This is not a request for quotation. This is a pre-solicitation notice synopsizing an upcoming solicitation to satisfy the requirements of FAR 5.201, 5.203 and 5.204. On or about 27 June 2018, the United States Property and Fiscal Office for Arkansas intends to issue a solicitation for the operation of the dining facility (DFAC) at the National Guard Professional Education Center (PEC), Camp Robinson, Arkansas for award of a single, firm-fixed-price contract for services, non-personal, to provide all labor, subsistence , transportation, materials, and supervision necessary to operate the DFAC providing dine-in meals, in support of training activities occurring at PEC. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work is 722310. The small business size standard is $38.5 million average annual revenue for the previous three years. This action is being procured as a 100% Small Business Set Aside. There will be a pre-bid conference and sit visit held for this requirement. The tentative date for the pre-bid conference is on 20 July 2018 10:30 a.m. local time at PEC, Camp Robinson, Patriot Hall - Conference Room, North Little Rock, AR 72199). Interested contractors are encouraged to attend and shall be required to register with Mr. Kevin Truslow by 1500 hrs. 18 July 2018 and provide their given name (no nicknames), name of the company that they represent, and a state driver's license number. Contractors must provide a list with the names of the persons attending the site visit on Company Letterhead and email it to Mr. Kevin Truslow at
[email protected]. Attendees will be required to provide a valid driver's license, proof of insurance, and vehicle registration to gain access to the installation. A site location visit will follow the pre-bid conference. Due to Post Security requirements and limited field staff available, this scheduled site visit will be the only one offered. Individual requests for site visits will not be granted. All questions for the pre-bid conference must be submitted by 18 July 2018 via e-mail to Mr. Kevin Truslow at
[email protected]. The solicitation and associated information will only be available from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps) website on-line at https://www.fbo.gov. FedBizOps is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested bidders/offeror must register with FedBizOps before accessing the system. FedBizOps registration requires the following information: 1) System for Award Management (SAM), 2) DUNS Number and CAGE Code, 3) Telephone Number, 4) Email address. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOps website at https://www.fbo.gov/downloads/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf. DISCLAIMER: The official solicitation will be located on the official government web page and the Government is not liable for information furnished by any other source. Amendments, if/when issued will be posted to the FedBizOpps page for electronic downloading. This will normally be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the offeror's responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. Websites are occasionally inaccessible due to various reasons. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web pages. The solicitation will be a request for request for proposal.