Cafeteria Services

Added: Apr 21, 2014 10:00 am The purpose of this notice is to inform prospective offerors that the GSA is retroactively suspending the closing date of this solicitation due to the receipt of a protest on April 14, 2014. Upon resolution of the protest, a new closing date will be set. No further proposals shall be submitted to the GSA until a new closing date is established. Please continue to monitor FBO.gov for updates.

Added: Mar 28, 2014 11:22 pm This modification to the solicitation is to do the following:

Provide Meeting Minutes from the Pre-Proposal Meeting
Provide a copy of all Questions received and their responses
Publish Amendment 0001 which includes
- Extending the Proposal Due date
- Extending the due date for additional questions
- Modifying various aspects of the solicitation document (see form)
- Providing two additional attachments to the solicitation.

Added: Feb 06, 2014 9:38 pm The intent of this procurement is to award a contract for cafeteria services at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse located at 219 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois. The cafeteria will be operated for the benefit of the approximately 1,200 building occupants and 200 daily visitors to the building.

The Contractor shall establish and operate the food service facilities described herein for the purpose of dispensing food, nonalcoholic beverages, supporting catering events as requested, and such other items as may be authorized by the Contracting Officer (CO), in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract.

The cafeteria consists of approximately 11,400 square feet of space on the second floor of the building. The breakdown of space is as follows:
- Kitchen Area: 4,200 square feet
- Serving Area: 2,600 square feet,
- Dining Area: 4,900 square feet.

The Government will provide the space, government owned equipment including maintenance of such, utilities, trash, composting, and recycling services.

Cafeteria services will be provided five (5) days per week, Monday through Friday (except holidays observed by the Federal Government), from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 pm.

GSA envisions the services under this Contract to be a model for wellness and sustainable operations. Generally stated, this objective may be realized by operations that include:
- Food and beverage items that meet the dietary guidelines for Americans and that are organic, and grown or otherwise made in the closest possible proximity to Chicagoland area and that are healthy as part of a balanced diet and contain as few as possible, if any, chemical or biological additives.

- An operation that includes a verifiable waste reduction program; verifiable recycling program, uses (to the highest extent possible) environmentally preferable products including products made from recycled materials that are recyclable and/or compostable (per ASTM D6400 Standard); and uses environmentally preferable practices.

- The ability to meet/exceed customer expectations through creative and innovative programs, delivery methods and industry trends.

This procurement will be conducted pursuant to the Best Value tradeoff concept as identified in FAR Part 15.101-1 and FAR Part 15.3. The Government shall award a contract to the offeror whose proposal conforms to the RFP requirements and is considered to be most advantageous to the government. Competitive proposals shall be evaluated and assessed based on the factors specified in the solicitation. The Government team has tailored the evaluation factors for this procurement. Technical proposals will be evaluated on a variety of factors including, but not limited to: past performance, experience, menu, wellness, staffing, resources, sanitation, quality, and sustainability.

As required by the Randolph-Sheppard Act, GSA gives the opportunity to blind vendors to operate food services in GSA-controlled buildings, including competitively-awarded cafeteria services contract locations. Should the Commission for the Blind as the State Licensing Agency (SLA) submit an offer which is determined to be in the competitive range, the SLA will be awarded the contract in accordance with the Randolph-Sheppard Act Amendments of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 107) [34 CFR 395.33 (a)-(c)]

This will be a no-cost contract. The operation of the facility shall be conducted as a profit and loss account with no liability to the Government and with the operator not realizing more than an average 10 percent general administration expense over the term of the contact. A portion of net sales due to the Government will be defined in the RFP, but is not expected to exceed 1.5% of monthly net sales.

The contract shall be for a period of 5 years effective with the beginning date specified in the Notice to Proceed, with the option of extending the contract for a term or terms of five years, for a total period of performance not to exceed fifteen years. The estimated award date is May 1, 2014 with an estimated start date of July 2, 2014.

The solicitation and any subsequent documents related to this procurement will be available via the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website (www.fbo.gov). FedBizOpps is a secure website designed to safeguard sensitive but unclassified (SBU) acquisition information. Demonstration videos and assistance with using FedBizOpps is available through the website. It is fully integrated with other electronic government initiatives such as System for Award Management (SAM), and is available for use by all Federal agencies. No hard copies of the solicitation or related documents will be mailed. Contractors are responsible for downloading their own copies of this solicitation, amendments, and other documents related to this solicitation. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) formerly known as the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

Offer due date and time for receipt of proposals will be set at the time the full solicitation is posted. The solicitation will be posted on or about February 21, 2014.