SOLICITATION NOTICE
89 -- Kosher Foods
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 424490
— Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, FDC Miami, 33 N.E. 4th Street, Miami, Florida, 33132
- ZIP Code
- 33132
- Solicitation Number
- 31005-0053-8
- Response Due
- 6/9/2008 7:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- James W. Winds,, Phone: (305) 982-1237
- E-Mail Address
-
jwinds@bop.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Statement of Work Religiously Certified Meals Religious Certification Required for all meals submitted for this bid: All meals offered on this bid must be certified by a nationally accepted Orthodox Jewish certification agency such as the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations (The “O-U”), Organized Kashrus Laboratories (The “O-K”), “Star-K” Kosher Certification, “KOF-K” Supervision, Central Rabbinical Congress (The “CRC”), K'hal Adath Jeshurun (“Breuer's” or the “KAJ”), or (The “Oval KS”) Organization of Kashrus Supervision. Bidders must submit letters of verification citing current religious certification on all products submitted on this bid. Failure to submit a religious certification letter from an acceptable organization as listed above, will be considered a non-responsive bid. Quoters are required to submit a Letter of Authentication which notes the USDA Establishment Number for the manufacturer site of the materials being quoted. Failure to submit USDA Authentication will deem quoter as non-responsive and the quote will not be considered. Award Consideration: Overall cost will be the main factor in considering award of this contract. A lack of variety as specified in the item description, such as specifying the exact same meal for several item numbers, may be considered a non-responsive bid due to lack of variety. Quality of the meals is expected to be the best commercial practice for this type of item. A lack of quality, such as poor preparation standards, food quality, food appearance, excessive meat extenders, temperature abuse, or other obvious lack of best commercial practice procedures will be considered non-responsive in the bid process and grounds for termination of the contract if discovered after award. Samples may be requested prior to award to assess quality. Contract Requirements: All prices will be bid as FOB Destination. General Specification: Meals will be made with non-metallic packaging that allows microwave and conventional oven heating. Meals will consist of a compartmentalized base tray which separates the main components of the meal. Meals will be sealed and double wrapped. The product weights listed on meal specification are cooked weights. Vegetable weights may include 1 fluid oz water for proper cooking. Three compartment trays with entree in large container and starch and vegetable in small containers. Meals/Line Item #1-3, 9, 12, 18-19, 24, 26-27 from the Kosher Dinner Specification will be 16 ounces total and meet the individual component weight range as indicated on the item specification. Meals/Line Item #14 and 16 from the Kosher Dinner Specification will be 15 ounces total and meet the individual component weight range as indicated on the item specification. Meals/Line #7 and 31 from the Kosher Dinner Specification will be 14 ounces total and meet the individual component weight range as indicated on the item specification. All Meals - weights listed for all meat and fish are minimum allowable weights. Weights noted for starch and vegetables are noted as an acceptable range.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Federal Detention Center-Miami, 33 N. E. 4TH Street, Miami, Florida, 33132, United States
- Zip Code: 33132
- Zip Code: 33132
- Record
- SN01576418-W 20080521/080519223314-a01861d78fcfdcecea7a392524152380 (fbodaily.com)
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