VAARNG Ice and Reefer Trailor Requirement

The USPFO Contracting Office, Virginia (VA) intends to issue a sole-source award to Holiday Ice Inc, Suffolk, Virginia 23434, and Cage Code 3J5F9. Ice and Reefer Trailers are needed for the Virginia Army National Guard annual training (AT) between 31 May - 28 June 2024 and 14 - 24 July 2024. The contract award will be awarded to provide bags of crushed ice and reefer trailers to store the ice for 116TH IBCT AT. In accordance with Virginia State guidelines, there are only two authorized vendors per Worldwide Directory of Sanitarily Approved Food Establishments for Armed Forces Procurement list using IRC code 1130, which is approved for Ice Orders. Holiday Ice is on the approved list and can fulfill the requirement. This acquisition will be procured using FAR Part 6.302-5(a)(2)(i). Only one reasonable source and no other supplier or services will satisfy Agency requirements. The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code for this requirement is 312113 with a size standard 750 employees. This notice is not a formal solicitation. This is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. No purchase order will be awarded on the basis of quotation or offers received in response to this notice. Any response to this notice must show clear, compelling, and convincing evidence that competition will be advantageous to the Government. If no affirmative written response is received, the purchase order will be awarded without further notice. A determination by the Government to not complete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information related to the potential availability of other sources that can fulfill this requirement must be received via email ONLY by Matthew Guyer at [email protected] and Wesley Spencer at [email protected].