Solicitation NAFBA1-24-R-0024/Campus Style Dining Venue Concession IDIQ
The U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) NAF Contracting Office is seeking a firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Campus Style Dining Venue (CSDV) services across five Army garrisons. The solicitation requires a concessionaire contractor to finance, design, build out/renovate, and operate modernized dining facilities that will serve Essential Station Messing (ESM) Soldiers and other eligible patrons. Key contract requirements include providing 24/7 food access, implementing innovative ordering platforms, maintaining interoperability with the Army Food Management Information System, and employing a certified Head Chef and Dietitian at each location. The evaluation will use a best value trade-off approach where technical factors are more important than price, with specific focus on business operations, food/beverage service, IT requirements, marketing, facility build-out, and management approach. Proposals are due by April 4, 2025, with a pre-proposal conference held on January 23, 2025, and site visits scheduled for February at various garrison locations.
The solicitation is not set aside for small businesses and will cover five U.S. Army locations: Fort Liberty (NC), Fort Stewart (GA), Fort Cavazos (TX), Fort Drum (NY), and Fort Carson (CO). The contract includes a one-year base period with four one-year option periods, totaling a potential five-year engagement. The contractor will be reimbursed for ESM meals at established Meal Discount Rates plus operating costs, with a required minimum monthly fee of 1% of gross revenue paid back to the Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI). The contract mandates partnerships with AbilityOne nonprofit agencies and Randolph-Sheppard blind vendors, and requires compliance with Army nutritional standards. While specific award value is not explicitly stated, the solicitation involves comprehensive dining services across multiple military installations, suggesting a significant potential contract value. Notably, this is a Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) contract not subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) standard provisions, which provides unique operational flexibility for the selected contractor.
NAFBA1-24-R-0024 Department of the Army
1/7/25, 5:38 PM Statewide Food/Subsistence Supply
SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
FOR
Statewide Food/Subsistence Supply
The Alabama Army National Guard (ALARNG) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for a Statewide Food Supply Contract. The ALARNG seeks to confirm the requirements of this service through industry’s response to this Sources Sought. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 311991 Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing with the corresponding size standard of 500 employees. The Government will entertain other NAICS Codes.
Requirement:
The ALARNG would like to establish a statewide food/subsistence contract. The resulting contract will be utilized by ALARNG units throughout the state. The contractor shall provide all personnel, labor, transportation, manifesting, and packaging of unprepared subsistence items and deliver food items as contained in the menu (menu will be included in the PWS when the RFP is posted). The contractor shall provide the following categories of items:
Fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables
Fresh and frozen dairy products
Fresh and frozen bread
Fresh and frozen meat
Fresh, frozen and pre-packaged desserts
Canned vegetables, fruits, sauces and gravies
Pasta
Seasoning, spices and condiments
Beverages (non-alcoholic)
This is a new requirement.
Location:
Delivery is required to Alabama National Guard training facilities located throughout the state of Alabama at approximately 21 locations (locations and addresses will be included in the PWS when the RFP is posted). On a case by case basis and with advanced notice, ration deliveries may also be required at:
1.) ALARNG Training Site, Ft. McClellan, Alabama,
2.) ALARNG Training Site, Eglin AFB, Crestview, Florida,
3.) Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, MS,
4.) Additional training locations located within the vendor’s delivery area.
5.) Multiple armories throughout the State of Alabama.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:
Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership (small business, HUBZone, Large etc.) for the organization.
Provide a tailored capability statement that addresses the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:
Provide services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.
2. Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements.
3. Implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation.
4. Provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.
Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice/Market Research, this requirement shall be set-aside for a small business or other small socioeconomic programs for small businesses. If it is determined that responses from small businesses do not address all of the requirements stated above, the final acquisition may be competed on a full and open basis.
The Government would like to receive feedback from all interested businesses.
Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 12, 2021 NLT 6:00 pm CDT. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be emailed to tyson.n.wills.civ@mail.mil .
Any questions concerning this opportunity please contact: Tyson Wills at tyson.n.wills.civ@mail.mil or 334-450-0463.
W912JA21Q0006 Department of the Army Alabama Army National Guard
4/6/21, 5:02 PM Full Food Service - Fort Leavenworth, KS Corrections Command
SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
Fort Leavenworth Corrections Command
Full Food Service
This is a Sources Sought Synopsis (SSS) ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure the full food service requirements at the Ft. Leavenworth, KS Correction Command on a small business set-aside basis provided two or more qualified small businesses respond to this SSS with information sufficient to support a set-aside. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. We encourage all small business concerns in all socioeconomic categories (i.e. Small Disadvantage Business (SDB), 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business concerns (WOSB)), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.
