Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This annou... This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. The solicitation number is 15BBR021Q00000008 and this solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). Please read through its entirety. Solicitation is for 4th Quarter Meat/Kosher/Subsistence FY 2021. For a list, descriptions, and total quantities of all items, refer to attached document. The NAICS for this requirement is 311999. TERMS OF DELIVERY ARE F.O.B. DESTINATION TO: MDC Brooklyn Food Service Warehouse Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 4 185 Flushing Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11205 The MDC Brooklyn Food Service Department will place orders that must be delivered beginning the week of June 28, 2021. Preferred delivery is Monday – Thursday 8am – 1pm, but the delivery schedule is flexible to the specific vendor's weekly routes. Please specify delivery schedule on solicitation. Upon Award, the Food Service Warehouse must be contacted at (646) 836-6591 prior to delivery for approval or adjustments in delivery schedule using the information above. Vendors who submit a quote concur that the delivery date can be met. Evaluation factors are past performance, price, and delivery time. Best value determination method will be used to make awards. Quoter(s) are advised the government reserves the right to make single or multiple awards. The government will award to the responsible quoter(s) whose quote is conforming to the solicitation. Do not change case counts, unless specified, or your quote will not be considered. Do not provide a Unit Price past the 4th decimal point for your quote or that line item will not be considered. All quotes must be clear. The Government reserves the right upon inspection to reject items if they are damaged or not to the specifications as listed in the solicitation. All certified religious diet items must be marked "kosher parve" on the package or the product will be refused. All certified religious diet items offered in the resulting contract must be certified by an accepted Orthodox Kosher certification agency from the United States or Canada and documentation confirming certification must be provided. Certification agencies include: OU - Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations; OK - Organized Kashrus Laboratories; Star K, KOF K; KAJ K'hal Adas Jeshurun; OKS Organization of Orthodox Kashrus Supervision; OV Vaad Hoeir of Saint Louis; CRC - Central Rabbinical Congress of the USA and Canada; CRC - Chicago Rabbinical Counsel; or Kosher Overseers of America. All non-frozen and perishable foods must be delivered between 34 degrees F to 41 degrees F. The completed package should be returned no later than 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 15, 2021. Vendors shall submit signed and dated offers to Brian Rodriguez, Contract Specialist amrodriguez@bop.gov by email ONLY. Fax, hand delivered, or mail-in quotes WILL NOT be accepted. Be sure to complete all information requested on page #1 of the quote sheet attachment. Information will be posted to the General Services Administration Federal Business Opportunities website: http://www.beta.sam.gov. All future information about this acquisition, including amendments, cancellations, award letter and low quote(s) will also be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation. The anticipated award date is on or about June 21, 2021. Questions "clarity only" will be answered by e-mail only (no phone calls please). Faith Based and Community Based Organizations have the right to submit quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All vendors must be completely registered in the System for Award Management, http://www.sam.gov prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The contractor must provide all equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals to add additional piping and isolation valves in the West Powerhouse in order for MDC Brooklyn to have the capabilities to ... The contractor must provide all equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals to add additional piping and isolation valves in the West Powerhouse in order for MDC Brooklyn to have the capabilities to utilize each condenser and chilled water pumps. The contractor is responsible for meausrements to make al three chillers cross connect to condenser pumps #2 and chilled water pump #2. All manufacturers recommendations will be required to be implemented. The intent of this project is to allow MDC Brooklyn to have the capability to switch any of their three (3) York Absortion Chillers to work with Chilled Water Pump #2, which is an 8" line and Condensor Water Pump #2 which is an 14" line. The contractor is responsible for adding all the necessary piping, fittings, and chain valves to allow for the cross connections. The valves should have an indicator marking showeing the position of the valve. The contractor is responsible for ordering all material for this project. The contractor is also responsible for the insulating and painting all newly installed piping that meets current standards and codes. Please refer to the Statement of Work attachments included with the solicitation posting for further details. Access to the specifications and drawings attachments will require an active vendor registration at https://beta.sam.gov as well as your Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) associated with your SAM registration. If you encounter problems accessing these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. Site visit scheduled for Monday, March 29, 2021 at 10:00 AM. The address is 80 29th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232. An NCIC check must be completed in advance for anyone wishing to attend the site visit. An NCIC form will be in the attachment portion of the solicitation. Please returan all NCIC forms to a2webster@bop.gov by March 24, 2021. Be sure to specify the solicitation number in the subject portion of the email. Please return completed SF-1442 to a2webster@bop.gov as a acceptable proposal. ****Acceptable forms of payment protection include**** FAR 28.102-1 (b) (1) Pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 3132, for construction contracts greater than $35,000, but not greater than $150,000, the contracting officer shall select two or more of the following payment protections, giving particular consideration to inclusion of an irrevocable letter of credit as one of the selected alternatives: (i) A payment bond. (ii) An irrevocable letter of credit (ILC). (iii) A tripartite escrow agreement. The prime contractor establishes an escrow account in a federally insured financial institution and enters into a tripartite escrow agreement with the financial institution, as escrow agent, and all of the suppliers of labor and material. The escrow agreement shall establish the terms of payment under the contract and of resolution of disputes among the parties. The Government makes payments to the contractor’s escrow account, and the escrow agent distributes the payments in accordance with the agreement, or triggers the disputes resolution procedures if required. (iv) Certificates of deposit. The contractor deposits certificates of deposit from a federally insured financial institution with the contracting officer, in an acceptable form, executable by the contracting officer. (v) A deposit of the types of security listed in 28.204-1 and 28.204-2.

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES. THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLI... THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES. THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15BBR021Q00000008 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled “Overhaul Chiller Pumps – MDC Brooklyn.” MDC Brooklyn is a federal correctional institution located at 80 29th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11232. The anticipated performance period for the project will be 60 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Pursuant to the Federal Acquisition Regulation 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $100,000 and $250,000. (NOTE: This range is one of 8 available ranges from FAR 36.204 and is not meant to imply that the project has necessarily been estimated/budgeted to the maximum of the selected range. It merely conveys that the estimate/budget lies somewhere within that range.) The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the complete construction of the work. The purpose of the project is as follows: The contractor shall provide all necessary equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals to add additional piping and isolation valves in the west powerhouse in order for MDC Brooklyn to have the capabilities to use Condenser water #2 and Chilled water pump #2 supply all three chillers if needed. The contractor is responsible for taking measurements, to make the three chillers cross connect to condenser pump #2 and chilled water pump #2. All manufacturers' recommendations will be required to be implemented. The solicitation will be available approximately on or about March 11, 2021. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the website at https.//beta.sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including any amendments, will also be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for continuously monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most recent information about this proposed contract action. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $16,500,000. IMPORTANT: Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. If you have questions about the System for Award Management (SAM), Government procurements in general, or need assistance in the preparation of your quote, a local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) may be able to help. The Procurement Technical Assistance Program was authorized by Congress in 1985 in an effort to expand the number of businesses capable of participating in the Government marketplace. To locate a PTAC near you, go to http://www.aptac-us.org.