United States Property and Fiscal Office for Ohio, 2811 West Dublin Granville Road, Room 211, Columbus, Ohio 43235-2712

89 -- PROVIDE SUBSISTENCE Contact Point: CMSGT Carl K. Roshong (614) 766-7596. The Ohio National Guard, requires Subsistence (Food) on a one (1) year trial basis, for Army National Guard units located in the Southwest corridor of the state. This represents approximately 1400 soldiers. Performance during this period will be used to determine the feasibility of expanding the program in future years to include the entire Ohio Army National Guard or approximately 10,000 soldiers. It is intended that this contract will require a strong partnering relationship between the Ohio National Guard and the successful contractor/s. Potential suppliers are to furnish their proposals for providing subsistence items as described below to locations throughout the southwest part of the state of Ohio during dates and times indicated. The period covered will be January 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996 with consideration by the Government to exercise option years beyond the first year. First consideration will be given to suppliers who quote on all items listed as requested even if it requires picking up items not normally carried in stock. If savings can accrue to the government by considering alternative packaging eg. dried vs. frozen, bulk vs. individual servings, fresh vs. frozen, pounds vs. units, paste base vs, powder base, etc., the proposal should reflect the potential savings as a separate alternative proposal. The vendor will be expected to provide supporting price lists including appropriate discount sheet and quantity breaks. These price lists will be used to establish the pricing standard to be used which will be a part of the evaluation. Other factors to be evaluated will be; time duration of replacing unacceptable items/substitutes at no additional cost to the government, any incentives to be offered to the government to offset any premium prices paid for being forced to purchase locally through unavailability of product from the successful supplier, and availability of suppliers representative (point of contact). NOTE: government desires one point of contact with appropriate authority to resolve all potential issues associated with ordering, pricing and claims adjustments. Customer service will be a major factor in considering an acceptable candidate for award. The government may have some irrevocable requirements for the use of specific forms. Another evaluation factor will be the suppliers efforts in facilitating the integration of these forms into its' own process. The range of this procurement is between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. Proposals will be due on or about December 5, 1995. Bid issue date is on or about November 5, 1995. Only written requests for solicitations are acceptable, no fax or telephone requests will be considered. (293)

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