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U -- CULINARY INSTRUCTION ABOARD NAVY SHIPS AT SEA SOL N00140-00-Q-2902 DUE 060100 POC Leanne Hanger (215) 697-9604; JoAnne Gallagher (215) 697-9604 E-MAIL: FISC NORFOLK DETACHMENT PHILADELPHIA, leanne_s_hanger@phil.fisc.navy.mil. The FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia announces a = requirement for=20 culinary instruction aboard Navy Ships while at Sea. Request For Quote = N00140-00-Q-2902 contemplates a firm fixed price indefinite delivery = indefinite=20 quantity type contract for a base period of one year, with two one-year = options. The base year period of performance is approximately 20 JUN = 00=20 through 19 JUN 01. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for = commercial=20 items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as = supplemented=20 with additional information included in this notice. This announcement = constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a = written=20 solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and = incorporated=20 provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition = Circular=20 97-17. This is a full and open competitive procurement. It is the = contractor' s responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and = provisions. =20 The clauses may be accessed in full text at these addresses: = www.arnet.gov/far=20 and www.dtic.mil/dfars. The SIC Code is 8299 and the size standard is = $5.0M. =20 The FISC Detachment Philadelphia requests responses from qualified = sources=20 capable of providing the following Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs): = BASE=20 PERIOD, LOT I (CLIN 0001 and CLIN 0002): CLIN 0001 is for Culinary = Instruction=20 Aboard Navy Ships while at Sea in accordance with the Statement of Work = for an=20 estimated 6 month period per Ship for a Quantity of Two (2) ships per = year. =20 CLIN 0002 is for Sets of Books to support the courses conducted in = accordance=20 with the Statement of Work for a Quantity Not To Exceed 200 Sets per = year. =20 OPTION I, LOT II: (CLIN 0003 and CLIN 0004): CLIN 0003 is for = Culinary=20 Instruction Aboard Navy Ships while at Sea in accordance with the = Statement of=20 Work for an estimated 6 month period per Ship for a Quantity of Two (2) = ships=20 per year. CLIN 0004 is for Sets of Books to support the courses = conducted in=20 accordance with the Statement of Work for a Quantity Not To Exceed 200 = Sets per=20 year. OPTION II, LOT III (CLIN 0005 and CLIN 0006): CLIN 0005 is for = Culinary=20 Instruction Aboard Navy Ships while at Sea in accordance with the = Statement of=20 Work for an estimated 6 month period per Ship for a Quantity of Two (2) = ships=20 per year. CLIN 0006 is for Sets of Books to support the courses = conducted in=20 accordance with the Statement of Work for a Quantity Not To Exceed 200 = Sets per=20 year. STATEMENT OF WORK: The following services shall be provided for = a=20 period of 6 months to Mess Specialists aboard Navy Ships while at sea. = 1. =20 Certificate and Competency based instruction in Professional Cooking = with=20 emphasis on high volume production in accordance with the Educational=20 Foundation of the National Restaurant Association standards. 2. = Certificate based instruction in Applied Food Service Sanitation. 3. Certificate = based=20 instruction in Nutrition. 4. Certificate based instruction in = Supervisory=20 Development with emphasis on management of newly skilled labor. 5. = Conduct=20 graduation exercises for students who qualify to graduate from the = instruction=20 program. 6. Provide competency transcript which summarizes the hours = of=20 instruction and completed competencies for each student enrolled in the = program=20 for follow-on credit to complete degrees or certifications. 7. = Instructor=20 must be flexible to the varied schedules but will not be obligated to = work=20 periods of more than 8 hours per day. Upon completion of courses 2 = through 4=20 above, the student shall meet the minimum educational requirement for=20 application for certification by the American Culinary Federation. The = Government agrees to provide the following in support of the above = mentioned=20 services: 1. Berthing and meals for the resident Chef Instructor and=20 assistant instructors aboard the ship. 2. All supplies, i.e. food = supplies,=20 ice, etc., for competency training. 