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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO)

Supply & Delivery of Packaged Food Products

BACKGROUND/PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office Acquisition Management (OAQ), on behalf of the Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO), both organizational elements within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issues this Request for Information (RFI) seeking capable vendors who can provide box lunches three times per day 7 days a week (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for up to 72 detainees at the Atlanta Field Office, Detention Intake Processing Unit. The estimates (Attachment 2, See Rough Order Magnitude (ROM)) must provide financially sound, scalable, and fully compliant General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) meals to support detainee feeding requirements for ICE.

Only vendors whose locations and addresses are within a 20-mile radius of the Atlanta Metro area are eligible to respond to this RFI.

As part of its market research, ICE is issuing this RFI to determine the estimated number of interested vendors capable of providing the requirements as described in the draft SOW. The government may use the responses to this RFI for information and planning purposes.

PURPOSE OF REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is being issued to assist DHS/ICE in identifying potential vendors capable of providing box lunches three times per day 7 days a week (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for up to 72 detainees at the Atlanta Field Office, Detention Intake Processing Unit. These support services must comply with the National Detention Standards (NDS), Non-Dedicated Intergovernmental Detention Standards (NDIDS), Performance Based National Detention Standards (PBNDS), or Family Residential Standards (FRS).

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Atlanta Field Office 180 Spring Street SW Suite 106 Atlanta, GA 30303

QUESTIONS

Questions shall be directed at the Contract Specialist, Ejikeme Ezeala, via e-mail at ejikeme. ezeala@ice.dhs.gov, and must be submitted no later than Friday, September 4, 2026, by 12:00 pm Eastern Time (ET). Verbal or phone call questions would NOT accept. Questions and requests for additional information may be answered/addressed by publicly posting the government’s responses. Accordingly, questions and requests for additional information shall NOT contain proprietary or classified information. The government may not provide response to every question or request received. Additionally, questions and requests received after the submission deadline may be answered at the discretion of the government.

RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

Responses shall be in either Word or PDF format and submitted via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Ejikeme Ezeala, via e-mail at ejikeme.ezeala@ice.dhs.gov. The submission must be received no later than Tuesday, September 8, 2026, by 12:00 pm ET. Late submissions may be considered at the discretion of the government.

Additionally, submissions must:

· Provide any questions, comments, or feedback relating to the draft SOW.

· Include a Cover Letter which contains the following information:

· Date submitted.

· Company name, mailing address, and website address.

· Company's System for Award Management (SAM) registration status. All respondents must register on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov/.

· Company Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.

· Company’s SAM size and socio-economic status information for NAICS codes relating to this requirement.

· List of all applicable procurement vehicles your company is an awardee under (e.g. Blanket Purchase Agreements, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity contracts, etc.) and the administering Federal agency (GSA, DHS Strategic Source Vehicles, OASIS + SB, etc.).

· Contracting Point of Contact(s) (Name, title, email, and phone number)

· Technical Point of Contact(s) (Name, title, email, and phone number) who has the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with government representatives.

· Do not provide proprietary information. Submissions containing sensitive or proprietary information are highly discouraged unless excluding such information would inhibit the vendor’s ability to provide a complete submission. Any submitted proprietary information must be clearly marked. Only unclassified submissions will be accepted

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION CONDITIONS AND NOTICES

This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes, it does not constitute a Request for Quotation (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Furthermore, ICE is not at this time seeking quotes and will not accept unsolicited quotes. Vendors are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, if any is issued.

The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the government. All submissions become government property and will not be returned. The government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Unless advised or indicated on the responses to this RFI, all information furnished will be considered non-proprietary.

The Government reserves the right to hold one-on-one meetings because of responses received from this RFI as part of its market research. Meetings may be held with vendors who provide comprehensive responses to the questions posed. In addition, there may be a need to seek further clarification from those respondent(s) identified as capable. The Government reserves the right to seek additional information from those vendors identified with unique solutions that are determined to be beneficial to the Government.

If a solicitation is released, information will be posted to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Advance Planning Forecast System (APFS) or the SAM.gov Contract Opportunities website. It is the responsibility of potential vendors to monitor APFS or SAM.gov for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Attachment 1: Statement of Work (SOW) Attachment 2: ROM (Use this for price estimates) 2 | Page image1.emf