SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Catered Meals for the Connecticut National Guard
- Notice Date
- 5/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 722320
— Caterers
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, National Guard Bureau, USPFO for Connecticut, USPFO for Connecticut, 360 Broad Street, Hartford, CT 06105-3795
- ZIP Code
- 06105-3795
- Solicitation Number
- W91ZRS-8137-0001
- Response Due
- 5/27/2008
- Point of Contact
- Diana Marini, 860-524-4873
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- 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, quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-25. This is a solicitation for the Connecticut Army National Guard (CTARNG). The USPFO for Connecticut intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price contract and quotes are requested for catering of three meals per day, for 26 days in June, 2008. The solicitation number is W91ZRS-8137-0001. The NAICS code is 722320 with a small business size standard of $6.5 million. The contractor shall provide healthy, appetizing and nutritious meals, onsite to approximately 152 soldiers located at Camp Rell, 38 Smith Street, Niantic, CT 06357 for two meals per day and 139 Tower Ave, Groton, CT 06340, for one meal per day, for the Period of Performance of June 3, 2008 through June 27, 2008. The Government prefers to make a single award but reserves the right to award to multiple vendors if it is in the best interest of the Government. This requirement is for the following line items: Line Item 1: Breakfast Meals: June 3-27, 2008, total of 3,252 Breakfast Meals required for the entire 26 day period. Location is Camp Rell, 38 Smith Street, Niantic, CT 06357, Bldg 28; served between 6:00 AM 7:00 AM. Line Item 2: Lunch Meals: June 3-27, 2008, total of 3,252 Lunch Meals required for the entire 26 day period. Location is AVCRAD, 139 Tower Ave, Groton, CT 06340; served between 12:00 PM 1:00 PM. Line Item 3: Dinner Meals: June 2-27, 2008 - total of 3,252 Dinner Meals required for the entire 26 day period. Location is Camp Rell, 38 Smith Street, Niantic, CT 06357,Bldg 28; served between 5:30 PM 6:30 PM. Line Item 4: Boxed Lunch: June 27, 2008 152 meals on day of departure to be delivered to Camp Rell, 38 Smith Street, Niantic, CT 06357, Bldg 28; not later than 4:00 PM on 27 June, 2008. The spreadsheet named Quantities.pdf breaks down the quantities by day and meal. Breakfast choices shall include fresh fruit juice, low fat chocolate and white milk, individual packaged dried cereal or individual packaged hot cereal, eggs, pancakes, breakfast meat, assorted breads, hash brown potatoes, biscuits with gravy, fresh or canned fruit, coffee, butter or margarine, syrup, jelly or jam, and condiments. Lunch & Dinner shall include an entree which includes a tossed salad, one vegetable at lunch and two vegetables at dinner, accompanied by the appropriate side dishes or sauces, gravies, or salad dressings, low fat chocolate and white milk, iced tea and coffee, and condiments. Each meal shall be served with a choice of bread and butter or margarine, and dessert. Entrees shall vary in a manner not to repeat within a 3-day period. The Government has provided a 14 day menu plan, the file name is FY08_14DayMenu.pdf. The Government will make award(s) resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the government, price and other factors considered. The following provisions are included in this acquisition: FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; FAR 52.212-1, Instruction to Offerors--Commercial (Nov 2007), FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial items (Jan 1999); FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Nov 2007) Alternate I (Apr 2002); DFAR 252.225-7000, Buy American Act and Balance of Payments Certificate. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration (Jul 2006); FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items (Feb 2007); FAR 52.212- 5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (Feb 2008). The following additional FAR Clauses cited within clause 52.212-5 also apply: 5 2.219-6, Convict Labor; 52.222-19, Child Labor--Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.2 22-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; 52.222-41, 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons ; 52.233-3, Protest After Award; 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim. FAR 52.247-34, F.O.B. Destination and FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1988) also apply to this acquisition. The following DFAR clauses also apply: DFARS 252.204-7004 Alt A, Required Central Contractor Registration Alternate A (Nov 2003); 252.212-7001 (Dev), Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items (Deviation) (Apr 2007); 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (Mar 2007) ; 252.243-7001 Pricing of Contract Modifications 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments; and 252.243-7023 (Mar 2002) Alternate III (May 2002). Provisions and Clauses for this synopsis/solicitation can be found at http://farsite.hill.af.mil. Central Contractor Registration (CCR) can be found at http://www.bpn.gov/. Questions may be directed to the contracting officer at 860.524.4873, e-mail is preferred at diana.marini@us.army.mil Written quotes must be submitted to the USPFO for Connecticut, Purchasing and Contracting Division, ATTN: Diana Marini, 360 Broad Street Hartford, Connecticut 06105-3706; via fax (860)524-4874; or e-mail to diana.marini@us.army.mil, Not Later Than 2:00 PM on May 27, 2008.
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- Address: USPFO for Connecticut 360 Broad Street, Hartford CT
- Zip Code: 06105-3795
- Zip Code: 06105-3795
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