Modular Meal Tray Assembly System
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 36C26026Q0700
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 20
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333310 Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Tacoma, Washington 98493, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 20, seeks procurement, delivery, and installation of a modular meal tray assembly system for American Lake VAMC, with proposals due August 5, 2026. The procurement is a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS 333310, using simplified acquisition procedures (FAR Part 12) with firm-fixed-price terms.
Place of performance is Tacoma, Washington. The system must facilitate seamless flow of meal trays from hot food service through cold food assembly, accommodate no more than three employees, and fit within a 200-inch by 150-inch workspace. Required equipment includes two mobile gravity shelf carts with divider bars and storage bins; two air curtain glass door pass-thru refrigerators (five trays per unit); two mobile tray and rack dispensers; two mobile slider tables with connectors; one six-well hot food server with menu holders; and a starter kit. All equipment must be stainless steel type 304, NSF-compliant, and FDA-approved. Temperature maintenance at 41°F or below is required. The system must integrate existing on-site Dinex Activator and Victory Food warmer equipment; existing conveyor trayline equipment will be disposed of by the contractor.
Deliverables include pre-site survey, pre-installation electrical work, delivery, setup, installation, and minimum 32 hours of training and on-site implementation services (including minimum 4 hours virtual training, minimum 8 hours pre-implementation on-site, and minimum 20 hours go-live on-site). Period of performance is 90 days after receipt of order. Name-brand-or-equal products are acceptable with supporting technical literature demonstrating compliance with salient characteristics. Responses must include completed SF 1449, price/cost schedule, product literature, company name, point of contact, email, phone, and UEI number from SAM.gov. Amendment 36C26026Q0700 0002, issued July 30, 2026, extended the deadline from July 22 to August 5, 2026, to allow additional time for offerors to respond to previously submitted questions.
Notice text
3 versions
Update #3 · Latest ·
* The purpose of this amendment is to extend the RFQ closing date for submissions to allow additional time to respond to submitted questions.
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the purchase of a modular system designed for health care food service that allows for seamless flow of a meal tray from hot food service through cold food assembly (see Salient Characteristics B.4) for the American Lake VAMC asprepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented in the attached Request for Quotes (RFQ). A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated. Simplified Acquisition Procedures IAW FAR 12 will be used. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.
This solicitation is set aside 100% for Small Businesses and the associated NAICS Code 333310
For a responsive quote, submit below items:
- Completed & Signed 1449 (this document)
- Completed quote on Price/Cost Schedule
- Description and literature that show your equal item meets all the listed salient characteristics.
- Company name, POC, email address, phone number, and UEI # from SAM.gov.
Responses are due on or before the date and time listed in Block 8.
See attached RFQ Document - 36C26026Q0700 & Attached PDF – Meal Tray Assembly Layout
See Attached Amendment - 36C26026Q0700 0001
See Attached Amendment - 36C26026Q0700 0002
Update #2 ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the purchase of a modular system designed for health care food service that allows for seamless flow of a meal tray from hot food service through cold food assembly (see Salient Characteristics B.4) for the American Lake VAMC asprepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented in the attached Request for Quotes (RFQ). A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated. Simplified Acquisition Procedures IAW FAR 12 will be used. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.
This solicitation is set aside 100% for Small Businesses and the associated NAICS Code 333310
For a responsive quote, submit below items:
- Completed & Signed 1449 (this document)
- Completed quote on Price/Cost Schedule
- Description and literature that show your equal item meets all the listed salient characteristics.
- Company name, POC, email address, phone number, and UEI # from SAM.gov.
Responses are due on or before the date and time listed in Block 8.
See attached RFQ Document - 36C26026Q0700 & Attached PDF – Meal Tray Assembly Layout
See Attached Amendment - 36C26026Q0700 0001
Update #1 ·
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the purchase of a modular system designed for health care food service that allows for seamless flow of a meal tray from hot food service through cold food assembly (see Salient Characteristics B.4) for the American Lake VAMC asprepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented in the attached Request for Quotes (RFQ). A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated. Simplified Acquisition Procedures IAW FAR 12 will be used. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.
This solicitation is set aside 100% for Small Businesses and the associated NAICS Code 333310
For a responsive quote, submit below items:
- Completed & Signed 1449 (this document)
- Completed quote on Price/Cost Schedule
- Description and literature that show your equal item meets all the listed salient characteristics.
- Company name, POC, email address, phone number, and UEI # from SAM.gov.
Responses are due on or before the date and time listed in Block 8.
See attached RFQ Document - 36C26026Q0700 & Attached PDF – Meal Tray Assembly Layout
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C26026Q0700 0002.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C26026Q0700 0001.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C26026Q0700.docx | DOCX document | |
| Meal Tray Assembly Layout.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Modular Meal Tray Assembly System | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation |
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