Fort Benning Full Food Service Requirement

THIS IS A DRAFT RFP, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS OR BIDS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Benning, Georgia has a requirement from the Army Sustainment Command's Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) at Fort Benning to provide contract Full Food Services (FFS) support for the operation of thirteen (13) of Fort Benning's Dining Facilities. MICC - Fort Benning is seeking responses from Industry to the attached draft Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide full food services. FFS operations involve the management of an Army dining facility, to include requisitioning, receiving, storing, preparation and serving of food. The thirteen (13) FFS facilities are in various locations on the installation.

NOTE: This announcement is issued solely for informational/planning purposes only, does not constitute a contract, RFP, a promise to contract, or a commitment of any kind and is issued in accordance with FAR 15.201, Exchanges with Industry before Receipt of Proposals. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Further, the government will not assume liability or cost incurred in response to this notice. Participation is strictly voluntary and the Contractor's own expense.

The NAICS code is 722310, Food Service Contractors. The Portfolio Group is Housekeeping and Social Services and Operation of Government Owned Facilities and the Product Service Code is S203. The small business size standard is $38.5 million. The anticipated contract type will be a firm fixed-price contract. This requirement will be solicited as a Service-Disable Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside.


R-SA Compliance: This action is subject to exercise of the priority policy regarding qualified SLA for the Blind in accordance with the R-SA. An offer determined to be in the competitive range from a qualified SLA will receive priority in accordance with the R-SA and Army Regulation 210-25. Once the Contracting Officer determines that the SLA/blind vendor's proposal should be included in the competitive range, the award will be made to the SLA/blind vendor unless (1) under the SLA/blind vendor's proposal, it cannot provide food service at a comparable cost and of comparable high quality as available from other providers and (2) the Department of Education concurs in the decision.

The contract period of performance is expected to consist of a thirty (30) day Phase-In period, a eleven (11) month base period and four (4) one-year option periods. The Government reserves the right not to exercise the option year periods. The start date of the Phase-in period is anticipated to be December 12, 2015 with a full performance start date of January 12, 2016.


Please include the following information in your response:
1. Name and address of company
2. Point of contact with phone number and email address
3. Business size and socio-economic program (e.g. HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, etc)
4. Questions/comments in reference to this RFP
5. Suggestions for improvement (e.g., with PWS, solicitation/contract terms & conditions, evaluation scheme, contract type

Your response to this announcement concerning this DRAFT RFP must be submitted in writing and received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 13, 2015. Please email responses to both Elvira Lenoir, Contracting Officer, at email:
elvira.lenoir.civ@mail.mil and Darshundra Blake, Contract Specialist, at email: darshundra.r.blake.civ@mail.mil.

THIS IS A DRAFT RFP, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS OR BIDS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC), Fort Benning, Georgia has a requirement from the Army Sustainment Command's Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) at Fort Benning to provide contract Full Food Services (FFS) support for the operation of thirteen (13) of Fort Benning's Dining Facilities. MICC - Fort Benning is seeking responses from Industry to the attached draft Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide full food services. FFS operations involve the management of an Army dining facility, to include requisitioning, receiving, storing, preparation and serving of food. The thirteen (13) FFS facilities are in various locations on the installation.

NOTE: This announcement is issued solely for informational/planning purposes only, does not constitute a contract, RFP, a promise to contract, or a commitment of any kind and is issued in accordance with FAR 15.201, Exchanges with Industry before Receipt of Proposals. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation, and responses to this notice cannot be accepted as offers. Further, the government will not assume liability or cost incurred in response to this notice. Participation is strictly voluntary and the Contractor's own expense.

The NAICS code is 722310, Food Service Contractors. The Portfolio Group is Housekeeping and Social Services and Operation of Government Owned Facilities and the Product Service Code is S203. The small business size standard is $38.5 million. The anticipated contract type will be a firm fixed-price contract. This requirement will be solicited as a Service-Disable Veteran Owned Small Business Set-Aside.


R-SA Compliance: This action is subject to exercise of the priority policy regarding qualified SLA for the Blind in accordance with the R-SA. An offer determined to be in the competitive range from a qualified SLA will receive priority in accordance with the R-SA and Army Regulation 210-25. Once the Contracting Officer determines that the SLA/blind vendor's proposal should be included in the competitive range, the award will be made to the SLA/blind vendor unless (1) under the SLA/blind vendor's proposal, it cannot provide food service at a comparable cost and of comparable high quality as available from other providers and (2) the Department of Education concurs in the decision.

The contract period of performance is expected to consist of a thirty (30) day Phase-In period, a eleven (11) month base period and four (4) one-year option periods. The Government reserves the right not to exercise the option year periods. The start date of the Phase-in period is anticipated to be December 12, 2015 with a full performance start date of January 12, 2016.


Please include the following information in your response:
1. Name and address of company
2. Point of contact with phone number and email address
3. Business size and socio-economic program (e.g. HUBZone, 8(a), SDVOSB, etc)
4. Questions/comments in reference to this RFP
5. Suggestions for improvement (e.g., with PWS, solicitation/contract terms & conditions, evaluation scheme, contract type

Your response to this announcement concerning this DRAFT RFP must be submitted in writing and received by 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, January 13, 2015. Please email responses to both Elvira Lenoir, Contracting Officer, at email:
elvira.lenoir.civ@mail.mil and Darshundra Blake, Contract Specialist, at email: darshundra.r.blake.civ@mail.mil.