120 Day Subsistence

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Administrative United States Penitentiary (AUSP), Thomson, Illinois, intends to issue solicitation RFQP04191500009A for 120 Day Subsistence - Dry, Frozen and/or Meat products. This solicitation is for the 4th Quarter Subsistence of Fiscal Year 2015 and is 100% set-aside for small businesses. The delivery will be FOB destination. The orders will need to be delivered starting September 14, 2015, and received in full by September 30, 2015, awards are fill or kill. Deliveries will be made to the Admin USP Thomson (Warehouse), 1100 One Mile Road, Thomson, Illinois 61285. The contract type is firm-fixed price. The Government reserves the right to award item by item, by group of items, or by aggregate, whichever is advantageous to the government. The Government will award to the responsible offerors(s) whose offer, conforming to the solicitation that are considered to be the best overall value to the Government, in regards to price, delivery and past performance. Prices will be rated higher than past performance. Past Performance will be evaluated on past performance with AUSP Thomson, other Federal Bureau of Prisons institutions and Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs). Rating will consist of contractor's ability to deliver within the timeframe required and quality of goods delivered, and will then be rated as a go or no-go. The solicitation will be made available on or about September 2, 2015, and will be posted to the General Service Administrations, Federal Business Opportunities website: 1. http://www.fbo.gov. This site provides all downloading instructions on how to obtain a copy of the solicitation. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. Faith-Based Organizations have the right to submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organization for contracts in which they are eligible. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation, amendments, will also be distributed solely through the reference website. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for Small Business concerns and all responsible business sources are encouraged to submit a quote for consideration, interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information regarding this solicitation. The anticipated deadline for receipt of quotes is September 9, 2015. The Government reserves the right to decide how payment will be made use either Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or Government Purchase Card. Each offer is required per FAR 52.212-3, to complete their representations and certifications via the Online Representation and Certification Applications (OCRA) at http://orca/bpn.gov. All potential offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov. SAM is a Federal Government owned and operated free web site that consolidates the capabilities in CCR/FedReg, ORCA, and EPLS. Future phases of SAM will add the capabilities of other systems used in Federal procurement and awards processes. The point of contact for all information regarding this solicitation is ANTOINETTE KENNEDY, Supervisory Contracting Officer, phone number (815) 259-1018. Completed quotes may be sent via U.S. postal mail, PO Box 1001, Thomson, Illinois 61285, and/or FedEx, UPS to Admin USP Thomson, 1100 One Mile Road, (Attention: ANTOINETTE KENNEDY, SUPERVISORY CONTRACTING OFFICER), Thomson, Illinois 61285. Please note NO FAX OFFERS, EMAIL offeror to akennedy@bop.gov . The anticipated award date is September 11, 2015. The 120 day Subsistence order for FY2015 is RFQP04191500009A Only. All Delivery dates for the required items will be posted in the solicitation order which will be FOB Destination. Note this is a notification only and is not to be considered an actual order.