IA02 PWS-2BDE JCLC Dirigio-26.docx

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

IN SUPPORT OF

UNITED STATES CADET COMMAND

2BDE Junior Cadet Leadership Challenge (JCLC)

DIRIGO MEALS

1-19 JUNE 2026

General Information

1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide meals for cadets and cadre conducting JCLC. The Government will not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

1.1 Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform meals as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

1.2. Background: The Army JROTC program has an annual training requirement in which the Contractor provides all associated support requirements for JCLC Dirigo. The Contractor provides trained staff to provide meals for cadets and cadre while they conduct training.

1.3 . Objectives:

1.3.1 The contractor will provide meals at Bog Brook ME. Resource working group will be on 1 June 2026. First meal is dinner on June 15, 2026, concluding with breakfast on June 19, 2026, in support of JCLC Dirigio. The contractor will provide meals at Bog Brook, Gilead ME.

1.3.2. Government Point of Contact: The government Point of Contact (POC) will be provided upon award of contract. The government POC will provide approval of the final meal selection, final attendee count and confirmation of location and serving times.

1.4 Scope: The Contractor shall furnish meals services for 52 cadets and 10 cadre attending JCLC Dirigo at Bog Brook, Gilead ME. Resource Working Group on 1 June 2026 with training camp from 15-19 June 2026.

1.5. Period of Performance: The period of performance is from 1 June – 19June 2026.

1.6 General Information

1.6.1 Quality Control: The Contractor shall develop and maintain an effective quality control program to ensure services are performed in accordance with this PWS. The Contractor shall develop and implement procedures to identify, prevent, and ensure non-recurrence of defective services. The Contractor’s quality control program is the means by which he assures himself that his work complies with the requirement of the contract.

1.6.2 Quality Assurance: The government will evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.6.3 Recognized Holidays: Contractors will be required to work any holidays that occur during the period of performance.

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1.6.4 Hours of Operation: The Contractor shall be available to conduct business (meal service) between the hours of 7 am to 6 pm for the duration of the meal contract. The Contractor must always maintain an adequate workforce for the uninterrupted performance of all tasks defined within this PWS when the Government facility is not closed for the above reasons. When hiring personnel, the Contractor shall keep in mind that the stability and continuity of the workforce are essential.

1.6.5 Place of Performance: The place of performance for this contract for JCLC Dirigio will be at Bog Brook Training Site, Gilead ME 04217.

1.6.6 Type of Contract: The government will award a firm fixed price contract.

1.6.7 Security Requirements: Contractor personnel performing work under this contract are not required to have security clearance.

1.6.7.1 Physical Security: The Contractor shall be responsible for safeguarding all government equipment, information and property provided for Contractor use. At the close of each work period, government facilities, equipment, and materials shall be secured.

1.6.8 Special Qualifications: Contractor shall ensure all employees meet board of health standards and food handling requirements as well as having knowledge of safety regulations, such as, Occupational Safety and Health Association, (OSHA), proper clothing and footwear. Contractor shall maintain a professional demeanor when serving the food and be aware of all food safety requirements for preparing and serving food.

1.6.9 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel attending meetings, answering Government telephones, and working in other situations where their Contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also ensure that all documents or reports produced by Contractors are suitably marked as Contractor products or that Contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations. This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of Contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime Contractor. The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.12. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.13. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES: RESERVED

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all food, meal serving services, equipment, supplies, facilities, management, supervision, and labor to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2. Materials: The Contractor shall provide all condiments, utensils, plates, and napkins. The Contractor shall also provide ice necessary to keep food items at their required temperature and ice used in beverages. The Contractor shall provide services in accordance with the terms, conditions and specifications act forth in this performance work statement. Courtesy and consideration shall be provided to all guests and event participants.

4.3. Equipment: The Contractor shall be responsible for set up of the serving line, tables, cooking equipment, and meal serving equipment. Chafing dishes will be used to keep meals warm. The Contractor shall provide all cleaning supplies to clean the tables and be responsible for all trash removal.

PART 5

SPECIFIC TASKS

5. Specific Tasks:

5.1. Basic Services. The Contractor shall provide all necessary management, supervision, labor, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials and other items necessary to provide meals for 52 cadets and 10 cadre attending JCLC Dirigio at Bog Brook ME. Resource working group will be on 1 June following by the training camp meals from 15-19 June 2026.

5.1.1. The Contractor shall prepare meals and their normal place of business. The Contractor shall transport and set up all food and serving equipment prior to each meal start time as coordinated with the Government POC. The Contractor shall transport food and support equipment to and from the designated serving area at the training site.

5.1.2. The Contractor shall furnish all necessary servicing equipment and provide all food, beverages, disposable utensils, disposable plates, disposable cups, condiments, and napkins to all authorized personnel.

5.1.3. The Contractor shall provide the necessary management, supplies, equipment, supervision, and labor required to set up, clean up and remove debris from the site.

5.1.4. The Contractor shall provide a minimum of two servers for each meal. The Contractor shall ensure that two serving lines are operating during each meal unless otherwise specified by the Government POC.

5.1.5. The Contractor shall arrive and set up all equipment required to prepare, cook, and serve the food 30 minutes prior to serving time.

5.1.6. The Contractor shall have all meals ready to serve 15 minutes prior to the serving time and kept hot until served.

5.1.7. The Contractor shall clean up after each meal service and remove all debris. The Contractor shall wipe down and sanitize all tables at serving location.

5.3. Meal Serving Times

5.3.1 All bagged meals shall be ready to distribute at the start of the serving time.

5.4. Menus. The Contractor shall provide a menu similar to the one stated in 5.1.2

5.4.1. All meals shall be served hot unless otherwise approved by the Camp Commander. The menu shall be coordinated with the Camp Commander a minimum of 10 calendar days prior to the event and any changes agreed upon at that time. All meals shall be nutritionally balanced with an emphasis on fresh ingredients, with the exception of beverage base powder, the Contractor will refrain from using dehydrated food products such as eggs and potatoes. Water shall be available with each meal.

5.4.2. Sample Menu:

Breakfast: Pancakes, Waffles, home fries, sausage, fresh eggs, 3 whole fruit choices, 2 juice choices, milk coffee, and condiments

Lunch: Hamburgers/ cheeseburgers, baked beans, mashed potatoes, chips, 2 vegetable choices, 2 desert choices, salad, rolls, juice, milk, lemonade, fruit punch, coffee, and condiments

Dinner: Chicken Parmesan, pasta with marinara, 2 vegetable choices, 3 dessert choices, salad, rolls, juice, lemonade, fruit punch, coffee, and condiments.

Note: consideration / accommodation must be made for vegetarian meals for approx. 5-8 people per meal.

PART 6

APPLICABLE PUBLICATION

6. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS)

6.1. The Contractor shall abide by all current regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures to include but not limited to:

6.1.1. US Army Technical Bulletin Medical 531 (TB MED 531) Facility Sanitation Controls and Inspections, dated 01 March 2019

PART 7

ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

7. Attachment/Technical Exhibit List:

7.1 Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit 1 – Performance Requirements Summary

7.2. Attachment 2/Technical Exhibit 2 – Deliverables Schedule

7.1 ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary

The Contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success.

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7.2 ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE

The Contractor shall provide meals for 52 cadets and 10 cadre in accordance with PWS paragraphs.

5.1. thru 5.4.1.