Lodging, meals, conference rooms, and Audiovisual Equipment.   3

The 410th Contracting Support Brigade (CSB), Regional Contracting Center (RCC), Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston, TX has a requirement for non-personal services to provide lodging, on-site meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, morning and afternoon coffee breaks, conference room facilities, and audiovisual (AV) equipment in support of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA), Western Hemisphere Exchange Symposium (WHES).

Place of Performance: San Antonio, TX in the vicinity of Downtonw-Riverwalk area.
Period of Performance: The period of performance of the resultant contract will be from 19-24 May 2019.

Type of Set-Aside: The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 721110, Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels, with a small business standard size of $32.5M. The Product Service Code is V231, Lodging - Hotel/Motel. This requirement will be issued on a full and open competition basis.

Contract Type: The Government intends to award a single award, Firm Fixed Price contract to fulfill this requirement.

Contract Award Evaluation Criteria: The Government will award a contract resulting from the solicitation to the lowest priced responsible offeror, whose offer conforms to the solicitation in accordance with FAR Part 13. Award is contingent upon force protection inspections and that the hotel must be located no more than 5 miles from Riverwalk/Downton, San Antonio, TX area.

SAM Registration: All offerors MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database to be considered for award of a contract. Offerors can obtain further information on SAM via the web site at https://www.sam.gov. There is NO fee to register for this site.

Availability of Funds: Funds are currently available for this contract. Due to the competitive standard of the place of performance and variety of other factors that can affect availability of these requirements, sourcing for lodging and other support services must be done in advance to ensure the success of this conference. The Government's obligation under this requirement is contingent upon availability of appropriated funds from which payment for contract purposes can be made. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability in writing by the Contracting Officer.

Closing Response Date: The solicitation will be available on or about 10 April 2019 with an anticipated quote due date of 30 April 2018 or earlier. Solicitation posting and closing dates are subject to change as necessary, and amendments will be issued accordingly. All potential offerors should monitor the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at https://www.fbo.gov for further developments. Upon issuance of the solicitation, all responsible sources may submit a quote that shall be considered by the Contracting Officer.