Culinary Arts Instruction

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, Arizona intends to issue solicitation RFQP06091100003 for the provision of Culinary Arts instruction. The services will be provided to individuals who are under the custody and care of the Federal Bureau of Prisons within a secure correctional environment, located at the Federal Correctional Institution, Safford, AZ. The contract type is an indefinite delivery/requirements contract with firm-fixed unit price. The award will be made to the responsible company who submits the most advantageous quote to the Government. The contract performance period is anticipated to consist of a base year of 12 months from effective date of award and will include four, 12-month option years for renewal. The Contractor will be scheduled for 4 sessions per day, two days per week. A session being defined as (1) hour in duration, for an estimated total of a maximum of 320 sessions per year and estimated 320 sessions for each of the option years. The sessions are on a requirements basis therefore schedule and sessions can change. Sessions shall not exceed 30 hours per week. . The solicitation will be made available on or about June 22, 2011 and will be distributed solely through the General Service Administrations Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information regarding this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. The website for registration is www.ccr.gov. The North American Industry Classification System code for this solicitation is 611210, with a size standard of $7.0 million. Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The anticipated date for receipt of quotes is July 22, 2011; however, this is a projected estimate and quoters should refer to Page 1 of the solicitation (Block #8) for the actual date quotations are due. The anticipated date of award will be approximately August 12, 2011. Contracting Office Address: Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution-Safford P.O. Box 820 Safford, Az. 85548