FDC Houston 1st QTR FY26- Food Service- Subsistence

The Federal Bureau of Prisons - Federal Detention Center (FDC Houston) is issuing a solicitation, 15B51726Q00000001, for 1st QTR FY 26 Subsistence line items.  Shipping will be FOB Destination. Deliveries will be from October 1st, 2025, to Oct 24th, 2025.  Deliveries will be made to the Food Service Warehouse at 15431 W. Vantage Parkway, Houston, Texas 77032. Please include solicitation number 15B51726Q00000001 on subject line when emailing. The contract type is firm-fixed price. The Government reserves the right upon award to make single or multiple awards. The evaluation factors are price and past performance. The Government will award to the responsible offer(s) whose offer, conforms to the solicitation, and is most advantageous to the Government. Failure to deliver within the established time frame will be considered as non-performance under the contract terms. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site www.sam.gov. The deadline for receipt of quotes is on or before August 28th, at 9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, Email (dcruz-ayala@bop.gov) and (m2khan@bop.gov). Quotes received after closing date and time will not be considered. Quoted prices must remain good for 60 days after close of the solicitation.  Each offeror is required per 52.212-3 to complete their representations and   certifications via the online Representation and Certification Applications (SAM) at www.sam.gov. Faith Based and Community Based Organizations (Aug 2005) are included. NOTE: ALL ITEMS MAY BE PAID VIA Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) or GOVERNMENT PURCHASE CARD at the discretion of the procurement office. SEND BANKING INFORMATION FOR PAYMENT. Blank pages are unnecessary. The Contracting Officer will verify registration prior to award by entering the potential awardee's UEI number at www.sam.gov database.

*Vendor shall return the completed RFQ document and bid sheets when making submissions. Failure to do so will result in the vendor being considered non-responsive and the bid being discarded. *

Evaluation Factors are price and past performance.  Venders who submit a quote concurs that delivery dates will be met, unless otherwise noted.  Vendors should not quote on items which cannot be delivered for any reason. 

Past performance:  A record of poor performance due to failure to deliver items within the expected delivery time period, requests to remove an item from a signed purchase order on previous awards, requests to disregard or cancel a signed purchase order, or poor quality may result in a poor performance rating.  FDC Houston will award quoted items to vendors that have a high past performance record IAW FAR 13.106-2(4)(ii) regardless of the quotes with the lowest price.  Quotes from vendors without poor past performance represent the best value when compared to any lower priced quote(s).