3. Office for the resident Chef=20 Instructor aboard the ship. 4. Classroom space aboard the ship. = NOTE: =20 General Quarters (GQ) and other related reuired drills may interfere or = affect=20 scheduled training. Adjustments will be made as required to reschedule = or=20 reconvene the affected training period. The period of performance is = for one=20 year, with 2 one-year options. The place of performance will be on the = Navy=20 Ships during deployment, leaving from Norfolk, VA. The provision at = 52.212-1,=20 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The=20 provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, is applicable with = Past=20 Performance being evaluated as more important than price, see paragraph = (a) of=20 that provision. This solicitation requires the submission of Price and = Past=20 Performance information. The Offeror(s) shall describe its past = performance on=20 similar contracts it has held within the last five (5) years which are = of=20 similar scope, magnitude, and complexity to that which is detailed in = the RFP=20 or affirmatively state that it possesses no relevant directly related = or=20 similar past performance. Offerors who present similar contracts should = provide=20 a detailed explanation demonstrating the relevance of the contracts to = the=20 requirements of the RFP. The offeror should provide the following = information=20 regarding its past performance: A. Contract Number(s), B. Name and = phone=20 number of contact at the Federal, State, Local, Government or = Commercial entity=20 for which the contract was performed, C. Dollar value of the Contract, = D. =20 Detailed description of the work performed, E. Names of = subcontractor(s) used,=20 if any, and a description of the extent of work performed by the=20 subcontractor(s), and F. The number, type and severity of any quality, = delivery or cost problems in performing the contract, the corrective = action=20 taken and the effectiveness of the corrective action. Offerors are = advised to=20 include a completed copy of the provisions at 52.212-3 and = 252.212-7000,=20 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with their = offer. =20 The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, = applies=20 to this acquisition. The clauses at 52.212-5 and 252.212-7001, = Contract Terms=20 and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive = Orders-Commercial=20 Items, apply to this acquisition, with the following clauses checked as = applicable: 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action = for=20 Disabled Veterans and Veterans or Vietnam era, and 52.222-36, = Affirmative=20 Action for Workers with Disabilities. The following clauses are = incorporated=20 by reference with fill-ins provided: 52.217-9, Option To Extend the = Term of the=20 Contract (MAR 2000), with paragraph (a) filled in as follows: "30 days = prior=20 to contract expiration date" and paragraph (c) filled in as follows: = "36=20 months"; 52.216-18, Ordering (OCT 1995) with paragraph (a) filled in as = follows: "issued from date of award through expiration date of the = contract";=20 52.216-22, Indefinite Quantity (OCT 1995) with paragraph (d) filled in = as=20 follows: "expiration date of the contract." The following clauses, = which are=20 incorporated in full text, apply to this acquisition: MINIMUM AND = MAXIMUM=20 QUANTITIES (FISC DET PHILA) (OCT 1992) As referred to in paragraph (b) = of the=20 "Indefinite Quantities" clause of this contract, the total contract = minimum=20 quantity is a total of 1 EA Culinary Instruction for a period of six = months at=20 the contract unit price. The contract maximum quantity is equal to the = contract total Not To Exceed amount. WRITTEN ORDERS (INDEFINITE = DELIVERY=20 CONTRACTS)(NAVSUP 5252.216-9403) (JAN 1992) Written order (on DD Form = 1155)=20 will contain the following information consistent with the terms of the = contract: (a) Date of order, (b) Contract number and order number, (c) = Item=20 numberand description, quantity ordered, unit price and contract = price, (d)=20 Delivery or performance date, (e) Place of delivery or performing = (including=20 consignee), (f) Packaging, packing, and shipping instructions, if = required, (g)=20 Accounting and appropriation data, (h) Any other pertinent information. = Offers=20 shall be received in the bid room or in the depository located in the = bid room=20 at FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia, BLDG 2B, 700 Robbins Ave.,=20 Philadelphia, PA 19111 no later than 4 P.M.(local time, Phila, PA) on 1 = JUN=20 00. All responses should be directed to the Bid Control Officer at the = address=20 shown above, Attn: Code 0343C at (215) 697-9723 and reference control = number =20 00-2902. For additional information concerning this requirement, = please=20 contact Leanne Hanger at (215) 697-9604.=20 Posted 05/17/00 (D-SN455666). (0138)

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