The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, supervision, equipment (except those identified as Government Furnished Supplies/Services elsewhere in the Performance Work Statement), and perform all operations necessary to all work to provide Food Services / Mess attendant Services at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Hurlburt Field is an Air Force installation located on the Florida panhandle approximately 50 miles east of Pensacola. This acquisition is being offered for competition to eligible 8(a) small business concerns, 100 percent set-aside under the Small Business Administration Competitive 8(a) Small Business Program. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 722310, Food Service Contractors, with a size standard of $19,000,000. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system code is 5812. Please direct your attention to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Dec1996). The issuance date for the solicitation is projected to be on or around 19 July 2007. Potential offerors should note that a site visit will be held approximately two weeks after the posting date. Actual site visit date will be listed in the solicitation. Attendance is highly recommended. Please try to limit your attendees to two representatives. Commercial and Best Value practices will be utilized in this procurement. Any resulting contract shall be firm fixed price with a base period and three (3) pre-priced 12-month option periods. Work consists of providing mess attendant services at two dining facilities at Hurlburt Field, FL. A Collective Bargaining Agreement exists and any successor is advised that statutory requirements exist concerning wages contained in the agreement. Prospective offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database prior to award of a Government contract. Offerors are further advised that failure to register in the DoD Registration Database will render your firm ineligible for award. Registration requires applicants to have a DUNS number. Recommend registering immediately in order to be eligible for timely award. The solicitation will be available ONLY via the Internet on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at the following address: http://www.fbo.gov. Select FedBizOpps for Vendors; DoD; USAF ? Offices; Air Force Special Operations Command ? Locations; 16th CON - Hurlburt, Hurlburt Field, FL ? NAICS; 72. Then scroll down to find 722310 ? Food Services / Mess Attendant Services. No paper copies will be furnished. The primary point of contact is Marvin B. Butler, Contract Administrator, at (850) 884-6196 or via email at
[email protected]. A secondary contact is Rose Hooper, Contracting Officer, at (850) 884-1258 and via email at
[email protected].