Statewide Food Supply

The Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) located at 3041 Sidco Drive, Nashville, TN is soliciting for Food Supply delivery services for the TNARNG Statewide to be purchased in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Part 12 and 15. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Solicitation number W912L7-17-R-0003 is hereby issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) to award a single, firm fixed-price contract to provide all delivery supplies, plant, labor, transportation, materials, tools, equipment and supervision necessary to operate a subsistence prime vendor program for the supply and distribution of food items directly to end users within the State of Tennessee as well as nearby out of state sites. The prime vendor must provide the TNARNG a customized web-based ordering program where the end user will enter the number of soldiers to be fed and program must be compatible with Windows 7 and allow the end user to submit their request through an ordering official at Directorate of Logistic Office to review and approve the order prior to the vendor shipping the order. Due to the different number of personnel in each unit, the vendor should be able to supply less than case lots when required and refrigerated shipping as needed. Nonfood items will not be included in this contract. Normally, subsistence items ordered will be mostly raw or uncooked requiring food preparation and or cooking by National Guard personnel. In addition to the monthly drills, called Inactive Duty Training (IDT) each unit normally has two weeks of Annual Training (AT) each year. Some units conduct AT in-state, while some units go out of state to places such as Ft. Chaffee, AR, Ft. Stewart, GA, Ft. Knox, KY, Ft. Campbell, KY and Camp Shelby, MS, and Tunnel Hill, GA. The prime vendor should be prepared to support both nearby out-of-state and in-state AT delivery. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-92. This requirement is being advertised as Unrestricted; the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 311991 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered by the Contracting Officer. Proposals are due in this office no later than Tuesday, 17 January 2017 3:00 pm local central daylight time. Please email proposal questions to sinamar.b.benauro.civ@mail.mil by the 10 January 2017. Point of contact referencing this solicitation is Sinamar Benauro at sinamar.b.benauro.civ@mail.mil . The award will be based on best value Trade-Off process. Please provide Dun and Bradstreet number, tax identification number, and cage code. All charges must be inclusive.