SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Cafeteria Services
- Notice Date
- 9/20/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 722310
— Food Service Contractors
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service (PBS), Metropolitan Services Center (WPD), 1099 14th Street, NW Suite 200W, Washington, DC, 20005
- ZIP Code
- 20005
- Solicitation Number
- GS-11P-05-YEC-0234
- Response Due
- 10/20/2005
- Archive Date
- 11/3/2005
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is GS-11P-05-YEC-0234 and is issued as a Request for Proposals (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acqu isition Circular 97-27. The contractor shall establish and operate in the contractor's name, the food service facilities as shown in 4 below, for the purpose of dispensing food, nonalcoholic beverages and such other items as may be authorized by the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR), in accordance with all terms and conditions specified herein. This cafeteria is to be operated for the benefit of approximately 1,450 employees who will be occupants in the building located at theDept. of Health and Human Services, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW,Washington, DC. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. The evaluation factors are as follows: A. PAST PERFORMANCE 1. Reputation. The Government considers the reputation of the offeror in providing food services as indicated by the program office survey of services submitted in the offeror's proposal and the information requested of the offeror. A survey will be conducted with clients of the offeror. Health inspection reports may also be reviewed. The Government reserves the right to contact additional references. 2. Experience. The Government considers the experience and/or the ability of the offeror to provide food service under a profit/loss arrangement in facilities comparable in size, type and complexity. The offeror must have a minimum of five (5) years experience in the food service industry, and three (3) years experience with profit/loss facilities similar to this in sales volume, size, scope and complexity, involving point of service marketing and state of the art equipment. B. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 1. Resources. The Government considers the resources of the offeror's organization, including regional management level staffing, training and proposed unit backup support. 2. Staffing. The Government considers the offeror's staffing levels and pattern as it is required by the facility layout, menu, patronage, and sales. Also considered is the daily and weekly man-hour coverage for functions. Refer to the Statement of Work for manager requirements to be included in your proposal. C. MENU CYCLE AND VARIETY . The Government considers the offeror?s provision of a complete menu cycle, variety and daily patterns. Proposed innovative services and/or facility improvements are also evaluated. The Government will evaluate the compatibility of the menu cycle and innovations as they relate to the facility layout and equipment. D. SANITATION AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. The Government considers the offeror's sanitation and preventive maintenance practices that demonstrate conformance with food service standards. In addition, the adequacy of the preventive maintenance program and practices as proposed in guidelines and schedules are considered. Also considered is the proposed recycling program. E. CONTROLS. The Government considers the offeror's accounting systems, quality assurance program and effective management data which produces information on sales, meal counts, check averages, etc., based on the contract requirements in the Statement of Work. F. PRICE AND PORTION POLICIES. The Government considers the offeror's policies on pricing, portions and food cost controls. G. BUDGET (PRO FORMA). The Government considers the offeror's proposed total operating budget and written explanations as it relates to the proposal, and its realistic projection of sales, costs and profit. Proposals will be evaluated and scored on the above evaluation factors. The factors Reputation and Experience each are one and one-half times as important to the Government in the evaluation as any other single category. The other categories are not listed in relative order of importance. The Government will make award to the responsible offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation and receives the highest total point score. The State Licensing Agency (SLA) will compete for this facility and will be selected if their proposal is in the competitive range. In the event they are not in the competitive range and two or more offerors are tied for the highest total point score, lots will be drawn to determine which offeror will be awarded the contract. Solicitations are available upon request from marisol.vargasbusch@gsa.gov. Proposals will be due October 20, 2005, at 1:30 PM, local time, at the following location: GSA, Bid Room 1065, 7TH & D Street, SW, Washington, DC 20407. Only written requests will be accepted. 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- Place of Performance
- Address: Dept. of Health & Human Services, Hubert Humphrey Building, 200 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20201
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20201
- Record
- SN00899734-W 20050922/050920212538 (fbodaily.com)
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