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Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25923Q0811 Sheridan Wyoming VAMC Dairy Deliveries per Statement of Need This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the form... Request for Quote (RFQ) #: 36C25923Q0811 Sheridan Wyoming VAMC Dairy Deliveries per Statement of Need 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; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Government reserves the right to make no award from this solicitation. * The deadline for all questions is 4:00pm ET, 08/25/2023 All questions must be submitted in writing no later than the question cut-off date marked above. All questions will be answered officially through an amendment to the solicitation. ** Quotes are to be provided to Lindsey.Zwaagstra@va.gov no later than 4:00pm MT, 08/31/2023. Quotes shall not be hand carried. Faxed quotes shall not be accepted. Emailed quotes are the only method of submitted quotes (4MB email limit). The Government reserves the right to make award solely on initial Quotes received. Offerors bear the burden of ensuring that all portions of the offer (and any authorized amendments) reach the designated office before the deadline specified in the solicitation. This RFQ shall be completed in its entirety, and signed and dated, failure shall not be considered for award. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is 36C25923Q0811. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this solicitation. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-04 effective June 02, 2023. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 311511 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. This solicitation is unrestricted. List of Line Items; Line Item Description Quantity Unit of Measure Unit Price Total Price 0001 Half Pints Chocolate Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 3,500 EA $ $ 0002 Half Pints 1% Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 35,000 EA $ $ 0003 Half Pints 2% Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 3,500 EA $ $ 0004 Half Pints Skim Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 30,000 EA $ $ 0005 Gallon Chocolate Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 350 EA $ $ 0006 Gallon Whole Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 400 EA $ $ 0007 Gallon 1% Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 1,600 EA $ $ 0008 5 Gallon Chocolate Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 350 EA $ $ 0009 5 Gallon 1% Milk Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 400 EA $ $ 0010 5 Pound Cottage Cheese Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 400 EA $ $ 0011 6 Oz Yogurt Base: 9/17/2023 9/16/2024 Option 1: 9/17/2024 9/16/2025 Option 2: 9/17/2025 9/16/2026 Option 3: 9/17/2026 9/16/2027 Option 4: 9/17/2027 9/16/2028 4000 EA $ $ Grand Total $ Description of Requirements for the items to be acquired: DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE: Deliveries shall be made not less than two (2) days per week, preferably on Monday and Thursday. If a holiday falls on one of these days, delivery on the holiday shall be made unless prior arrangements have been made with Nutrition and Food Service. All deliveries must be made after 6:00 a.m. and completion of all deliveries made by 3:30 p.m. Dairy products delivered must follow the current USDA Food Code to ensure food safety guidelines are followed for all dairy products. Quantity of dairy products needed will vary depending on the number of patients. Dairy products shall be rotated following the first-in first -out (FIFO) model. Current milk is stored in the milk Cooler and shall be stocked from left to right. Expired/damaged product shall be removed from premises by vendor on the day of dairy delivery. Empty milk crated shall be removed from premises by the vendor the day of the dairy delivery. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA: The Contracting Officer as the agent of the Government, with authority to negotiate terms, execute legally binding agreements affecting price, quantity, or quality of performance under this contract and administer contracts on behalf of the Government. The Contractor shall communicate with the Contracting Officer on all matters pertaining to contract administration. In the event the Contractor effects any such change at the direction of any person other than the Contracting Officer, the change shall be considered to have been made without authority and no adjustment will be made in the contract price to cover any increase in costs incurred as a result thereof. CONTRACTING OFFICER S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE: A Contracting Officer s Technical Representative (COTR) is not required. AGE OF PRODUCT: The finished products shall be delivered a minimum of seven (7) calendar days prior to the date coded on the individual containers. Nutritive breakdown on packaging should reflect specifications. RECALLED AND DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS: The Contractor will immediately notify the Contracting Officer of any recalls of product or other important product safety issues. As appropriate, the Contractor will replace and / or reimburse recalled / defective products at no cost to the Government. The Contractor may be liable for costs of processing recalls, i.e., administrative, and clinical services to replace recalled / defective products. Delivery and acceptance is to be F.O.B Destination (FAR 52.247-34) at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located at: Sheridan VA Medical Center 1898 Fort Rd Building 7 Sheridan, WY 82801 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS COMMERCIAL Gray market items are Original Equipment Manufacturer s (OEM) goods sold through unauthorized channels in direct competition with authorized distributors. This procurement is for new OEM medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts) for VA Medical Centers. No remanufactures or gray market items will be acceptable. Offeror shall be an OEM, authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller for the proposed medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment (i.e. replacement parts), verified by an authorization letter or other documents from the OEM, such that the OEM s warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the medical supplies, medical equipment and/or services contracts for maintenance of medical equipment shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. The delivery of gray market items to the VA in the fulfillment of an order/award constitutes a breach of contract. Accordingly, the VA reserves the right enforce any of its contractual remedies. This includes termination of the contract or, solely at the VA s election, allowing the Vendor to replace, at no cost to the Government, any remanufactured or gray market item(s) delivered to a VA medical facility upon discovery of such items. Any award made as a result of this solicitation will be made on an All or Nothing Basis. State if quoted items are available and priced through offerors existing Government-wide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) contract, or VA-wide Acquisition Contract. Offerors are warned against contacting any VA personnel other than the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist prior to placement of any award made resulting from this RFQ. If such contact occurs and found to be prejudicial to competing contactors, the offeror making such contact may be excluded from award considerations. All proprietary information shall be clearly and properly marked. If the Offeror