FY09 - First Quarter Subsistence Items

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Detention Center in Houston, Texas intends to issue solicitation RFQ51705-0006-8, for the provision of various subsistence items for the Federal Detention Center located at 1200 Texas Avenue in Houston, Texas. FDC Houston shall make award or awards to the vendor whose offer is the most advantageous to the Government. The solicitation will be made available on or about October 1, 2008, and will be posted to the General Services Administrations Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fedbizopps.gov . Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. This site provides all downloading instructions to obtain a copy of the solicitation. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will be distributed solely through the referenced website. This solicitation is set aside for small business concerns. Participation by small, small-disadvantaged, HUBZone small businesses, woman-owned small businesses, veteran owned small businesses, and service disabled veteran owned small businesses is encouraged. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations have the right to submit quotes equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The anticipated date for receipt of quotes is October 16, 2008. The anticipated date of award is October 17, 2008. All deliveries should be received NLT November November 16, 2008. Deliveries shall be made to 15431 W. Vantage Parkway, Suite 200, Houston, TX 70032. Deliveries made to 1200 Texas Ave will not be accepted. All deliveries must be scheeuled by calling Harry Field at 713.221.5400 ext. 2800 or Omar Rios at ext. 2804.