This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability of potential sources of supply from designated countries for the following office supplies: - Rubber Bands - Staples - Calculators The General Services Administration (GSA) is performing a market survey to determine whether the above listed office items available from a designated country. According to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 25.003 Definitions, a Designated country means any of the following countries: 1. A World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement country (Aruba, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, or United Kingdom); 2. A Free Trade Agreement country (Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Morocco, or Singapore); 3. A least developed country (Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, or Zambia); or 4. A Caribbean Basin country (Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, or Trinidad and Tobago). If a country is not listed in 1-4 above, then that country is not considered a designated country. Please submit your responses to Patrick Mudd, Contract Specialist. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 212.264.4173 Fax: 212.264.1780 Office Products Acquisition Division, 2FYB 26 Federal Plaza, Room 19-128 New York, NY 10278 Please include in your response product description and country of origin. All businesses capable of providing these office supplies from a designated country are invited to respond. Any information provided by the industry to the Government as a result of this sources sought notice is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this sources sought notice.

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