Full Food Service Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard, under the Department of Homeland Security, is seeking qualified vendors to provide comprehensive full food service operations at Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The procurement encompasses all aspects of dining facility management, including meal preparation, service, housekeeping, and personnel for military students and personnel. Key contract requirements include providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner meals with multiple entree options, maintaining a fully stocked salad bar, accommodating special dietary needs, offering premium meal selections, and delivering boxed meals for personnel away from the facility. The contractor must maintain high sanitation standards, employ uniformed staff, develop two six-week cycle menus, and meet specific nutritional and portion size standards. The Performance Work Statement outlines detailed quality control measures and performance evaluations to ensure service excellence. The deadline for submitting the Sources Sought Response Questionnaire is November 7, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. EST, with responses to be directed to Kevin P. Sullivan and Jeffrey D. Haycox via email.

This procurement is being restricted to small businesses under NAICS Code 722310 (Food Service Contractors), with the Coast Guard actively seeking responses from 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, VOSB, and SDVOSB certified firms. No incumbent contractor has been identified in the pre-solicitation materials provided. The small business size standard for this NAICS category is $47 million in annual receipts. While specific contract value or award amount is not disclosed in this Sources Sought Notice, the comprehensive nature of the food service operations—spanning three daily meals, special events, and flexible scheduling to accommodate mission-related changes—suggests a significant contract scope. This Sources Sought Notice is preliminary market research and does not constitute a formal solicitation; however, vendors that provide sufficiently detailed responses will be considered potential offerors when the official solicitation is published on sam.gov.