FCI Marianna Emergency Box Meals FY 2026

The Federal Bureau of Prisons' Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Marianna is soliciting quotations for emergency box meals through Request for Quote (RFQ) 15B30826Q00000009. The procurement seeks kosher-certified emergency meals comprising 18,200 lunch/dinner box meals and 9,100 breakfast box meals, totaling 27,300 units. Quoters must comply with all specifications, including mandatory kosher certification hechsher symbols on every individual package component, and substitutions will not be accepted. The evaluation criteria weights past performance at 60 percent and price at 40 percent, with awards made to the responsible offeror whose conforming offer is most advantageous. All quotations must be submitted via email in PDF format to Contracting Officer Kenneth Stewart at kstewart1@bop.gov by April 16, 2026 at 4:00 PM Central Time, and all quoters must be registered in the System for Awards Management (SAM) database with current representations and certifications.

This solicitation is designated as a 100 percent small business set-aside under NAICS code 311999 (All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing) with a 700-employee size standard. No incumbent contractor information is provided in the available solicitation documents. The government will make an all-or-nothing award to a single vendor with no partial awards permitted; the contract value is not disclosed but can be estimated based on the meal quantities and typical food service pricing. All box meals must be delivered by May 8, 2026, with deliveries permitted multiple times during the 22-day post-award period, Monday through Friday between 7:30 AM and 2:30 PM Central Time at FCI Marianna's Food Service Warehouse in Marianna, Florida. Meals may be delivered in frozen condition and must maintain a minimum shelf life of 12 months from the delivery date.