BIB_-_SOW.pdf

A.1 STATEMENT OF WORK/SPECIFICATIONS

A.1.1 Introduction

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office, Grand Prairie, Texas intends to make a single award to a responsible small business entity for the provision of post mix beverage products, equipment, and service for FCI Talladega, located in Talladega, Alabama.

A.1.2 Place of Performance

Supplies and equipment will be delivered to the Warehouse at 565 East Renfroe Road Talladega Alabama, 35160.

A. 1. 3 Equipment

All beverages required would be dispensed by a bag-in-box dispensing system supplied and maintained by the vendor. The Contractor will be required to provide Six (6) beverage racks with the capability to store four (4) or five (5) gallon boxes of each product (20 boxes total) .

Dispenser Description:

The Contractor shall provide and install refrigerated beverage dispensing units with a minimum of four (4) spigots, capable of dispensing (4) flavors without the use of C02 and can be dual-sided.

The units should be ice dispensers. The dispensers should be ice cooled. The unit air compressors must be able to pump beverages up to 125'. Due to space limitations, each unit must not exceed 25" wide, 20" deep, and 30" high. The post mix pumps should be equipped with flowmatic fast flow juice valves. The required product flow rate is 1.1 to 1.6 ounces per second. The dispensing unit should accept all cup sizes and handle dispensing of both 5% juice base along with 5:1 beverage base products ratios.

Refrigeration Capacity: 6 (6) - 6 oz. Product servings per minute at 40 degrees, machine should dispense four hundred (400) - 6 oz.

Servings up to temperature before recovery time is needed. All machines shall be equipped with back flow preventers. All units shall be the same make, model, and have the same type of appearance.

The dispensing equipment shall have a key lock to the dispense mechanism. The Contractor shall provide straps, locks, or bars, if needed, to secure the unit from being tampered with by other than authorized staff. All keys needed to operate or secure dispensers shall be universal to all dispensers.

Electrical: 115 volt, 3 prong ground outlet, 12 amp service, UL & NSF approvals. Under counter machine requirements may differ. Each dispenser shall be equipped with one (1) full set of flavor labels for all dispensing nozzles indicating juice/beverage selection.

Replacement labels shall be provided upon request. Upon initial delivery, a supply of ten (10) additional labels per flavor should be provided to the Food Service Administrator or Contract Monitor to be used in case labels are lost or damaged.

Beverage Stations and Locations:

Camp Dining Room- Two (2) beverage dispensing unit.

FCI Main Dining - Five(5) beverage dispensing units or two (2) dual-sided.

Total of seven (7) dispensing units required in all for the inmate dining halls.

The Contractor shall deliver and have equipment operational within 30 calendar days from the date of award of contract. The Federal Bureau of Prisons may request, at any time throughout the life of the contract, additional equipment or to have current equipment removed as necessary. All equipment provided shall remain the property of the contractor and shall be retrieved at the contractor's expense upon completion of the resulting contract.

A.1.4 Repair Services

Repair services on the equipment supplied by the Contractor shall be provided throughout the life of the contract at no additional cost.

This service will include preventative maintenance checks at least once each quarter. Preventative maintenance shall include a complete check of all dispensing equipment and calibration of syrup and water ratios. The Government shall notify the Contractor of any equipment breakdown or failure to dispense. Requests for repairs will be made by the Food Service administrator and/or his designee.

Contractor shall provide repair service within four (4) hours of request, including weekends and holidays. In the event repair cannot be completed with twenty-four (24) hours, a loaner machine should be delivered and installed within twenty-four (24) hours of the service call, as to insure no interruption of service.

A.1.5 Supplies

The Contractor shall provide five (5) gallon, non-alcoholic, non-carbonated, liquid concentrate, bag-in-box (BIB) beverages.

The product supplied must be a blend of natural and artificial sweeteners. The product is to be artificially sweetened with Nutrasweet. Nutrasweet is acceptable, saccharin is not acceptable.

The juice content of the product should be no more than 5%. Only a ratio of five to one (5:1) product is acceptable. All products must be Kosher approved and the Contractor must provide written documentation for verification.

The Contractor shall include all associated equipment, maintenance, and transportation costs in the cost of the product.

A.1.6 Delivery Order Information

The Warehouse will place orders for products as needed. Product shall be delivered Monday through Friday with the exception of Federal Holidays and no later than ten ( 10) working days after receipt of an order. Delivery orders will be placed by Food Service.

Flavors of juice will be selected from vendor's selection of available flavors.