185th RTI Schoolhouse Meals 15 October 2025 - 4 August 2026 Johnston, IA_Updated with Amendment 0001

The Iowa Army National Guard is procuring comprehensive meal delivery services for the 185th Regional Training Institute Schoolhouse from October 15, 2025, through August 4, 2026, at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa. The contractor will provide buffet-style breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals following specific menus and maintaining strict food safety standards, including temperature requirements of 135°F for hot foods and 41°F for cold foods, along with all serving equipment and disposable dinnerware. Offerors must demonstrate technical capabilities including staffing levels and management qualifications, and the government will evaluate proposals using a best value approach where past performance is significantly more important than price, with past performance assessed based on recency, relevance, and quality of meal delivery services within the last three years. Questions from potential offerors were due by 10:00 a.m. Central Time on September 15, 2025, and proposals must be submitted electronically by 10:00 a.m. Central Time on September 23, 2025, to the designated Army contracting personnel. Amendment 0001 was posted on September 17, 2025, but did not change the proposal submission deadline.

This procurement is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 722310 (Food Service Contractors) with a size standard of $47 million, and no incumbent contractor is identified in the solicitation documents. The contract requires delivery of 7,094 breakfast meals, 6,790 lunch meals, and 7,034 dinner meals over the approximately 10-month performance period, with daily headcounts varying between 26 and 78 people according to the provided menu and headcount schedules. The meals will be served at specific times daily: breakfast from 6:30-7:30 a.m., lunch from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., and dinner from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Performance will occur at Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa, and the government has not disclosed the estimated contract value or budget range for this food service procurement. The contractor will be required to coordinate meal quantities with government points of contact and complete invoicing electronically through the Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) application system.