Anticipated Issue Date: 16 August 2004. Anticipated Closing Date: 7 September 2004. The Defense Commissary Agency has a requirement for Linen/Mat Rental/Cleaning/Exchange Services for 26 commissaries located in the Southeast Region. The states covered by this requirement include: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The items to be serviced under this Request for Proposal (RFP) include butcher coats, shirts, pants, bib aprons and gloves, colored smocks, cobbler aprons, bar towels and various sizes of mats and dust and wet mops. Quantities of each item will be identified in the RFP, by commissary. The contractor shall be required to provide the items in a variety of sizes. The contractor shall be required to pick up from the commissary a minimum of once each week all soiled garments, mats and mops, and drop off clean replacement garments, mats and mops at the same time. The period of performance for the 24 commissaries will be 1 November 2004 through 31 July 2005 and 2 commissaries will be 1 December 2004 through 31 July 2005, and includes four one-year options in which the first option period will start 1 August 2005 through 31 July 2006 for all the 26 commissaries. The NAICS code is 812332 and the business size standard is $12 million. This acquisition is being issued as unrestricted. This RFP will be available on www.fedbizopps.gov under (ODA Other Defense Agencies). Potential Offerors are encouraged to use this web site to obtain a copy of the RFP in lieu of requesting a paper copy. Request for paper copies must be in writing and mailed to Defense Commissary Agency, Attn: CBU CICDS (Luz Rayel), 1300 E. Avenue, Fort Lee, VA 23801-1800, emailed to [email protected] or faxed at 804-734-8669. All written requests must include the RFP number, requestor's name, address, phone, fax number and email. By submitting an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement to be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database prior to award of any contract or purchase order. Information about CCR registration maybe found at www.ccr.gov. All responsible sources may submit a proposal for consideration for one or more locations. Multiple awards are anticipated.

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