Solicitation for Food Service at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

NOTE: SOLICITATION HAS BEEN POSTED. IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS ACCESSING THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENT, PLEASE CONTACT POC LISTED BELOW. THANK YOU.

The purpose of this pre-solicitation notice is to notify that RCO-Alaska plans to solicit offers for a food services requirement to include Full Food Service and Vending Facility/Cafeteria Style Service as the mission dictates, at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, under solicitation W912D0-13-R-0002.The Government intends to award a single firm fixed price contract with one base year and four one-year options.
The contractor shall provide all necessary resources, materials, services, and/or supplies, except Government Furnished Property (GFP) to perform Full Food Service (FFS), and Vending Facility/Cafeteria Style support to meet the specified performance requirements at the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Wainwright, Alaska. This contract will enable Fort Wainwright to provide subsistence to military and other eligible personnel at Fort Wainwright. The contractor is responsible for providing services in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS), to include, but not be limited to, requisitioning, receiving, storing, preparing and serving of food and includes the performance of related administrative, custodial, and sanitation functions. Also may be required to prepare, and package meals for remote site feeding.)
The applicable North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS Code) is 722310 - Food Service Contractors, with a size standard of 35.5M.
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The Period of Performance (POP) will cover the Base Year Plus four One-year Options
A Site visit will be scheduled information will be available in the solicitation package; to include site visit date/time and required sign-up procedures for the visit. Visit will not be mandatory but is strongly encouraged.
This action is a 100% Small Business set-aside. Priority will be given to blind vendors recognized and represented by State Licensing Agencies (SLAs), under the terms of the Randolph Shepherd Ace (R-SA). The contract type is Firm Fixed Price and the contract will be awarded based on the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) offer IAW FAR 15.101-2.
The closing date and time for submission of offers will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation notice and any/all amendments will be posted and available for viewing and downloading at Federal Business Opportunities at www.fbo.gov or the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) Website https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ at no charge. No paper copies will be issued. When the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the aforementioned site regularly for any updates/amendments to this requirement. All prospective offerors must have a Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE Code) and be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) located at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

It is anticipated that the solicitation for this requirement will be posted NLT 15-April-2013.