Nutrition Care Food Services

AMENDMENT 01 to the solicitation has been posted. Proposal due date is unchanged. ******************************************************************************************************************* Responses to offeror generated questions have been posted as well as documents referenced in the Q&A responses. An official amended RFP will be posted 4-Mar-2020. ********************************************************************************************************** Industry Day slides and attendance list have been posted in the attachment list to this solicitation notice. ************************************************************************************************************************** AS STATED IN THE ORIGINAL NOTICE: The Government will have a pre-proposal conference on Tuesday, 18 February 2018 from 8:30 am CST till 3:00 pm CST. The conference will be held at the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building in downtown San Antonio, TX. The address is 615 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205-2001 in room 105B, Conference Room 2. There are commercial parking lots along either side of the building on Ave E and on N. Alamo. Fee is about $25. Enter from the front entrance and prepare to go through security as the building is an active court house. Wheelchair entrance is located on the West side of the building along N. Alamo. Attendance at the conference is not mandatory. There will be no call-ins for the conference. Slides, attendance sheet, and questions and answers will be posted on www.Beta.Sam.gov. It is recommended to download the solicitation prior to attending the pre-proposal conference. Interested parties are limited to three attendees. Please submit the following information to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist no later than close of business Thursday, 13 February 2020: Company Name, Individual Name, DOB, ID Type, ID Number, and State of Issue. If the attendee has a military ID or CAC card, then only the name and company name is needed. ************************************************************************************************************************* This a Request for Proposal (RFP)/Solicitation to provide non-personal, Nutrition Care Services. The Health Readiness Contracting Office (HRCO) intends to procure related services in support of Defense Health Agency (DHA) Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs). Under the intended contract, the contractor shall provide meals to meet the special nutritional needs of patients, service members and other customers within the hospitals of the Military Health System (MHS). This requirement will be solicited as full and open in accordance with FAR Subpart 6.100. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this solicitation is 722310, Food Service Contractors. This solicitation will be awarded using Tradeoff Source Selection process. Offerors are hereby advised that the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. 107) applies to this solicitation. In addition to the evaluation criteria stated in FAR 52.212-1 Addendum, and in the event that one or more RSA State Licensing Agencies (SLA) submits a proposal, the source selection will be carried out in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 107, 34 C.F.R. 395.33, and other relevant law and regulation as applicable. This notice is not intended to discourage competition as the solicitation is for a full and open competitive acquisition. The Government will award one Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with a one year base period and four one-year options. All services shall be FFP and subject to the Service Contract Act (41 U.S.C. 351) and applicable Collective Bargaining Agreements. All elements of the RFP shall be submitted by the Offeror with a proposal no later than the date/time shown in block 8 of the Standard Form (SF) 1449, Solicitation/Contract Order for Commercial Items. All draft notices and synopsis were posted under www.sam.gov under solicitation number W81K04-19-R-0014. The Government will have a pre-proposal conference on Tuesday, 18 February 2020 from 8:30 am CST till 3:00 pm CST. The conference will be held at the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building in downtown San Antonio, TX. The address is 615 E. Houston Street, San Antonio, TX 78205-2001 in room 105B, Conference Room 2. There are commercial parking lots along either side of the building on Ave E and on N. Alamo. Fee is about $25. Enter from the front entrance and prepare to go through security as the building is an active court house. Wheelchair entrance is located on the West side of the building along N. Alamo. Attendance at the conference is not mandatory. There will be no call-ins for the conference. Slides, attendance sheet, and questions and answers will be posted on www.Beta.Sam.gov. It is recommended to download the solicitation prior to attending the pre-proposal conference. Interested parties are limited to three attendees. Please submit the following information to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist no later than close of business Thursday, 13 February 2020: Company Name, Company Size Standard, Individual Name, and Position Title. This solicitation will be available in electronic format only. The official access point to the solicitation is via the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.Beta.Sam.gov. Please submit questions regarding this solicitation in writing no later than 24 February 2020. Questions should be submitted using the Contractor Questions Template as a .xls document. The primary point of contact for this solicitation is Mr. Matt Robey, Contract Specialist, 210-221-4695, matthew.t.robey.civ@mail.mil. The secondary point of contact is Mrs. Yvonne Camarce, Contracting Officer, 210-221-3109, yvonne.y.camarce.civ@mail.mil. All email correspondence shall be sent to both points of contact.