submits annexes, documentation, attachments or the like, not specifically required by this solicitation, such will count against the Offeror s page limitations unless otherwise indicated in the specific volume instructions below. All information shall be confined to the appropriate file. The offeror shall confine submissions to essential matters, sufficient to define the quote and provide an adequate basis for evaluation. Offerors are responsible for including sufficient details, in a concise manner, to permit a complete and accurate evaluation of each quote. Submission of quote shall include the following volumes: (I) Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; and (II) Price Volume I - Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. The offeror shall submit specifications, cut sheets, or brochures confirming the equal products, including equal products of the brand name manufacturer submitted, meets or exceeds the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation. The product(s) quoted must be identified by brand name, if any, and make or model number. Volume II Price Price - The offeror shall complete the pricing schedule provided in Section (v) above: Price/Cost Schedule. (End of Addendum to 52.212-1) 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition ADDENDUM to FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION COMMERCIAL ITEMS: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government considering price and other factors. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotations: Factor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. Factor 2. Price Evaluation Approach. The Government will evaluate quotations using the comparative evaluation process outlined in FAR 13.106-2(b)(3), where quotations will be compared to one another to determine which provides the best benefit to the Government. The Government reserves the right to consider a quotation other than the lowest price that provides additional benefit(s). Quotations may exceed minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government reserves the right to select a quotation that provides benefit to the Government that exceeds the minimum requirements of the solicitation, but is not required to do so. Each response must meet the minimum requirements of the solicitation. The Government is not requesting or accepting alternate quotations. The evaluation will consider the following: Factor 1. Technical capability or quality of the item offered to meet the Government requirement: The quotation will be evaluated to the extent to which it can meet and/or exceed the Government s requirements as outlined in the solicitation and based on the information requested in the instructions to quoters section of the solicitation. Factor 2. Price: The Government will evaluate the price by adding the total of all line item prices, including all options. The Government may use various price analysis techniques and procedures to make a price reasonableness determination. Offers that do not meet or exceed the technical capability or quality of the item offered to the Government requirement shall not be selected regardless of price. Options. The Government will evaluate quotations for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. Contracting Officer shall insert the following if the solicitation will include options that are exercisable under FAR 52.217-8 (End of Addendum to 52.212-2) 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications electronically via the System for Award Management (SAM) website located at https://www.sam.gov/portal in accordance with FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. Offerors must be registered in SAM at time of offer submission. 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items (JUL 2020) applies to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5 applies to this acquisition with the following FAR clauses incorporated by reference: FAR 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (JUN 2020), with Alternate I (SEP 2006) FAR 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation & First-Tier Subcontract Awards (JUN 2020) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (OCT 2020) FAR 52.209-6 Protecting the Government s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (JUN 2020) FAR 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (NOV 2020) FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor (JUN 2003) FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (JUL 2020) FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (APR 2015) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (SEP 2016) FAR 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans (JUN 2020) FAR 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) FAR 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2020) FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (JUN 2020) FAR 52.225 5 Trade Agreements (JUL 2020) (DEVIATION) FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUN 2008) FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management (Oct 2018) Additional contract requirements or terms and conditions: 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (NOV 1999) The Government may require continued performance of any services within the limits and at the rates specified in the contract. These rates may be adjusted only as a result of revisions to prevailing labor rates provided by the Secretary of Labor. The option provision may be exercised more than once, but the total extension of performance hereunder shall not exceed 6 months. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 5 days. 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000) (a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 5 days; provided that the Government gives the Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the Government to an extension. (b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause. (c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 5 years. 852.212-70, Provisions and Clauses Applicable to VA Acquisition of Commercial Items (Apr 2020) VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (MAY 2018) VAAR 852.232-72 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests (NOV 2018) VAAR 852.233-70 Protest Content/Alternative Dispute Resolution (OCT 2018) VAAR 852.233-71 Alternate Protest Procedure (OCT 2018) VAAR 852.246-71 Rejected Goods (OCT 2018) 852.252-70, Solicitation Provisions or Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Jan 2008) The following provisions or clauses incorporated by reference in this solicitation must be completed by the offeror or prospective contractor and submitted with the quotation or offer. Copies of these provisions or clauses are available on the Internet at the web sites provided in the provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference, or the clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference. Copies may also be obtained from the contracting officer. http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html https://www.acquisition.gov/vaar The following FAR provisions are to be incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights (JUN 2020) FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (NOV 2021) The following VAAR clauses are to be incorporated by reference: VAAR 852.212-71 Gray Market Items (APR 2020) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) does not apply. Date and Time offers are due to Lindsey.Zwaagstra@va.gov by 4:00pm MT, 08/31/2023. Name and email of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Lindsey Zwaagstra Lindsey.Zwaagstra@va.gov