Cafeteria Solicitation 693JK424R500002 Amendment No. 3 as PUBLISHED.pdf

Amendment No. 3 to

Solicitation 693JK424R500002 - DOT Headquarters Cafeteria Food Services

This Amendment No. 3 answers, in the following red-font, the following questions posed by prospective offerors, regarding the subject Solicitation:

1. Can we get a sight tour to evaluate operations? The subject Solicitation’s published Amendment

No. 1 provided logistical-details regarding the DOT-site-visit which will be provided to prospective offerors on December 13th, 2023.

2. Can we get current menu offerings/cycle menu sample? The cafeteria is closed. The most recent offerings (Fall 2023) were grill and grab and go items for breakfast and lunch. They also offered a pop up restaurant lunch menu three days per week.

3. Can we obtain current hours of operation for the venue? The cafeteria is closed. The previous vendor’s most recent hours were 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. for breakfast and 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for lunch Monday through Friday.

4. Can we get current transactions per meal period? No. The cafeteria is closed.

5. Can we get current revenue projections? No. The cafeteria is closed.

6. Will Employees be transferrable to new vendor? No. The cafeteria is closed.

7. Can we get a kitchen layout and equipment list? Walkthrough attendees will be able to see the layout. The vendor who is chosen will be provided the equipment list.

8. Is there an any discount program or free meals offered onsite? No.

9. Do you have volume of any catering offered? No. Catering request volumes are not predictable.

10. Is there an office coffee program in place outside of the current cafeteria program? Yes. There is a Randolph Sheppard Snack Bar operating on site.

11. Is there fountain beverages currently in place today? No. The cafeteria is closed and the fountains have been removed.

12. Is the operation represented by a Union today, if so can we get a copy of the CBA? Not applicable. The cafeteria is closed.

13. In the RFP page 101 – Attachments, the list shows 1-10 but we only found Attachment 1 and 2, and the link in Attachment 2 (Standard Form LLL) didn’t work. This Solicitation Amendment No.

3 deletes, from the list of Solicitation-attachments given at page 101 of the initially-published Solicitation, the references to Attachments numbered 3 through 10, since no such Attachments numbered 3 through 10 were intended, by DOT, to be a part of the Solicitation. In a search made via Google, of the phrase “Standard Form LLL Disclosure of Lobbing Activities”, DOT’s contracting officer ascertained, on December 6th, 2023, that the Standard Form LLL can in fact be found in the top returned search-result, which was “Grants.gov”. DOT’s Contracting Officer cites that Google-search-method only as an example of a way in which the Standard Form LLL can be found in the Internet. DOT’s Contracting Officer has no financial interest in Google, and has no other conflict-of-interest regarding Google.

14. Are you able to provide café historical sales? – Yes. October 2022 – October 2023 - $216, 446.05 in sales

15. How much is spent on catering each year? Is there a budget? – Catering sales are not predictable. No, there is not a catering budget. We are unable to give an estimate.

This Amendment No. 3 answers no further questions regarding the subject Solicitation.

James H. Mowery III

Contracting Officer, DOT

December 6, 2023