Certified Kosher Items 2nd Qtr. FY 2025

The Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Prisons (FCC Beaumont) is soliciting quotes for certified Kosher food items for the second quarter of FY 2025 under solicitation number 15B50225Q00000033. The procurement seeks specific quantities of kosher food items including cereal packages, sugar substitute packets, vegetable juice, catsup packets, jelly portions, potato chips, tartar sauce packets, and margarine. All items must be certified by approved Orthodox Kosher certification agencies from the US or Canada, with current certification letters and displayed kosher certification marks. The government intends to make multiple firm-fixed-price awards to responsible offerors whose quotes conform to the solicitation and are determined to be in the government's best interest, considering price and past performance. Quotes must be submitted by January 17, 2025, at 10:00 AM CST, with expected delivery by January 29, 2025.

The solicitation is set aside 100% for small businesses under NAICS code 311999 with a size standard of 700 employees. The place of performance is Taylor Landing, TX 77705, with delivery hours restricted to 7:00am-1:30pm Monday-Friday, excluding federal holidays. Specific quantity requirements include 300,000 2-oz cereal packages, 200,000 sugar substitute packets, 9,600 5-7oz vegetable juice cans, 80,000 tomato catsup packets, 800,000 jelly portions, 30,000 1-oz potato chip packages, 80,000 tartar sauce packets, and 6,000 margarine packages. Vendors must be registered in SAM and provide their UEI number, with a warning that failure to deliver after award will result in being determined a non-responsible contractor and removal from the bidder's list. The solicitation explicitly excludes Winston and Gourmet Kosher products, and requires all frozen meats to be produced within 9 months of delivery.