APF (appropriated fund) mensa operations usag italy, darby military community
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- Solicitation number
- W912PF26QA011
- Agency
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Army Contracting Command
Army Materiel Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- PSC
- S203 Housekeeping- Food
- Place of performance
- Italy
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command is seeking a contractor to provide comprehensive mensa operations and food services at the Darby Military Community in Livorno, Italy. The contractor must furnish all labor, management, tools, supplies, chemicals, and supervision necessary to purchase food ingredients, prepare, cook, and serve food and beverages, and maintain facility cleanliness. Performance must comply with both U.S. Army food service regulations—including AR 30-22, DA PAM 30-22, DA PAM 738-750, TB MED 530, FM 21-10, FM 10-23, FM 10-24, and TM 10-412—and applicable Italian regulations, including A.S.L. standards and food safety law (D.lgs. 81/2008). This procurement will be conducted as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) resulting in a Firm Fixed Price Requirements Type Contract. The pre-quote conference and site visit were originally scheduled for March 18 and March 20, 2026, respectively; however, new dates for both events will be posted shortly. The solicitation itself is expected to be released within the next few days, with a proposal submission deadline of April 3, 2026.
This opportunity carries no set-aside designation and will be awarded as a firm fixed-price contract for a one-year base period (July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027) with four additional one-year option periods extending through June 30, 2031. No specific budget range or award value has been disclosed in this pre-solicitation notice, nor have any potential incumbent contractors been identified. Interested vendors should note that the contracting method is an RFQ, indicating that firms will be expected to provide detailed cost quotations along with their technical proposals. The contractor will be responsible for all operational and logistical aspects of mensa operations under strict adherence to both U.S. military and Italian host nation standards and regulations. Those interested in bidding should monitor the Army Contracting Command website for updates on the revised conference dates and the formal solicitation release.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
NOTE: This is to inform all the interested vendors the Pre-Quote Conference via Teams to be hedl on 18 March 2026 and the site visit to be held on 20 March 2026, due to administrative reasons, will not be held on cited dates. The new dates will be posted in the next few days.
Be advised that the solicitation will be posted in the next few days.
REQUIREMENT TITLE: W912PF-25-Q-A011 – APF (APPROPRIATED FUND) MENSA OPERATIONS USAG ITALY, DARBY MILITARY COMMUNITY
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: The Contractor shall provide all Mensa services including, but not limited to, purchasing food ingredients, preparing, cooking, and serving food and drink items and cleaning the Mensa assigned areas. The Contractor shall provide all labor, management, tools, supplies, chemicals, supervision, and other items or services to perform. The contractor shall accomplish in the performance of this contract respecting this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and all applicable and current US and Host Nation laws and regulations including, but not limited to, Italian A.S.L. (Azienda Sanitaria Locale), Host Nation Public Sanitary Department (Dipartimento Sanita’ Pubblica) standards, applicable Italian food service law; D.lgs. 81/2008 Testo Unico sulla sicurezza del lavoro, US Army food regulations; Army Regulations AR 30-22; DA PAM 30-22; DA PAM 738-750; TB MED 530; FM 21-10; FM 10-23; FM 10-24; and TM 10-412. The US regulations can be obtained at http://www.apd.army.mil.
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE: S203 Food Services
NORTH INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS): 722310 Food Service Contractors
LOCATION OF THE WORK: The site of the proposed service is Darby Military Community, Livorno, Italy.
METHOD OF CONTRACTING: This will be a Request for Quotation (RFQ) resulting in a Firm Fixed Price Requirements Type Contract.
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: The Government contemplates issuing a Requirement type contract for one year plus four (4) option years. See below for details:
Base Year: 01 July 2026 – 30 June 2027
Option Year One: 01 July 2027 – 30 June 2028
Option Year Two: 01 July 2028 – 30 June 2029
Option Year Three: 01 July 2029 – 30 June 2030
Option Year Four: 01 July 2030 – 30 June 2031
SITE VISIT: The Pre-Quote Conference will be held via Teams on 18 March 2026, 09:30 hrs. Be advised that the date and date are estimated and subject to changes. Please send an email to Ms. Zanobini and Mr. Deluca, indicating your intent to participate in the conference and providing the names and email addresses of the people that would like to participate. A link with the invitation will be sent before the pre-quote conference date and time.
In addition, a site visit will be held on 20 March 2026 at 10:00 hrs. Be advised that the date and date are estimated and subject to changes. The meeting point is at Gate 27, Depot Area, Via Aurelia, Tombolo (Pisa).
In order to participate all interested parties will be invited to indicate their interest by submitting an email not later than Close of Business (COB) by 27 February 2026, to Sonia.zanobini2.ln@army.mil and Brendan.a.deluca.civ@army.mil. Please indicate in your e-mail the solicitation number and the name of the company, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and name(s) of the person(s) who will be present at the site visit (maximum two persons): first name, last name, date of birth, place of birth, type and number of identification document. Please attach the Identification Document (Carta di Identita’) and provide vehicle type and plate number to the e-mail. Only the persons who have provided the personal data will be allowed to attend the site visit. The guards will check the identification card at the gate. The offerors not present on the list will be denied the entrance to the installation.
