Caribbean Survivor Response Resource-Beans

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) seeks to establish a multiple award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle to obtain and distribute 15oz canned red or pink kidney beans during steady state operations and disaster response operations which occur at a moment’s notice (within 72 hours of contract award). The contractor shall be responsible for making deliveries to the Places of Performance listed in section 13.0 of this SOW.

The method of procurement will be full and open competition. The NAICS code is 311999 - All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing.  The Product Service Code is: 8970 – Composite Food Packages.

Telephone request for this solicitation will not be accepted.  The issuing date for this solicitation is May 24, 2023 and the response closing date is June 23, 2023.  Issuing and response dates are subject to change.

Prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract.  Information regarding this registration can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Prospective offerors shall be required to complete Representations and Certifications on line at https://www.sam.gov in response to this requirement.  The Government will consider all information from responsible sources that is submitted to the point of contact by the solicitation closing date.

Written requests will not be accepted.  All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the FEMA Incident Support Branch.  The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be posted to the SAM website at https://sam.gov.  Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation from this website and for frequently monitoring that site for any amendments.  The Government is not responsible for any inability of the offeror to access the posted documents.  No telephone or fax requests will be accepted, and no hard copy solicitation/amendments will be mailed or faxed.

Questions are due on 12 noon EST, May 31, 2023. Please indicate the following on the email subject line: "Canned Red or Pink Kidney Beans Solicitation-Your Company’s Name" Proposals are due on 12 noon EST, June 23, 2023.

Amendment #1

The puropse of this amendment is to change the due for proposals.

Questions are due on 12 noon EST, June 30, 2023. Please indicate the following on the email subject line: "Canned Red or Pink Kidney Beans Solicitation-Your Company’s Name" Proposals are due on 12 noon EST, July 12, 2023.