Food catering service - Silver Flag site
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- FTX2CATERING
- Agency
-
Air Combat Command
Air Force, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- PSC
- S203 Housekeeping- Food
- Place of performance
- Tyndall AFB, Florida 32403, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) is conducting market research for a food catering service contract at the Silver Flag training site located at Tyndall AFB, Florida. The procurement seeks a contractor to provide catered hot dinner meals for approximately 250 personnel from January 19-28, 2025, with specific requirements for vegetarian options serving about 30 personnel. The contract will require detailed documentation of technical expertise, company size, CAGE/UEID codes, and a primary point of contact, with a focus on assessing the contractor's functional area expertise and capability to compete for the acquisition. Interested companies must submit their responses by 4:00 PM Arizona Local Time on December 20, 2024, to MSgt Erik Johnson and SSgt Marshall Chaplinski via email. The designated NAICS Code for this opportunity is 722310 (Food Service Contractors), with a size standard of $47.0M, and companies are expected to articulate their capabilities clearly and comprehensively.
The pre-solicitation notice is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, indicating that only small businesses are eligible to compete for this contract. The catering service will require preparing and serving dinner from approximately 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, with specific meal requirements including 6 oz. protein, 6 oz. starch, and 4 oz. vegetable portions, along with a salad bar and beverage options. The contractor will use a government-provided kitchen in building 236 and must adhere to strict food safety protocols, including maintaining precise temperature controls and following FDA Food Code guidelines. While no specific award value is mentioned, the detailed Performance Work Statement suggests a comprehensive service requirement with multiple food preparation and service standards. The contract period is relatively short, spanning just 10 days in January 2025, and any subsequent solicitation will be announced separately from this market research notice.
Notice text
THIS IS A MARKET RESEARCH/SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SEEKING INFORMATION ONLY. NO QUOTES WILL BE ACCEPTED. This is a Sources Sought announcement only seeking responses in order to determine participation in this acquisition. The 355th Contracting Office, Davis-Monthan AFB (DMAFB) intends to procure:
Provide catered (hot) food service for the following:
- Approximately 250 personnel
- Vegetarian options for approximately 30 personnel
- 19 – 28 January 2025
- Only dinner (approximately 5 pm to 730 pm)
- Silver Flag site of Tyndall AFB, FL
- 264 Strange Point Loop, Stop 87
Tyndall AFB, FL 32403
- 264 Strange Point Loop, Stop 87
The designated NAICS Code is 722310 Food Service Contractors, with a size standard of $47.0M.
Your response shall include your company's size, CAGE/UEID codes and the primary point of contact. Documentation of technical expertise and capability must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. It is imperative that business concerns responding to this notice articulate their capabilities clearly and adequately. Responses to this notice are strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement.
The information should be sent to 355 CONS preferably via e-mail to MSgt Erik Johnson at erik.johnson.13@us.af.mil and SSgt Marshall Chaplinski at marshall.chaplinski@us.af.mil by 4:00 P.M., Arizona Local Time, 20 December 2024.
IF A SOLICITATION IS ISSUED IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PWS Food Catering Services - Tyndall AFB (draft).pdf |
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