SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Fresh Bread and Bakery Items for Guam Area of Responsibility
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2023 5:31:10 PM
- Notice Type
- Solicitation
- NAICS
- 311812
— Commercial Bakeries
- Contracting Office
- DLA TROOP SUPPORT INDO-PACIFIC JBPHH HI 96860-3520 USA
- ZIP Code
- 96860-3520
- Solicitation Number
- SPE302-23-R-0009
- Response Due
- 9/20/2023 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 10/05/2023
- Point of Contact
- Debra Seibert, Phone: 8082955354, Jean Ross, Phone: 8087862140
- E-Mail Address
-
debra.seibert@dla.mil, jean.ross@dla.mil
(debra.seibert@dla.mil, jean.ross@dla.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- SBA Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)
- Description
- Amendment 0003 to Solicitation SPE302-23-R-0009 / Fresh Bread and Bakery Items for Troops and Ships, Guam A. �The purpose of this amendment is to respond to questions received by the Government. Question 1: �Berry Amendment, Guam is a US Territory. Please confirm that production and manufacturing in Guam complies with this FAR. Answer 1: �Yes Question 2: �Berry Amendment, does this apply to the ingredients used to produce the fresh baked goods? Answer 2: No. As long as fresh baked items reprocessed in the United States even though ingredients are from foreign country, they are deemed compliant with the Berry Amendment. �grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced wholly in the United States.� Question 3: �Please clarify if Page 6 of the Statement of work Item I-D-Delivery still applies considering Amendment 001 Item C, Deliveries. Answer 3: �Yes Question 4: � Page 14, Item VII, Emergency Orders. Is the 3 hour requirement accurate for fresh baked goods? Order processing and delivery alone would make it hard to meet this time frame and, if product had to be baked, it would not meet this time frame. Answer 4: �Noted. No change Question 5: �Page 4 of the SOW still requires the contractor to have EDI capability. Item I-D, Ordering System states that EDI capability is not a requirement of this contract but the offeror must be moving toward EDI functionality. � Answer 5: �Acceptable for EDI or Non-EDI (via FAX or Email) Question 5a: �Is the contractor required to have EDI capability? Answer 5a: �It�s not mandatory Question 5b: �If not, what timeline is given to achieve full EDI functionality? Is any consideration given to offerors that have Full EDI functionality as part of their bid offer? Answer 5b: �There is no specific consideration available. Question 6: �For non-manufacturers to substantiate pricing, is the non-manufacturer's commercial price list sufficient or is pricing from the producer/supplier required? Answer 6: �See Question 7 and Answer 7 below Question 7: Page 4, CAUTION NOTICE, is a non-manufacturer's commercial price list or wholesale catalog sufficient to ""substantiate Delivered Prices for all items in the Schedule of Items""? Answer 7: �Offeror�s Price List (i.e., sales receipts or invoices for items sold to other commercial customers by same offeror) should be available to provide to the Government based on the Contracting Officer (KO)�s request if KO is going to conduct the discussions (negotiations). In accordance with Solicitation document, page 18 of 39 pages (excerpt below), we may not request this if we are going to award the contract with discussion (negotiation). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received. Question 8: �Attachment 1 Schedule of Items - Column E ""Offer Matches Description (Y/N)"" - If offeror indicates No, offer does not match description - does the offeror provide the alternate description in a separate document to be submitted with their proposal? If not, is any additional information necessary if the offeror indicates No? Answer 8: �Please do not provide the alternate description in a separate document. Question 9: �Attachment 1 Schedule of Items - Column E ""Offer Matches Description (Y/N)"" - If offeror indicates N, offer does not match description - Are alternate descriptions/items acceptable? Answer 9: �Not acceptable Question 10: �Page 10, Quality Program, does a third party warehouse audit need to be submitted with our proposal? Answer 10: �No Question 11: �Quality Program - Are suppliers/producers required to be sanitarily approved sources listed in the Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement? Answer: Yes Question 12: �Schedule of Items, Item #21: Is there a specific shape/design/color for this cookie? What type of Christmas cookie is being requested? Please provide more specifics. Answer 12: �Specific shape/design/color for Christmas Cookies are Offeror�s choice as long as 12 per 12 oz PG. Please see attached actual ordered QTY for Christmas Cookies. Date range: from 8/25/2022 to 8/24/2023. (spreadsheet attached) Question 13: �Schedule of Items, Items #49, 50, 51, 52: What is the difference between a Hoagie, Submarine, and Torpedo Roll? Answer 13: �The difference between, hoagie, submarine, torpedo is regional. It's called different things in various places but basically the same, but for current vendor�s purposes, they add sesame seeds to the submarine. Question 14: �Does the offeror need to be on the sanitarily approved sources listed in the Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement? Or is the supplier the only one who needs to be listed in the directory? Answer 14: �Supplier Question 15: �If the offeror is approved by DLA to operate their DLA's Subsistence Prime Vendor contract, is a third party audit required? Answer 15: �Supplier�s warehouse/performance location is required a third party audit. Question 16: �What are acceptable third party audits? Answer 16: �Third party warehouse audit (i.e., American Institute of Baking (AIB) certification other state or federal sanitation inspections) Question 17: �Page 10, Contractor Quality Program, ""The vendor is to submit a copy of each third party warehouse audit (i.e., American Institute of Baking (AIB) certification other state or federal sanitation inspections) to the contracting officer prior to contract award"" - Please confirm that a third party warehouse audit is not required to be submitted with our proposal. Answer 17: �Please submit the third party warehouse audit in accordance with Page 10, Contractor Quality Program, ""The vendor is to submit a copy of each third party warehouse audit (i.e., American Institute of Baking (AIB) certification other state or federal sanitation inspections) to the contracting officer prior to contract award"" B. All other terms and conditions of this solicitation remain the same.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: GU, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06808194-F 20230827/230825230106 (samdaily.us)
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