S -- Food Service Attendant Services

This is a requirement for Food Service (Mess) Attendant services for the 934th Airlift Wing Dining Hall, Minneapolis-St Paul Air Reserve Station, Minneapolis, MN. Services consist of furnishing all labor, supervision, transportation and cleaning supplies to provide mess attendant services for Unit Training Assemblies (UTA) approximately 2.5 days/month with approximately 1,725 meals served each UTA. Tasks include cleaning of facility, cleaning of all utensils, equipment and items associated with food production or food service, stocking and replenishing of dessert displays, salad bar and beverage lines, the serving of food and cashier services for three meals on Saturday and two meals on Sunday of the UTA. The period of performance is on or about 1 June 2002 through 31 May 2003 with four (4) one year option periods. The requirement includes FAR 52.217-8, Option to Extend Services allowing the Contracting Officer to unilaterally add up to six (6) additional months to the end of the contract period in increments as determined by the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to award to other than the lowest priced offeror in accordance with the criteria stated in the solicitation. The Contracting Officer intends to use FAR Part 13.5 acquisition procedures and FAR Part 12 provisions and clauses. This requirement is being issued as a Small Business Set-Aside to contractors qualified to perform under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 722212 (cafeterias) SIC code 5812. The small business size standard for SIC code 5812 is $6 million. All interested parties must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database in order to be eligible to receive contract award. Applications for CCR registration may be obtained online at http://www.ccr.gov/. The government anticipates issuing Solicitation F21611-02-R-0001 with its attachments and exhibits and posting it to the FedBizOpps website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ on or about 15 March 2002. No telephone requests will be considered. Subsequent amendments, if any, will only be issued via the referenced web site. Offerors are responsible for checking the referenced web pages periodically for any amendments. The Government web site is occasionally inaccessible due to maintenance activities. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offerors inability to access the documents posted on the referenced web page. However, should you experience continued difficulty downloading files, please get in touch with the Points of Contact below for assistance.