MISCELLANEOUS: the solicitation package including the Performance Work Statement, the safety documentation and all additional information is expected to be posted the last week of February on the following webpage: https://sam.gov/.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Offerors are reminded that to be awarded a government contract you MUST:
i. New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). For more information about UEI, please visit https://www.gsa.gov/aboutus/organization/federalacquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environmentiae/iae-systems-informationkit/unique-entityidentifier-update
ii. Have a CAGE/NCAGE number -American Contractor: CAGE code will be generated upon completion of SAM registration. -Italian Contractor: NCAGE code can be obtained via https://www.siac.difesa.it/tiki/tikiindex.php?page=NCAGE.
iii. Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Please ensure that your firm is registered with SAM and all information is current. Within your SAM registration, please ensure the following required provisions are completed: 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and Commercial
Services; 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment Or Services-Representation (Dec2019); 52.204-24 Representation
Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021).
If you are not registered or your information is not current, you need to go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and fill out a web-based application. You must have a New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to start this process. Please begin the process
as soon as you receive this RFQ to speed up the contracting process in the event that you are the winning bidder.
Update #1 ·
REQUIREMENT TITLE: W912PF-25-Q-A011 – APF (APPROPRIATED FUND) MENSA OPERATIONS USAG ITALY, DARBY MILITARY COMMUNITY
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: The Contractor shall provide all Mensa services including, but not limited to, purchasing food ingredients, preparing, cooking, and serving food and drink items and cleaning the Mensa assigned areas. The Contractor shall provide all labor, management, tools, supplies, chemicals, supervision, and other items or services to perform. The contractor shall accomplish in the performance of this contract respecting this Performance Work Statement (PWS) and all applicable and current US and Host Nation laws and regulations including, but not limited to, Italian A.S.L. (Azienda Sanitaria Locale), Host Nation Public Sanitary Department (Dipartimento Sanita’ Pubblica) standards, applicable Italian food service law; D.lgs. 81/2008 Testo Unico sulla sicurezza del lavoro, US Army food regulations; Army Regulations AR 30-22; DA PAM 30-22; DA PAM 738-750; TB MED 530; FM 21-10; FM 10-23; FM 10-24; and TM 10-412. The US regulations can be obtained at http://www.apd.army.mil.
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE: S203 Food Services
NORTH INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS): 722310 Food Service Contractors
LOCATION OF THE WORK: The site of the proposed service is Darby Military Community, Livorno, Italy.
METHOD OF CONTRACTING: This will be a Request for Quotation (RFQ) resulting in a Firm Fixed Price Requirements Type Contract.
PERFORMANCE PERIOD: The Government contemplates issuing a Requirement type contract for one year plus four (4) option years. See below for details:
Base Year: 01 July 2026 – 30 June 2027
Option Year One: 01 July 2027 – 30 June 2028
Option Year Two: 01 July 2028 – 30 June 2029
Option Year Three: 01 July 2029 – 30 June 2030
Option Year Four: 01 July 2030 – 30 June 2031
SITE VISIT: The Pre-Quote Conference will be held via Teams on 18 March 2026, 09:30 hrs. Be advised that the date and date are estimated and subject to changes. Please send an email to Ms. Zanobini and Mr. Deluca, indicating your intent to participate in the conference and providing the names and email addresses of the people that would like to participate. A link with the invitation will be sent before the pre-quote conference date and time.
In addition, a site visit will be held on 20 March 2026 at 10:00 hrs. Be advised that the date and date are estimated and subject to changes. The meeting point is at Gate 27, Depot Area, Via Aurelia, Tombolo (Pisa).
In order to participate all interested parties will be invited to indicate their interest by submitting an email not later than Close of Business (COB) by 27 February 2026, to Sonia.zanobini2.ln@army.mil and Brendan.a.deluca.civ@army.mil. Please indicate in your e-mail the solicitation number and the name of the company, address, phone number, fax number, e-mail address, and name(s) of the person(s) who will be present at the site visit (maximum two persons): first name, last name, date of birth, place of birth, type and number of identification document. Please attach the Identification Document (Carta di Identita’) and provide vehicle type and plate number to the e-mail. Only the persons who have provided the personal data will be allowed to attend the site visit. The guards will check the identification card at the gate. The offerors not present on the list will be denied the entrance to the installation.
MISCELLANEOUS: the solicitation package including the Performance Work Statement, the safety documentation and all additional information is expected to be posted the last week of February on the following webpage: https://sam.gov/.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Offerors are reminded that to be awarded a government contract you MUST:
i. New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). For more information about UEI, please visit https://www.gsa.gov/aboutus/organization/federalacquisition-service/office-of-systems-management/integrated-award-environmentiae/iae-systems-informationkit/unique-entityidentifier-update
ii. Have a CAGE/NCAGE number -American Contractor: CAGE code will be generated upon completion of SAM registration. -Italian Contractor: NCAGE code can be obtained via https://www.siac.difesa.it/tiki/tikiindex.php?page=NCAGE.
iii. Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website (https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/). Please ensure that your firm is registered with SAM and all information is current. Within your SAM registration, please ensure the following required provisions are completed: 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Products and Commercial
Services; 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment Or Services-Representation (Dec2019); 52.204-24 Representation
Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021).
If you are not registered or your information is not current, you need to go to https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ and fill out a web-based application. You must have a New Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) to start this process. Please begin the process
as soon as you receive this RFQ to speed up the contracting process in the event that you are the winning bidder.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| APF (appropriated fund) mensa operations usag italy, darby military community | Award Notice | |
| APF (appropriated fund) mensa operations usag italy, darby military community | Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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