Food Services for Fort Totten Agency

The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Oklahoma Region is soliciting food services for the Fort Totten Agency, specifically the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services Fort Totten Correctional Facility located in North Dakota. The contractor must provide comprehensive food service delivery including three nutritious meals daily (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) plus sack lunches, totaling approximately 14,880 meals per meal type annually, with meals meeting 2,000-2,500 daily calorie requirements and delivered ready for immediate service since the facility lacks kitchen equipment. Key requirements include maintaining hot meals at 135 degrees Fahrenheit and cold meals at 70 degrees Fahrenheit, accommodating special dietary needs, delivering lunch by 11:00 AM, dinner by 4:00 PM, and next-day breakfast by 4:00 PM, operating seven days a week including federal holidays, and submitting all meals for review by a registered dietician. The evaluation criteria will be based on pricing submissions using the provided price schedule with line-item pricing for each meal type and delivery charges across the contract period. The solicitation deadline is January 27, 2026, with all questions to be submitted by December 31, 2025, and quotes must be submitted via email to the designated contracting officer.

This procurement is currently set aside as a Total Small Business opportunity following Amendment 2, issued on January 15, 2026, which changed the set-aside designation from Indian Economic Enterprise (IEE) to Small Business (SB). The contract is structured as a Firm-Fixed-Price agreement with a base year from February 1, 2026 to January 31, 2027, plus four optional years extending through January 31, 2031, representing a potential five-year contract period. The NAICS code is 722310 (Food Service Contractors) with a small business size standard of $47.0 million, and contractors must comply with Department of Labor Wage Determination requirements specifying minimum wage rates of $17.75 per hour for covered service employees, along with mandated benefits including health and welfare contributions of $5.55 per hour, vacation time, and 11 paid holidays annually. Place of performance is the Fort Totten Correctional Facility in North Dakota, and all interested contractors must obtain a Unique Entity ID and acknowledge receipt of all amendments to be considered for award.