Prepared Packaged Meals for PRARNG I CO 40TH SB (1-65TH INF) Feb 2025

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Amendment 001 to Notice W912LR25QA003

Summary of Changes

The solicitation is amended as follows:

The Notice ID in the attachment “Solicitation - W912LR25QA003.docx” on page 1 is corrected to W912LR25QA003 as referenced in the headers and this SAM notice. The notice ID listed W912LR-24-Q-0003 but the official notice per SAM is W912LR25QA003.

The answers to RFIs to notice W912LR 25 Q A 003 are posted as attachment “W912LR25QA003 Questions and Answers.pdf”

The number of amendments changed from 0 to 1.

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Solicitation/ Notice ID: W912LR-25-Q-0003 Type of Solicitation: Request for Quotation (RFQ)

No. of Amendments: 001

This is a combined synopsis solicitation for commercial products prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; QUOTES are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a request for Quote (RFQ) competed IAW FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12, Commercial Products. Quotes failing to meet all the terms and conditions of this solicitation; to include buy terms, line- item descriptions, and attachments, may not be evaluated for award. One (1) rm-xed price (FFP) contract will be awarded resulting from this solicitation. Any reference to the term "BID" in this solicitation is used synonymously with the word "QUOTE". Please see FAR 13.004-Legal effect of quotations. Clauses and provisions included in FAR 52.212-1, 52.212-2, 52.212-3, 52.212-4 and 52.212-5 are incorporated by reference unless additionally clarified in this RFQ via addendums. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2024-07.

The Puerto Rico National Guard Purchase and Contracting Office intends to utilize this Request for Quote (RFQ) to obtain quotes for prepared meals in accordance with delivery schedule and quantities.

Original Set Aside: 100% Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5) Product Service Code: 8970 - Prepared Meals

NAICS Code: 722310 - Food Service Contractors

Place of Delivery/Performance: Camp Santiago, Salinas PR Delivery Date/Period of Performance: 6 Feb 2025 to 9 Feb 2025

All quoters must have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. Please review all sought requirements thoroughly as incomplete QUOTES will not be considered for evaluation. All quoters must list Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, CAGE code, and Federal TIN with Company name, POC, and phone number. To obtain or renew a UEI number or CAGE code, please visit https://www.sam.gov. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make a quoter ineligible for award.

Vendor must also be registered in Wide Area Workflow to receive payment through electronic funds transfer. If you are not currently registered, please visit the following website https://piee.eb.mil/ to complete your free of charge registration. All quoters must be a certified Small Business of the solicited socio-economic group (if specified) in SAM at time of submitting offers and at time of award or quoter will be ineligible for award.

The procuring office DOES NOT and will NOT respond questions pertaining to SAM Registration and business classification (small vs. large), or procedures for becoming a Small Business or any of the applicable socio-economic classifications. Offerors are responsible for meeting the requirements for the set-aside at the time of submission of OFFERS and AWARD.

No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability, to be confirmed in writing by the Contracting Officer. The Government will not pay for costs incurred in the preparation of offers.

This acquisition will be procured utilizing a combination of the commercial procedures in FAR Part 12, Part 13.106-2(a)(2) whose quote conforms to the solicitation requirements. We will consider how well you complied with these instructions. We may consider any significant failure to comply with these instructions to be indicative of what we could expect from you during contract performance. Please contact our contracting office if you do not understand any part of these instructions.

The solicitation requirements include all stated terms, conditions, representation and certifications, and other information required by this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award without discussions. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the quoter's best terms from meeting PRICE ONLY AND OTHER FACTORS. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct requests for information and questions on contents of the quote if determined necessary by the Contracting Officer.

The Government may reject any quote that is evaluated to be unrealistic in terms of requirements, contract terms and conditions, or an unrealistically high or low price when compared to Government estimates, such that the quote is deemed to reflect an inherent lack of competence or failure to comprehend the complexity and risk of the program. Price increases after closing of solicitation resulting from a Government request for information shall be rejected, as they will be considered a new offer submitted late.

BASIS OF AWARD/ EVALUATION STANDARD

1. All quotes will be reviewed for timeliness. If the quote is received after the closing date and does not meet the criteria for "late submissions" in the solicitation, the proposal will not be considered for award.


2. Timely quotes will be reviewed for compliance to the solicitation. If the proposal does not comply with the requirements of the solicitation, the quote will not be evaluated further, and the quoter will be notified that the proposal is not in conformance with the solicitation.


3. All prices proposed in response to this RFQ/BID/quote must include all costs associated with the offer in accordance with the requirement. The total unit costs of the meal need to be fully loaded. Quoters shall submit with quote a breakdown of costs considered in the fully loaded price. NO LUMP SUMS ARE AUTHORIZED.


4. The contractor shall address the following two factors:
   
   
   
   1. FACTOR 1: Other NON-Price Factors (Meets both Subfactors): Conformance with Salient Characteristics (Meets or Does not Meets). The only quote that will be considered are those who conforms to the terms and conditions of the description of requirements. No additional credit will be given for exceeding acceptability.
   
   
   2. FACTOR 2 - Price - The quoter shall complete CLIN pricing on page of this solicitation. In addition to the completed CLIN pricing of this solicitation and the quoter shall provide sufficient price information to allow the contracting officer to determine the completeness and reasonableness of the quoters' prices.
   
   
   
   

Award will be made to the lowest priced quote that meets all the technical requirements and both Priced and Non- Priced Factors. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective quoters. Quotes that fail to meet the government's schedule and ALL technical requirements will be deemed technically unacceptable and disqualified from competition.

Award will be made to the lowest priced quote that meets all the technical requirements and both Priced and Non- Priced Factors. The Government intends to award a contract without discussions with respective quoters. Quotes that fail to meet the government's schedule and ALL technical requirements will be deemed technically unacceptable and disqualified from competition.

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