Market Research Questionnaire

U. S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Administration Division

Field Acquisition Office 346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

September 18, 2008

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Coffee

FCC Forrest City, Arkansas

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is conducting market research in compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part

10. It is anticipated a single solicitation will be issued for the provision of Liquid Coffee Concentrate, equipment and service. The Government contemplates awarding an indefinite-delivery, requirements-type contract. The product will be delivered to the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, located at the Federal Correctional Complex, Forrest

City, Arkansas.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Coffee and Tea Manufacturing supplies is

311920, which sets the small business size standard at 500 employees.

Based on this standard, what is your business size, small or other? _______Small ______Other than small

2. Can your firm provide the supplies as either a prime contractor or as a subcontractor? (Liquid Coffee

Concentrate Bag-in-the-Box, Equipment and Service)

Prime Subcontractor.

3. Can your firm provide firm fixed unit prices for future contract periods (for example: a contract with a base year and four option years, equaling a total of five years)?

Please indicate the maximum number of years you can provide firm-fixed unit prices.

5 years 4 years 3 years 2 years 1 year only

4. How many calendar days does your firm need to prepare a proposal resulting from this solicitation?

15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days

5. Is your company registered in Central Contract Registration(CCR)? Yes No

All potential quoters are advised if a solicitation is issued it will include the clause at FAR 52.212-4 (Feb 2007) for Commercial Items, paragraph (t) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the CCR database. If your company is not registered in CCR, registration can be made at http://www.ccr.gov/

6. If awarded a contract, how many calendar days following an award would it take your firm to begin providing supplies to the institution?

calendar days

7. Please furnish the following information in reference to your firm:

Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

E-mail Address:

I am extremely appreciative of the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. Please fax your response to

(972) 352-4545 (Attention: Paul Baker) no later than Friday, October 8, 2008. Please call me at (972) 352-4559, should you have any questions.

Sincerely, /s/

Paul Baker, Contract Specialist

Federal Bureau of Prisons

U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex

Field Acquisition Office

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

NOTE: The resulting solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration Federal

Business Opportunities website at www.fedbizopps.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available.

The website provides downloading instructions to obtain all documents relating to the solicitation. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the presolicitation notices, solicitation, and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed solely through the website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition.

http://www.fedbizopps.gov