United States Property and Fiscal Office for Ohio, 2811 West Dublin Granville Road, Room 211, Columbus, Ohio 43235-2712

89 -- PROVIDE SUBSISTENCE Contact Point: CMSGT Carl K Roshong, (614) 766-7596. The Ohio National Guard, requires Subsistence (Food) for Army and Air National Guard units located throughout the state. This represents approximately 15,000 individuals. A two step bidding process will be used to effect the contract/s which will be let on a regional basis (four regions) to the contractor/s with the lowest evaluated, delivered, per meal price based on the governments ``World Wide Menu'' and associated recipes. A strong partnering relationship between the Ohio National Guard and the successful contractor/s is anticipated. Potential suppliers are to base their proposals for providing subsistence items as described below, to locations throughout the state of Ohio during Unit Training Assemblies (UTA's) and Annual Training periods, dates and time to be determined. The period to be covered will be January 1, 1997 through September 30, 1997 with consideration by the Government to exercise option years beyond the first year. First consideration will be given to suppliers who quote on all items listed as requested even if it requires picking up items not normally carried in stock. If savings can accrue to the government by considering alternative packaging eg. dried vs frozen, bulk vs individual servings, fresh vs frozen, pounds vs units, paste base vs, powder base, etc., the proposal should reflect the potential savings as a separate alternative proposal. The vendor will be expected to support their per meal prices with detailed prices of each recipe item for the ordered meal including applicable discounts and quantity breaks. Other factors to be evaluated will be; ability to provide all requirements including produce, dry goods, dairy products, bakery items, condiments and ice in the same delivery. eg. ``ONE STOP SHOPPING''. Incentives offered the government to offset premium prices paid by the government when forced to purchase locally through unavailability of product from the supplier, and availability of suppliers representative (point of contact) will also be used as evaluation factors. NOTE: the government desires one point of contact with appropriate authority to resolve all potential issues associated with ordering, pricing and delivery issues. Customer service will be a major factor in considering an acceptable candidate for award. The range of this procurement is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00 per year. Proposals will be due on or about October 15, 1996. Bid issue date will be on or about September 15, 1996. Only written requests for solicitations are acceptable, no fax or telephone requests will be considered. (218)

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