General Subsistence 3rd Qtr FCI Marianna

The Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna, Florida intends to issue solicitation RFQP03081500006 for the 3rd quarter, FY 2015 subsistence requirement. This solicitation is 100% set-a-side for small business. The Government contemplates award of a firm-fixed price type contract from this solicitation. The Government reserves the right upon award to make formal single or multiple awards. The Government will award to the responsible offeror(s), whose offer conforming to the solicitation, is considered to be most advantageous to the Government based on past performance and price. Pricing will be FOB destination with a delivery date on or before April 17, 2015. The solicitation will be available on or about February 12, 2015 and will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities web site at http://www.fbo.gov. The site provides downloading instructions. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be distributed. All future information regarding this acquisition, including amendments, will be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation. The Government may make awards without discussions; therefore, offerors are instructed to submit their best offer initially. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations have the right to submit quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. Failure to comply with the stated item specifications could result in your quoted item not being considered for award. NO SPECIFICATION SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov. Payments will be made using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).