Food Service Chemical Cleaning Supply for Tripler Army Medical Center

This is a sources sought only notice for the renewal of a Blanket Purchase Agreement for Tripler Army Medical Center Nutrition Care Division for food service chemical cleaning supplies. The Contractor will provide food service chemical cleaning supplies that meets the current EPA requirements for waste water produced, EPA guidelines, food safety standards, American Restaurant Association HACCP standards, US Public Health Food Code, and Hawaii State Law requirements for Tripler Army Medical Center Nutrition Care Division of food service operations. The contractor must provide all chemicals required to maintain food service operations; must meet federal, state, military requirements for use in food service operations; provide all dispensing equipment for chemicals (currently APEX system); must have on-island technician to address issues with dispensing equipment; must be able to deliver all chemicals to Tripler Army Medical Center's loading dock; delivery time is 3 days from the placement of orders; and must meet all driving and vehicle requirements for entering military base. The attached document provides a list some of the current food service chemical cleaning supplies that meets EPA guidelines and Hawaii State law requirements.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
All responding to this notice shall provide specific information to include a summary of their company's capabilities. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this procurement. Responses to this notice shall include the following:

a. Company name
b. Address
c. Point of contact
d. Phone, fax, and email
e. DUNS number
f. Cage Code
g. Type of small business, e.g. Services Disabled Veteran Owned small Business, Veteran-owned small business, 8(a), HUBZone, Women Owned Small Business, Small disadvantaged business, or Small Business HUBZone business and
h. Must provide a capability statement that addresses the organizations qualifications and ability to meet the Government's requirement as described above.

This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this Sources Sought Notice will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of contractor submission of responses to this announcement or the Government use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. No funds have been authorized, appropriated, or received for this effort.

The information provided may be used by the 413th Contracting Support Brigade (CSB), Regional Contracting Office - Hawaii (RCO-HI) in developing its acquisition approach and requirement specifications. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Sources Sought Notice or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this Sources Sought Notice.

The purpose of this sources sought announcement is for market research to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Businesses interested and capable of providing the services described below.

HOW TO RESPOND:
Interested parties shall respond by no later than 1300 Hawaii Standard Time (HST) 05 march 2019 with product information that meets all or a subset of the aforementioned attributes.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted via email to Yasmin Restrepo, Contract Specialist at yasmin.a.restrepo.civ@mail.mil.

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