FCI La Tuna FY 25 Q1 CHICKEN

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Correctional Institution Three La Tuna, Texas, intends to issue solicitation 15B51024Q00000032 for the procurement of its 1st Quarter Chicken for the FY-2025. The NAICS code for this requirement is 311612. Deliveries will start on October 1, 2024. The contract Type is a Firm-Fixed Price contract. This acquisition is a small business set aside as to business size.  Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations have the right to submit quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 4.1102 requires all contractors seeking or currently doing business with the government to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award; information can be obtained at https://www.sam.gov/. The Government reserves the right to award item by item, or in groups of items, or in aggregate, whichever is most advantageous to the Government by responsive, responsible offeror(s) whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, with past performance and price considered, prices being rated higher than past performance. Only vendors that quote all line items will be the only ones considered for award. This requirement is an all or none. Payments will be made using the Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) or the Government Purchase Card. Upon request, vendors may be required to provide samples of product quoted, prior to award. Each offer must complete the FAR Provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications section at the On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov .  All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a written offer which will be considered for award. The solicitation will be made available on or about August 14, 2024, and will be posted through the System of Award Management Beta (Sam Beta) website at https://www.sam.gov/ .

DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS:

• All deliveries must be palletized unless prior arrangements were agreed to by FCI La Tuna warehouse staff and/or material handlers (no side-loaded pallets).
• All non-frozen, perishable foods must be delivered between 36 degrees F and 41 degrees F.
• All canned goods must be delivered above 36 degrees F and not frozen.
• All frozen foods must be delivered at 0 degrees F or below.  “Frozen product after being received is subject to further inspection upon thawing to verify sizes/weights are within the Purchase Order and/or BOP National Specifications.”
• Some items may require thawing and cooking to determine specification compliance and product wholesomeness.
• Any product that indicates prior thawing will be refused.
• All certified religious diet items must be marked with Kosher Symbol on individual packages or the item will be refused.
• Items which are conditionally received and found noncompliant, must be picked up at the vendors’ expense within (2) weeks of noncompliance notification.
• Items that fail to meet specifications will be refused. All items must be dated.
• Hours for delivery are 7:30AM – 1:30PM, Mon-Fri, first come first serve.  No deliveries on weekends or federal holidays.
• Unless otherwise stated within the specification of an item description in Section 2 of SF Form 1449, all dates for frozen food items must be delivered frozen and delivered before the best buy date, sell by date, use by date, best if used by date, or freeze by date on the label.

Substitutions to specifications in line items are prohibited (ex., case counts).  Changes to specifications will not be evaluated and therefore, not considered for award.  The government reserves the right upon inspection to reject items if they are damaged or not to the specifications as listed in the solicitation.  Do not change the case counts or the quote of the item will not be considered.

The quote, signed by an individual authorized to bind the offer, must be submitted to the address contained within solicitation posting 12:00 PM Central Standard time with a due date of August 27, 2024. The anticipated date of award is on or about September 4, 2024. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition.  All quotes must be F.O.B. Destination, at Federal Correctional Institution La Tuna, 8500 Doniphan Road, Anthony, TX. 79821. The point of contact for all information regarding this solicitation is Ana Oaxaca, Procurement and Property Specialist and Walter Soto-Ruiz, Supervisory Contract Specialist. Completed offers shall be e-mailed to the attention to all at wsotoruiz@bop.gov or aoaxaca@bop.gov, all quotes must be eligible.  Facsimile quotes are not permitted.