General Groceries Items

156th WG Muñiz Puerto Rico Air Guard Base intends to award multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) of a base year and four year options of 12 calendar months for general groceries items as depicted in the attached listing titled “Catalog-Table 1” , Description of Requirement (DoR) and following procedures found in document titled “BPA Terms and Conditions”. There is no minimum purchase agreement for this BPA and the government is only obligated to the extent of authorized calls placed against the BPA (Reference attached BPA terms and conditions, which is incorporated as  part of this solicitation). Payment for these purchases will be made by Government Purchase Card (GPC). The yearly call limit for this BPA will be $95,000.00 with an overall BPA aggregated value limit of $400,000.00 over 5 years. The following Request  for Quotes (RFQ) is being used for procurement of general groceries deliveries as needed from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2028.

Award will be made on or about 3 March 2023 for a five (5) year period. The Government intends to award at least two Pre-Priced five (5) year Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) described below and may award multiple BPAs with more than one supplier of the same type to provide maximum practicable competition. Sought description of sought BPA requirement is as follows:

CLIN 0001 - The contractor shall furnish all personnel, equipment, services, materials, and labor to perform recurring Groceries Supplies deliveries (see attachment titled “Catalog-Table 1” for Terms and Conditions  for contract specifics). Performance shall be at Muñiz ANGB Carolina, PR 00979; Punta Salinas Radar Site Toa Baja PR 00949; Punta Borinquen Radar Site Aguadilla, PR 16671; Camp Santiago, Salinas, PR  00751, as needed.

Offerors must include with their quotations:

1. Completed attached Price list titled “Catalog-Table 1” The price list at a minimum, will include base pricing as per unit of measure depicted for each groceries item.  Under the comments/remarks column, vendor/bidder will include any considerations on substitute/similar items to those listed or equivalencies to quantities and/or amounts.
2. The attached Price List titled “Catalog-Table 2” have optional items that the Government may need in the future.  Offerors are highly encouraged in provide pricing for some or all items, but is not mandatory.  The Government will evaluate quotes based only in total price provided for requirement #1 (Catalog-Table 1).
3. Quoted prices must be effective at least through May 29, 2023.
4. A completed copy of provisions 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (ATTACHMENT 3). This attachment need not be submitted with your price quote if your firm is registered on the Online System of Award Management (SAM.Gov) web site (https://SAM.gov/). If so, you must provide your Dun and Bradstreet Number and your Federal Tax ID Number.
5. Offerors who fail to complete and submit the requirements above may be considered non- responsive.

1. Contract award will be made to the responsive offeror whose offer will result in the lowest price evaluated offer acceptable to the government. This is an "all or none" requirement.
2. The following clauses and/or provisions apply to this solicitation:
   1. A firm fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreement is expected.
   2. The government reserves the right to make multiple awards.
   3. A combined synopsis/solicitation (along with the attachments) will be posted on the Contract Opportunities System of the System of Award Management https://sam.gov/ formerly (FedBizOpps) site. Amendments will be posted in aforementioned site portal. It is the offerors' responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). The following provisions and clauses can be viewed through Internet access at Air Force FAR site.
   4. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, with the following technical description in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements of the solicitation (i.e.: product literature), price and any discount, and delivery times; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items. Award will be made to the responsible, responsive offeror whose offer will result in the best value to the Government, delivery and price considered. The provisions at 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications - Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items applies to this solicitation; 52.212-5 Executive Orders

-Commercial Items; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965; 52.222-42, Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires; 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; 52.222-19, Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; and 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party - , applies to this solicitation. The provisions at 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference apply to this solicitation and 52.252-6, Authorized Deviation in Clauses. The provisions at 252.225-7000, Buy American Act - Balance of Payments Program Certificate, 252.204-7004, Required Central Contractor Registration and 252.212-7001, Contract Terms and Conditions required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders applicable to Defense Acquisitions of Commercial Items.

1. For solicitations issued after 1 Jun 98, all contractors are required to be registered in the System of Award Management https://sam.gov/SAM/ . If not already registered, you should immediately register with SAM.Gov by calling 1-888-227-2423 or via the internet at https://sam.gov/SAM// Contractors are required to have a Dun and Bradstreet number (DUNS) in order to be registered in the SAM.Gov. Lack of registration prior to award, may make an offeror ineligible for award. A contractor can receive a DUNS number by calling Dun & Bradstreet at (800) 333-0505. Internet registration takes approximately 72 hours: mail in registration takes approximately 30 days. Interested parties must submit any questions in writing to the Contracting Officer listed below, by email.
2. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit their pricing portion of their bid

Bid MUST be good for 90 calendar days after close of Buy.

1. Points of Contact

MSgt Danny Carrasquillo, Contract Specialist, Phone 787-289-1400 Ext. 7627, E-mail  [email protected]

Angel F. Solis, Contract Specialist, phone 787-253-5238, email: [email protected]

11)   Place(s) of Contract Performance:

Muñiz ANGB Carolina, PR 00979

Punta Salinas Radar Site Toa Baja PR 00949

Punta Borinquen Radar Site Aguadilla, PR 16671

Camp Santiago, Salinas, PR 00751