Dining Facility Operation Services for U. S. Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice. The Regional Contracting Office for the 414th

CSB in Vicenza, Italy will use the responses to this notice to determine

potential responsible vendors capable of providing the services described

herein.

 

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this procurement is to provide dining facility

operation services to United States owned facilities (Caserma

Elderle/Del Din) at the U.S. Army Garrison Vicenza, Italy.

 

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Work will be executed at the U.S. Army

Garrison Vicenza Italy which includes the following locations: Caserma Ederle

(BLD 10), Del Din Dining Facility (BLD 23).

 

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

The Contractor shall provide all management services, supervision,

personnel, labor, vehicles, materials, tools, supplies, transportation, general

and specialized equipment and all other items.

 

The services necessary to provide dining facility operations services to

include: food preparation, serving of food (meals) and maintaining sanitation

in accordance with industry standards and applicable guidance at Caserma

Ederle and Del Din, United States Garrison - Vicenza, Italy.

 

Preparation and serving of meals shall include soups, salads, gravies, sauces,

vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, pudding gelatins, pastries and other foods

constituting a complete meal in accordance with DA PAM 30-22, Menu

Standards.

 

Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner shall be served Monday through Sunday

whereas Brunch and Supper can be substituted and served on Saturdays,

Sundays, to include days that are United States and Italian holiday. Breakfast:

0700 -0900, Lunch: 1130 to 1300, Dinner: 1630 to 1800 or Brunch 0930 to

1300 and Supper: 1530 to 1800 (weekends). These hours are subject to

change.

All contractor personnel must be capable of reading, writing, speaking, and

understanding the basic English language to fully perform in order to

understand and follow the Armed Forces Recipe Card System (AFMIS TM 10-

412).

 

The Contractor shall ensure that all cooks performing under this contract are

trained cooks.

 

All personnel working in the dining facility must be legally able to work in the

country of Italy per governing laws, regulations, and policies.

 

Contractor personnel shall complete Level I AT Awareness Training on an

annual basis and receive a certificate of completion.

 

All work performed under this contract shall be in accordance with US Army

food regulations. Guidance to include: AR 30-22, DA PAM 30-22, DA PAM

738-750, TB MED 530, FM 21-10, FM 10-23, FM 10-24 and TM 10-412.

These Department of Defense regulations can be located at

http://www.apd.army.mil.

 

TYPE OF CONTRACT: The U.S. Government will award a Firm Fixed Price

Type Contract.

 

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The Government intends to award firm fixed

price contract for one (1) base year) and two (2) option years. North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 722310.

 

INDUSTRY DAY:  An Industry Day open forum for questions, concerns and general dialogue with the Industry experts will be held at the RCO Conference room, Vicenza, Italy, on 18 March 2016, at 10:00 hrs

 

 

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE: The pre-proposal conference will be conducted tentatively during the month of April 2016. Information about time and date will be provided on a later date.

 

SUBMITTAL INFORMATION: It is requested that interested vendors submit to

the contracting office a brief capabilities statement package demonstrating

ability to perform the services listed above. In order to deem the vendors'

responsibility, such package shall include the following documentation:

 

1. Certificato Camera di Commercio (Certificate of the Chamber of

Commerce) NOT older than six (6) months at the time of the submission

suspense date for the capability statement packet. Self-certifications are NOT

allowed.

 

2. SAM Registration. In order to register on SAM website

( https://www.sam.gov ), vendors must have a DUNS number ( obtainable on

http://dbitaly.dnb.com ) and a NATO code (obtainable

www. www.siac.difesa.it/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=NCAGE). The successful offeror to be

awarded this contract MUST be currently registered in the SAM database.

 

The capability statement package must be sent by email to Francesca Candia and Sebastiana Cappello at

Francesca.candia.ln@mail.mil and Sebastiana.cappello.ln@mail.mil

 

Submissions of interest must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. Central

European Time (CET) on 04 March 2016. Questions or comments regarding

this notice must be addressed to Ms Francesca Candia and Ms Sebastiana Cappello at Francesca.candia.ln@mail.mil and Sebastiana.cappello.ln@mail.mil

 

This announcement should not be construed as a commitment by the U.S.

Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract in the future.