Food Service for Camp Arena in Afghanistan

The Regional Contracting Center Afghanistan (RCC-A) located at Bagram, Afghanistan plans to issue a Solicitation for the Food Service.  The service provider shall provide all facility, labor, supplies (non-food or water), maintenance, tools, transportation, supervision and management services necessary to provide the full food services. The Contractor shall provide all labor and materials required for serving meals and water, three (3) times a day, accommodating an amount up to 120 personnel per meal, per day at Camp Arena, in Herat, Afghanistan.

Place of Performance - All services rendered by the contractor will be performed in Herat, Afghanistan, at Camp Arena, where USFOR-A Det West is currently located.

Services/Requirement - The contracted food service facility operates 7.5 hours a day (2.5hrs per meal)/seven days a week. The Contractor shall ensure services are available in conjunction with USFOR-A DET West's operational requirements. With respect to calendar and weekdays, all days are considered work days including holidays and weekends.

***The contractor shall ensure that the menu planning, the menu choices, nutritional standards and food services comply with Army Regulation 30-22, TB MED 530, 577. System to be used, AFMIS, STORES, ODS/STANFINS.

This action is full and open competition.

The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Contract.  The anticipated period of performance is 23 March 2017 - 22 March 2018.

Please note that this notice does NOT constitute the Request for Quote (RFQ).

The solicitation and any/all amendments will be posted and available for viewing and downloading at the Government website http://www.fbo.gov/index.

No paper copies will be issued.  When the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the aforementioned site regularly for any updates/amendments to this solicitation. 

All prospective vendors must have a Commercial and Government Entity Code (CAGE Code) and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM at www.sam.gov under the proposed NAICS code.

The proposed NAICS code (subject to change if determined to be necessary) for this requirement is 722310 - Food Service Contractors.

The proposed Product Service Code (PSC)(subject to change if determined to be necessary is 8905:  Meat, Poultry, and Fish.

POC for this notification is SSG Jae H. Chang at jae.h.chang.mil@mail.mil.