Inactive
Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
Notice ID:15B10320Q00000001
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, Grand Prairie, Texas intends to make a single award to a responsible small business entity for the provision of post mix beverage products, equ...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, Grand Prairie, Texas intends to make a single award to a responsible small business entity for the provision of post mix beverage products, equipment, and service for the Federal Correctional Institution Beckley/Federal Prison Camp (hereafter known as FCI/FPC), located in Beaver, West Virginia. The contract type is an indefinite delivery/requirements contract with firm-fixed unit prices. The anticipated Date of Award is September 2020. This requirement is 12-month and Four Option Year. The Government anticipates requiring the following listed below: The Contractor shall provide five (5) gallon, non-alcoholic, non-carbonated, liquid concentrate, bag-in-box (BIB) beverages. The product supplied must be a blend of natural and artificial sweeteners. The product may be sweetened with corn, beet, or can sugar sweeteners. NutraSweet is acceptable, saccharin is not acceptable. The juice content of the product should be no more than 5%. Only a ratio of five to one (5:1) product is acceptable. All products must be Kosher approved and the Contractor must provide written documentation for verification. This requirement has an estimate of 3300 cases of BIB each year (Base and Option years) All beverages required would be dispensed by a bag-in-box dispensing system supplied and maintained by the vendor. The Contractor will be required to provide beverage racks with the capability to store four (4) or five (5) gallon boxes of each product (20 boxes total). New Equipment ONLY; NO re-manufactured or "gray market" items. All items must be covered by the manufacturer's warranty. The solicitation will be available on or about July 29, 2020 and will be distributed solely through the beta sam website at www.beta.sam.gov. All future information concerning this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure you have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides all downloading instructions to obtain a copy of the solicitation. The anticipated date for receipt of quotes is on or about August 14, 2020. All potential quoters are advised that the solicitation will include the clause at FAR 52.212-4 for Commercial Items, paragraph (t) System for Award Management (SAM). This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be made at http://www.sam.gov/ Faith-Based and Community Based Organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. This is being solicited as 100% Small Business set-aside. The NAICS and Size Standard for this requirement is 311930. Please contact Keith Dupas at kdupas@bop.gov should you need additional time to prepare your quote when the solicitation is issued.
