to compliance with the requirements, <br />provides no opportunity to compare the product and service offerings among the <br />vendors, prohibits revision of the offers, and uses price as the predominate deciding <br />factor. Such limitations prevent PPA from awarding the most advantageous contract(s) <br />for PPA and its members. <br />Procedure <br />PPA issued an RFP (1540) on December 14, 2015. <br />The RFP was published in the Daily Journal of Commerce on December 14, 2015, <br />The RFP was published in USA Today on December 21, 2015. <br />The original RFP close date was February 1, 2016, but was extended to February 15, <br />2016 to allow adequate time for response. <br />The RFP was awarded on April 18, 2016. <br />The RFP was posted to the following web sites: www.nppgov.com, <br />www.procurementauthority.org, and www.findrfp.com <br />