Food Services - Pine Ridge Job Corps Center

The U.S. Forest Service, Washington Office, Job Corps Acquisition Support Branch intends to issue a solicitation for the acquisition of Food Services for Pine Ridge Job Corps Center (Center) located on the Nebraska National Forest in Northwest Nebraska. The Center is located in Dawes County, Nebraska, 11 miles south of Chadron, Nebraska on Highway 385 (15710 HWY 385, Chadron, NE 69337 ). The Center houses approximately 224 youths (male and female), ages 16 to 24 years of age in a residential setting. The Center provides vocational training and basic education in preparation for GED certificates and High School Diplomas. The Centers Education Department is accredited by the Nebraska State Board of Education. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued on or before January 29, 2010. Any resultant contract will require the contractor to provide any and all personnel, preparation, servicing, materials, services, food, supplies, supervision, permits, licenses, routine maintenance of facilities, and other items necessary to perform Food Services. The requirement is 100% Set-Aside for HUBZone Small Business. The NAICS code is 722310 and the small business size standard is $20.5 million. Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database located at http://www.ccr.gov, and must complete electronic representations and certifications on the ORCA database located at http://orca.bpn.gov to be considered for contract award. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration. The base period of performance is July 01, 2010 through June 30, 2011, with four 12-month option periods. The Government intends to award a firm fixed-price contract resulting from the solicitation, with or without discussions, to the responsible offeror whose proposal, conforming to the solicitation, is most advantageous to the Government based on the evaluation factors contained in the solicitation. A site-visit is anticipated to be scheduled for approximately two weeks after the date that the solicitation is posted. The exact date for the site-visit will be contained in the solicitation. This pre-solicitation notice does not constitute a solicitation. The solicitation will be posted to this website for downloading and will provide all necessary information for proposals to be prepared and submitted for consideration. Potential offerors shall monitor the website www.fbo.gov for the solicitation and amendments, if any. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued; telephonic and facsimile requests for the solicitation will not be accepted. Proposals shall be sent to the attention of Donald R. Watson, Contract Specialist, U.S. Forest Service, 740 Simms Street, Golden, CO 80401, Telephone number: 303-275-5158. Electronic proposals are acceptable. Facsimile proposals are not acceptable. The Government reserves the right to cancel the requirement and/or any resultant solicitation. All questions related to the solicitation must be submitted in writing to Donald R. Watson, Contract Specialist, at drwatson02@fs.fed.us. Only written requests will be considered and addressed.