NJARNG Catered Meals- Morrisville, PA

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for catered meals for the New Jersey Army National Guard at the Morrisville, PA Railyard, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.  This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ).  This procurement is Set-Aside 100% for Small Business.  The NAICS code is 722320.  Basis for award is Price and contractor’s ability to pass the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Food Safety Officer’s inspection. Failure to pass the Food Safety Officer’s inspection will be an automatic disqualifier for award and is therefore the primary evaluation factor. The government intends to issue a single award but may issue multiple awards from this solicitation if it is determined to be in the best interest of the government. The following commercial items are requested in this solicitation:

CLIN 0001: Breakfast 185 personnel- 12-17 May 2023

CLIN 0002: Dinner 185 personnel- 11-16 May 2023

CLIN 0003: Breakfast 185 personnel- 22-25 June 2023

CLIN 0004: Dinner 185 personnel- 22-25 June 2023

Required meal items are provided in the attached Statement of Work.

All costs including delivery must be included.  The offeror must provide within its offer the number of days required to make delivery after it receives a purchase order from the buyer. 

To be quoted as Unit Price and Total Dollar Amount.

SAM Requirement: Registration required with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at www.sam.gov. Must comply with clauses pertaining to Covered Equipment as listed in Far 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25. Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports DFAR 252.232-7003, 252.232-7006 apply to this requirement. In order for vendors to be paid, all vendors must now use an E-invoicing system called Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). To gain access to the WAWF production system, vendors must acquire an account available at https://wawf.eb.mil/. Questions on WAWF may be directed to the WAWF Help Desk (available 24/7) at 866-618-5988.

Commercial Items Terms and Conditions: The selected offeror must comply with the following item terms and conditions, which are incorporated herein by reference: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items, paragraph (a) and the following clauses in paragraph (b): 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of the referenced FAR clauses may be accessed electronically at https://www.acquisition.gov/far/.

The following provisions are incorporated into this solicitation by reference:

FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

FAR 52.204-23, Prohibition on Contracting for Hardware, Software, and Services Developed or Provided by Kaspersky Lab and Other Covered Entities

FAR 52.208-9, Contractor Use of Mandatory Sources of Supply and Services

FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial

FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Products and Services (Dev 2023-O0002)

FAR 52.219-1, Small Business Program Representations

FAR 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting

FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity

FAR 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons

FAR 52.229-11, Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements – Notice and Representation

FAR52.229-12, Tax on Certain Foreign procurements

FAR 52.232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations FAR52.2033,Gratuities

FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards

FAR 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters

FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items

FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors

DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on the Use of Past Performance Information Retrieval System - Statistical Reporting in Past Performance Evaluations

DFARS 252.225-7050, Disclosure of Ownership by the Government of a Country that is a State Sponsor of Terrorism

DFARS 252.213-7000, Notice to Prospective Suppliers on Use of Supplier Performance Risk System in Past Performance Evaluation

 DFARS 252.203-7000, Requirements Relating to Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.203-7002, Requirement to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights

DFARS 252.204-7008, Compliance with Safeguarding Covered Defense Information Controls

DFARS 252.204-7012, Safeguarding Covered Defense Information and Cyber Incident Reporting

DFARS 252.204-7016, Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services – Representation DFARS 252.204-7017, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services—Representation

DFARS 252.204-7018, Prohibition on the Acquisition of Covered Defense Telecommunications Equipment or Services

DFARS 252.204-7003, Control of Government Personnel Work Product

DFARS 252.204-7015, Notice of Authorized Disclosure of Information for Litigation Support

DFARS 252.211-7008, Use of Government-Assigned Serial Numbers

DFARS 252.225-7012, Preference for Certain Domestic Commodities

DFARS 252.225-7036, Buy American - Free Trade Agreements - Balance of Payments Program

DFARS 252.225-7048, Export Controlled Items

DFARS 252.225-7052, Restriction on Acquisition of Certain Magnets, Tantalum, and Tungsten

DFARS 252.225-7055, Representation Regarding Operations with the Maduro Regime

DFARS 252.225-7056, Prohibition Regarding Business Operations with the Maduro Regime

DFARS 252.229-7014, Full Exemption from Two-Percent Excise Tax on Certain Foreign Procurements DFARS 252.232-7003, Electronic Submission of Payment Requests and Receiving Reports

DFARS 252.232-7010, Levies on Contract Payments

DFARS 252.243-7002, Requests for Equitable Adjustment

DFARS 252.244-7000, Subcontracts for Commercial Items

DFARS 252.247-7023, Transportation of Supplies by Sea

DFARS 252.203-7005, Representation Relating to the Compensation of Former DoD Officials

DFARS 252.225-7035, Buy American Act - North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Balance of Payments Program Certificate

DFARS 252.247-7022, Representation of Extent of Transportation by Sea

The following clauses are incorporated by full text. The full text is found in the attachment titled: Full-Text Provisions and Clauses:

FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items

FAR 52.204-24, Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment

FAR 52.204-26, Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation

DFARS 252.211-7003, Item Unique Identification and Valuation

DFARS 252.232-7006, Wide Area WorkFlow Payment Instructions

Please submit any questions and quotes by email to John Moreland, john.m.moreland.mil@army.mil.  All quotes must be submitted via email, no other form will be accepted.