The Federal Correctional Institution, Marianna, Florida intends to issue solicitation 15B30825Q00000003 for the 2nd quarter, FY 2025 frozen and refrigerated foods requirement. This solicitation is 100% set-a-side for small business. The Government contemplates award of a firm-fixed price type contract from this solicitation. The Government reserves the right upon award to make formal single or multiple awards. The Government will award to the responsible offeror(s), whose offer conforming to the solicitation, is considered to be most advantageous to the Government based on past performance and price. Pricing will be FOB destination with a delivery date on or before January 17, 2025. The solicitation will be available on or about November 12, 2024 and will be distributed solely through the U.S. General Services Administration’s web site at https://beta.sam.gov/. The site provides downloading instructions. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be distributed. All future information regarding this acquisition, including amendments, will be distributed through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation. The Government may make awards without discussions; therefore, offerors are instructed to submit their best offer initially. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations have the right to submit quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. Failure to comply with the stated item specifications will result in your quoted item not being considered for award. NO SPECIFICATION SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at www.sam.gov. Payments for orders exceeding the micro purchase thresh hold will be made using Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Payments for orders less than the micro purchase threshold will be made using the Government Purchase Card.