This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quotation (RFQ), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service. Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought synopsis. The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. Submittals will not be returned to the responder. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, IFB, or RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. The GPE is located at sam.gov.
BACKGROUND: A continuing need is anticipated for the food service requirements at the following location: Fort Leavenworth, KS. Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Performance Requirements Summary (PRS).
The Government currently does not have a contract in place to perform this requirement.
The Contractor shall provide the appropriate amounts of qualified labor and management necessary to perform quality Full Food Service (FFS) ordered under this Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract in a cost effective, safe and environmentally sound manner while abiding by DoD nutritional policies and Army Feeding standards. This support will focus primarily on: dining facility management functions, food receiving and storage, food preparation, food serving, and facility sanitation and janitorial duties, and the associated logistics analysis and management functions in support of the Ft. Leavenworth, KS Correction Command Food Service mission.
The NAICS code assigned to this acquisition is 722310, Food Service Contractors, with a corresponding size standard of $41.5M. The Contractor shall provide all supervision, labor, personnel, equipment, materials, and supplies, with the exception of Government Furnished Property (GFP), to perform activities that comprise the full operation of an Army Dining Facility and Full Food Services.
PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT: To request information on capabilities of potential offerors to provide the services described herein to determine if this will be set-aside. Please note, Full Food Service requirements are subject to both the priority established by the Randolph-Sheppard Act (RSA) and the preferences set out in FAR Part 19.
While not a firm cutoff, providing responses to this announcement no later than 1:00pm CST on 25 February 2022 will facilitate planning and ensure your capability receives maximum consideration. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
Interested business concerns should provide a brief capabilities statement package (submissions are limited to no more than 15 pages in length, single spaced, and 12 font minimum) demonstrating its capabilities in reference to this requirement. A generic capability statement is not acceptable. No particular format is mandated. The Government prefers that your firm submits its response in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, or a combination of both and the document must be searchable. The capability package shall be sent by email to the following:
Andrew Graham - Contract Specialist at email: andrew.s.graham6.civ@army.mil and
Gary Stevens at email: gary.l.stevens.civ@army.mil.
Your email subject line should reflect: Firm’s Name, Response to the Sources Sought Synopsis for the Full Food Service or Cook Support Service at Fort Leavenworth, KS Corrections Command W5168W-22-R-0004. Note: the location(s) and corresponding solicitation number that you are responding to must be identified on the subject line. The size limit of each email, with all attachments, cannot exceed 9 megabytes (MB) due to the Government’s email system restrictions. DO NOT SEND ZIPPED files as the Government’s network will remove all zipped files.
In response to this sources sought, please provide:
1. A company profile to include name of your firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, number of employees, annual revenue history, CAGE code, and DUNs number. Respondents must also indicate whether they qualify as a Small Business, SDB, 8(a), EDWOSB, WOSB, HUBZone, or SDVOSB.
2. What you believe are the key tasks you believe need to be accomplished to be successful in a Full Food Service operation. In essence, what key tasks should be used for determining minimum capability to provide these services?
3. Whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor. If you are subcontracting any of the services out, contemplating a Joint Venture, and/or creating a teaming arrangement, please provide the name of these companies and what work they will be performing, if available. Please provide your company’s specific experience in operating a dining facility and providing comparable services. Ensure the information is in sufficient detail regarding previous experience in managing full food service operations (indicate whether the experience has been as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include the services provided (food prep, facility attendants, custodial, etc.), the number of meals typically served, the number of facilities involved, and any other relevant information you deem applicable). If applicable, please provide the same experience information from any subcontracts, Joint Venture, and/or teaming partners you may propose with.
4. What percentage of work will be performed by the small business prime contractor and all similarly situated entity subcontractors? Note: In accordance with FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting (CLASS DEVIATION 2021-O0008).
“Similarly situated entity” means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. An example of a similarly situated entity is a first-tier subcontractor that is a HUBZone small business concern for a HUBZone set-aside.
In addition, the Contractor agrees in performance of a contract for services, it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.
5. Type(s)/certifications(s) of proposed subcontractors (such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB).
6. Information on the financial capacity of your business to meet financial obligations (i.e. payroll, payment of subcontractors, etc.).
7. How the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.
8. Identify any condition or action that may have the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC) Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes at email: scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the notice on sam.gov. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.
W5168W-22-D-0004 Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Sam Houston
2/15/22, 1:20 PM