Synopsis-TW25 Bagged Ice-20250207.pdf

NOTE: THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE, NOT A SOLICITATION. THEREFORE,

INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PRESOLICITATION NOTICE MAY BE SUBJECT

TO CHANGE.

The 410th Contracting Support Brigade/Regional Contracting Center – Americas, in support of US Army South, intends to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) for 65,100 lbs of bagged ice with delivery to Teteron Barracks and TTDF Reserves Center, Trinidad and Tobago. The vendor shall only deliver bagged ice that has been sourced from an approved vendor listed in the Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement or have a Food and Water Risk Assessment (FWRA) conducted. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to deliver bagged ice. The anticipated schedule is from 9 Apr 2025 to 5 May 2025. The Contractor is responsible for providing all personnel, equipment and services under the terms of this contract. This notice does not commit the U.S.

Government to contract for any supplies or services.

The solicitation and the associated documents will be available for download from SAM.gov -website: https://sam.gov/ All notifications of changes to this solicitation shall be made through SAM.gov. It is the contractor's responsibility to check for any posted changes to the solicitation.

The estimated issue and closing/response date for solicitation is 25 February 2025 and 11 Mar 2025. The applicable NAICS is 312113 and Product Service Code (PSC) is 8960.

SAM Registration: Potential Offerors MUST register at Home | SAM.gov in order to receive notification and/or changes to the upcoming solicitation. All contractors MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), or their proposal will not be considered. Contractors can obtain further information on the SAM at web site https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract, nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any proposal preparation costs.

Availability of Funds: Funds are not presently available for this project. The Governments obligation under this contract is contingent upon availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. 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.

Contemplating Awardee: Since the contemplating contract is to be awarded by the contracting activity located in Fort Sam Houston, Texas and to be performed in Trinidad and Tobago, the https://sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/ https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/

Offerors must meet the following two requirements for OCONUS: (1) DFARS 252.225-7042, "Authorization to Perform" - The Offeror has been duly authorized to operate and to do business in the country in which the contract is to be performed, and (2) FAR 52.236-7, "Permits and Responsibilities" - The Contractor shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for complying with any host government and political subdivisions laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work. Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted by electronic mail to the Contracting Officer: SSG Paul Adamo at paul.m.adamo.mil@army.mil and Contract Specialist:

Mr. Kevin Carter at kevin.l.carter.civ@army.mil.

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