10A_MR_FAI_BIAB.docx

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons Administration Division

Field Acquisition Office 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, New Jersey 75051

April 3, 2017

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Bag in a Box FCI Fairton, New Jersey

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is conducting market research in compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The service will encompass the provision of post mix beverage products, equipment, and service for the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton (hereafter known as FCI), located in Fairton, New Jersey. The service will be provided for the prisoners held in the custody of the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, located at the Federal Correctional Institution, Fairton, NJ.

All equipment will be required to comply with institutional security requirements. The contractor will be required to provide six counter top dispensers (NEW) with six valves for beverage and capable of ice dispensing. We will need four for the main institution, one for the Camp and one for Sierra Unit. They will be hooked to a remote storage area and lines should run approximately 75 to 100 feet to the dispensers. The contractor will also be responsible for the delivery, installation, regular servicing, repair and maintenance of these dispensers at three different areas of the installation.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Bag in a Box is 312111, which sets the small business size standard at 500 employees (below 500 employees is considered small, above 500 employees is considered large). Based on this standard, what is your business size, small or large?

Small Other than Small

2. Can your firm provide the service as either a prime contractor or as a subcontractor?

Prime Subcontractor

3. If you are a small business, what level of subcontracting, if any, would your firm utilize? Services (except construction) require at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

4. Which kind of form does your business use to report earned income on the individual performing the services?

W2 1099

5. Is your firm eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate the program.

6. 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

7. The Federal Acquisition Regulations requires the following insurance’s: Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s liability not less than $100,000; and General Liability no less than $500,000 per occurrence; and Automobile Liability of at least $200,000 person, $500,000 per occurrence for bodily injury, and $20,000 per occurrence for property damage . Are these rates and requirements consistent with regulatory requirements in New Jersey?

Yes No If no, what are the standard rates per insurance?

8. Is the services of Bag in a Box “customarily available” in the marketplace?

Yes No

9. Does your firm have access to the internet to download solicitation materials?

Yes No

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

15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days

11. Is your company registered in System For Award Management (SAM)?

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) System For Award Management (SAM). This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be completed at https://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1.

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

Please note that all individuals providing services at the institutions must undergo a security clearance investigation. This investigation may take 30 calendar days or longer to complete.

calendar days

13. Please indicate any General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract number(s) your firm has been awarded in association with the aforementioned services and their respective expiration date(s).

FSS number(s): Expiration date(s):

14. 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 email your response to ldthomas@bop.gov no later than Friday, May 1, 2017 at 1pm CST. Please feel free to contact me at (972) 352-4529 if you have any questions.

Sincerely, LaShundra D. Thomas

LaShundra D. Thomas, 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 eBuy website at www.ebuy.gsa.gov/advantage or 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 pre-solicitation 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.

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