Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Pre- Solicitation Notice: The Contractor is to provide delivery of Fresh Fruits & Vegetables (FF&V) and live potted plants as a drop shipment in accordance with Defense Commissary Agency's (DeCA) Guar... Pre- Solicitation Notice: The Contractor is to provide delivery of Fresh Fruits & Vegetables (FF&V) and live potted plants as a drop shipment in accordance with Defense Commissary Agency's (DeCA) Guaranteed Sale Potted Plant Program for resale in 33 commissaries located in Area 5 in Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia and Florida that are assigned to the Defense Commissary Agency's Central Area. Area 5 includes the following areas that are geographically clustered as follows: (33 stores) - Albany MCLB, GA; Arnold AFB, TN; Barksdale AFB, LA; Camp Merrill, GA; Columbus AFB, MS; Eglin AFB, FL; Ft Benning, GA; Ft Polk, LA; Ft Rucker, AL; Ft Stewart, GA; Gulfport NCBC, MS; Gunter AFB, AL; Hunter AAF, GA; Hurlburt Field, FL; Jacksonville NAS, FL; Keesler AFB, MS; Key West NAS, FL; Kings Bay NSB, GA; Little Rock AFB, AR; MacDill AFB, FL; Maxwell AFB, AL; Mayport NS, FL; Memphis NSA, TN; Meridian NAS, MS; Moody AFB, GA; New Orleans NSA, LA; Patrick AFB, FL; Pensacola NAS, FL; Redstone Arsenal, AL; Robins AFB, GA; Tyndall AFB, FL; and Whiting Field NAS, FL; and Ft Buchanan, Puerto Rico. A single solicitation containing 33 commissaries (Area 5) will be issued. Area 5 will be independently evaluated and awarded on an all or none basis. The Government will award one contract resulting from this solicitation based on evaluation using the best value tradeoff process. A Requirements Type Contract is contemplated. The Request for Proposal will be issued on or about February 20, 2019. The base period of performance shall commence approximately August 5, 2019- August 1, 2021 for 24 consecutive months plus three 12-month option periods. The SIC Code is 8915 and the NAICS code is 311991 for this requirement with a size standard of 500 employees. This solicitation will be issued as a 100% small business set-side with the approval by the Small Business Administration of an Individual Waiver of the Non-manufacturer rule. This waiver will allow small businesses to offer the product of a large business manufacturer for this procurement only. Small businesses interested in submitting a proposal package may seek assistance from your local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) or the Small Businesses Administration (SBA). The information on finding your local PTAC office maybe located: http://www.ptac-us.org/contracting-assistance/. Businesses interested in seeking teaming and/or sub-contracting arrangements may register as an interested vendor for this solicitation. Businesses may also utilize the Small Business Administration (SBA) SUB-Net bulletin board to post sources sought notices for teaming partners and subcontractors for solicitations and future contracts. More information on SBAs SUB-Net may be found at http://web.sba.gov/subnet. Questions or inquiries will be accepted by email and must contain the following information: solicitation number, requestor's name and address, telephone number, and E-mail address. The E-mail address is mprc.commodities@deca.mil . Any requests for business information not posted should be requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guidance. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges that a prospective awardee must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, have established Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) capability, and must have a valid Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) license. Further information about registration may be found on the Internet at http://www.sam.gov. All responsible small business sources may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the above stated agency.