89 -- ICE, MANUFACTURED, CRUSHED OR CUBED AND BLOCK, FOR FORT GORDON, GA.

Notice Date

August 17, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon, ATTN: ATZH-CT, Building 2102, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5110

ZIP Code

30905-5110

Solicitation Number

DABT11-01-B-0005

Response Due

September 21, 2001

Point of Contact

JEANETTE WILLOUGHBY, 706-791-1806

E-Mail Address

US Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon (willougj@gordon.army.mil)

Description

Furnish and deliver 40 pound plastic encased bags of manufactured crushed or cubed ice and/or 300 pound clear, uncracked block ice (for carving) for a firm, fixed price requirements contract with base and two option periods, beginning 01 Oct 2001 through 30 Sep 2002. Option periods will be evaluated with the base period. Requirements are for Crushed or cubed ice and/or block ice to be ordered on monthly delivery orders. Deliveries are to be made once a day, Monday through Saturday, excluding holidays, between 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM to five dining facilities, the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, and three training sites to be determined. Inspection and acceptance of ice deliveries will be at destinations indicated at Fort Gordon, Georgia. Estimated quantities are 12,000 bags crushed or cubed ice and 75 each block ice per year. Each shipment must include a certificate of origin stating items were produced or manufactured in a U.S. Army sanitarily approved facility. Potential bidders/suppliers who are not currently listed in the directo ry of sanitarily approved food establishments for Armed Forces Procurement, Circular 40-1, must request in writing an Initial Sanitary Inspection of the manufacturing facility. A request for facility inspection is to be faxed to the Directorate of Contracting Fort Gordon 706-791-3896 to the attention of Deborah McGugan, Procurement Technician, at 706-791-1827, email: mcgugand@gordon.army.mil or Jeanette Willoughby, Contract Specialist, at 706-791-1806. Bidder's facility must be inspected and approved by U.S. Army inspectors prior to bid opening. Inspection of the total plant production of the product shall be conducted by the Fort Gordon Military Veterinary Service in accordance with AR 40-657. A bid which is received from a potential bidder whose facility has not been sanitarily approved by a military veterinary service on or before opening of bids will be declared nonresponsive and rejected. The NAICS Code is 312113. In accordance with DFARS 52.204-7004 regarding Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prospective contractors(s) must be registered in the CCR Database prior to award of contract. Prospective contractors may register electronically via internet by accessing the following website: www.ccr2000.com or phone 1-888-227-2423. Bidder must be registered with the government Central Contractor Registration prior to award of a government contract or may be considered nonresponsive and rejected. Projected issue date of the solicitation is August 22, 2001. The IFB will be available on the internet Army Single Face to Industry at http://acquisition.army.mil. All amendments will be posted on the website. Bidders are cautioned to check the web site periodically. If the web site is unavailable, due to any virus, requests for solicitation documents must be submitted to t he email address or fax number above. Sealed bids must be received in the Directorate of Contracting, 419 B Street (Winship Hall), Building 29718, 3rd Floor, Fort Gordon GA 30905-5719 no later than 2:00 P.M. local time of the bid opening date. Telegraphic, faxed or e-mail bids are not acceptable. Award will be made on an all-or-none basis. All responsible and responsive bids will be considered. See Notes 1 and 23.

Web Link

Army Single Face to Industry (http://acquisition.army.mil)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010821/89SOL001.HTM (D-229 SN50V392)