Procurement of 1, 066 Sets of Kitchen Articles

The Government intends to negotiate a Commercial Firm Fixed Price type contract for procurement of 1,066 sets of kitchen articles. Each set includes flatware (dinner knives, dinner forks, salad forks, soup spoons and tea spoons), glassware (12 oz. rock glasses and 16 oz. ice tea glasses), dinnerware (10 plates, 7 plates, soup/cereal bowls, and 8 oz. mugs), cookware (7-piece set with 5 qt. Dutch oven with lid, 2 qt. sauce pan with lid, 1 qt. sauce pan with lid and 9.5 skillet), cutlery (3 paring knives, 5 utility knives and 8 slicing knives), kitchen linens (potholders, dish cloths and dish towels), and various kitchen accessories (basting spoon, spatula, slotted spoon, ladle, salt and pepper shaker set, vegetable peeler, bottle opener, hand can opener, steel pot fork, 6-piecce mixing bowl sets, 2 qt. pitchers, measuring cups and spoon sets, colander, cutlery tray, and cutting boord). FOB point is destination to Norfolk, Virginia. This procurement is 100% Small Business Set Aside and will utilize procedures under FAR Subpart 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The NAICS code applicable to this procurement is 327112. The size standard is 500 employees. The solicitation, any documents related to this procurement, and all amendments issued will be in electronic form. When the Request for Quote (RFQ) is issued, it may be downloaded by accessing http://www.neco.navy.mil or at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. This office no longer issues hardcopy solicitations. By submitting a quote, the offeror will be self certifying that neither the principal corporate officials nor owners are currently suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any Federal Agency. Please direct all questions regarding this requirement via e-mail to the POC identified in this synopsis.