Food service - 4TH quarter meat

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution, El Reno, Oklahoma, intends to issue solicitation RFQP05071300023, for the requirement of QUARTERLY SUBSISTENCE - MEAT. This is 100% small business set aside. The NAICS code for this requirement is 424470, which contains a size standard of number of employees not to exceed 100 employees. Offers will be FOB destination with delivery being the week of July 1st, 2013. Deliveries will be made to Federal Correctional Institution, 4205 Highway 66 West, El Reno, OK 73036, in accordance with the delivery schedule contained in the solicitation. The contract type will be firm-fixed price. The Government will award to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is considered to be most advantageous to the Government, past performance and price considered, past performance being rated higher than price. All payments under the amount of $25,000 shall be made using the Government Purchase Card. The solicitation will be made available on or about May 17, 2013, and will be posted to the General Services Opportunities website www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of this solicitation will not be made 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 they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date for receipt of quotes is May 31, 2013. Faith-based organizations and Community-based organizations have the right to submit offers equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. Point of contact for all information regarding this acquisition is Curtis Yates, Contract Specialist, at the address listed below or telephone number 405-319-7490. Completed offers may be faxed to the attention of Curtis Yates at 405-319-7444, mailed to the address below or emailed to cxyates@bop.gov. The anticipated date for award is June 7, 2013.