Food Contract Management Services for HINU

Full Food Contract Management Services for Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, KS

Solicitation #140A2324R0058

This is a PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE ONLY. Contractors should not contact the contract specialist or contracting officer seeking the solicitation, as it will not be available until approximately 15 days from this posting. The solicitation will be posted to Contract Opportunities (on SAM.gov), the Government-wide point of entry.

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), Haskell Indian Nations University requires a Contractor to provide Full Food Contract Management Services. A single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is being pursued to support on-site food services. All orders placed against this IDIQ are subject to the items and conditions of this contract.


The Food Service Management Company (Contractor), with federal employees and its own employees, shall be required to operate and manage HINU’s Government owned cafeteria and food service program. The contractor shall serve the projected number of HINU’s approved recipe and menu meals for each meal type breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, sack lunches, and special event catering meals as requested. The contractor will also be required to manage the dining café, Curtis Hall and the small snack bar areas, Eagle’s Nest. Both dining options are in separate building on campus.

Offeror is recommended to conduct a site visit only after the Solicitation has been posted at the provided date & time as stated in the solicitation.

This acquisition will be solicited utilizing Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Parts 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items), 15 (Contracting by Negotiation), and 16 (Types of Contracts). The Government’s intent is to award a single Firm-Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract utilizing a Statement of Work (SOW). The expected period of performance is 5 years (one year base period with four one-year option periods). The NAICS code for this requirement is 722310, Food Service Contractors, with a Size Standard of $47.0M. The applicable Product Service Code (PSC) is S203, Housekeeping – Food Service.

Any interested contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at
www.SAM.gov. Any prospective bidder’s SAM registration must include the applicable
NAICS code 722310 for this acquisition.