The U.S. Southern Command has a requirement to procure catering services in order to support the U.S. Southern Command's Traditional Commander's Activities (TCA) Conferences taking place at the Conference Center of the Americas (CCA). This is a 100% Small Business set aside procurement under NAICS Code 722320. The size standard is $7.0 M. It is the Government's intent to issue three (3) Firm-Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantities (IDIQ) type contracts to the three (3) lowest offerors resulting from this requirement. The complete Solicitation with the Performance Work Statement will be released on 23 September 2011. Offerors should refer to the solicitation for details regarding the requirements. The solicitation will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities site at https://www.fbo.gov/. Offers will not be accepted from third party agencies (i.e. Head Hunters, Meeting Planners, etc). OFFERS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED DIRECTLY FROM LICENSED CATERING COMPANIES. All responsible responsive offers received prior to the closing date and time of the solicitation will be considered. Interested sources are responsible for downloading the solicitation and any future amendments from the website. Inquiries to this announcement should be directed to the Contract Specialist, SSG G. J. Thorne Jr., 410th CSB, Regional Contracting Office Miami at [email protected], or via telephone 305-437-2669.

By submitting a quote for this solicitation, Offerors are certifying that their products meet/exceed the minimum requirements as described in the performance work statement and that they are able to meet the delivery schedule listed in the solicitation.

(a) The Government does not anticipate any questions regarding this solicitation. However, if prospective Offerors wish to submit general or technical questions, all questions shall be addressed to the Contract Specialist identified in Block 7 of the solicitation. Questions must be submitted via email to [email protected] no later than three days prior to the date listed on Block 8 of the SF 1449. Offerors shall entitle their emails as "Questions for Solicitation W91QEX-11-T-0123." Offerors are to ensure their questions are directed only to the Contract Specialist.

(b) Offerors are cautioned to comply with all instructions within the solicitation to ensure submission of a complete proposal. Failure to furnish a complete proposal may result in the proposal being unacceptable to the Government and elimination from consideration for award (See FAR 15.208 for further information regarding late proposals). Offerors are reminded that a complete quote includes submission of the provision 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. An offer submitted without a complete 52.212-3 will not be accepted.

(c) In accordance with the performance work statement requirements, the successful Offeror shall provide a point of contact of sufficient authority to authorize changes at the performance location. In order for this and other Performance Work Statement requirements to be met, the Government must maintain privities of contract directly with the service provider. Proposals from third parties shall be considered NON-RESPONSIVE and will be excluded from consideration for award.

(d) The Government will accept submissions by e-mail only. All quotations must be received by the Government no later than the time and date indicated in Block 8 of the solicitation.

-- The Offeror shall e-mail the submission to [email protected]. Indicate the solicitation number in the subject line of the e-mail.

(e) Offerors shall submit quotes in English. Prices shall be all inclusive and in U.S. Dollars. When preparing the quotations, offerors will include the price per unit for each of the items listed in the SCHEDULE B. No pricing shall be submitted for line item 0001, 1001, 2001 and 3001. The proposed pricing submitted shall be for the indivual items listed in the SCHEDULE B MENU.

(f) Offerors are advised that payments against the IDIQ contracts resulting from this solicitation will be made through the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), an electronic method to process vendor requests for payment.

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