Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Catering Service for 2026 AFMC International Ball
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- A065441
- Agency
-
AFLCMC Wright Patterson AFB
Lifecycle Management Center, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 722320 Caterers
- PSC
- S203 Housekeeping- Food
- Place of performance
- Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433, United States
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About this opportunity
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base announced its intent to sole-source a catering services contract to ESS-ARE-BEE Corporation dba Bernstein's Fine Catering, with a response deadline of July 17, 2026. The Air Force has not posted this as a competitive solicitation and will not issue one; this notice is notification of intent only, and no quotations or proposals will be accepted.
Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation requires evening catering for the 2026 AFMC International Ball at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with service to 50 to 100 attendees funded through Office Representation Funds (the larger event of 300 to 400 guests will be served by the same contractor under a separate personal-funds contract). The sole-source award is justified under FAR 12.102(a) on the basis that awarding to a different contractor would result in substantial cost duplication not recoverable through competition, and that operating two separate catering services in the space-limited venue would create operational inefficiencies and confusion among staff and high-profile guests. The contract will be a firm fixed-price commercial purchase order under NAICS 722320 (Caterers). The approved Single Source Justification is attached.
Notice text
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Base Support Branch (AFLCMC/PZIBB) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), OH intends to award a sole source contract to:
ESS-ARE-BEE Corporation
dba Bernstein’s Fine Catering
3100 Woodman Drive
Kettering, OH 45420-1142
This requirement is for the following:
CLIN Item Quantity
CLIN 0001 Catering Services 1 Each
The contract will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Commercial Purchase Order and carried out as a sole source action (not competitively awarded). This authority is supported by an approved Single Source Justification. The applicable NAICS code is 722320 Caterers. This NAICS code has a small business size standard of $9.0 million.
Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation (AFSAC) requires an evening catering service for the 2026 Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) International Ball being held at the National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. The International Ball guest attendance ranges from 300 to 400 individuals; however, this requirement is specific to a select group of those attendees (50 to 100) categorized as Office Representation Funds (ORF) funded guests.
The Government intends to utilize the same contractor that has been selected for the larger catering services contract, which is being paid for using personal funds. Awarding to a contractor other than Bernstein’s Fine Catering would result in a substantial duplication of cost to the government that is not expected to be recovered through competition, in accordance with RFO 6.103-1(c)(2). Please see Attachment 2, Sole Source Justification, for more complete details.
THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. No solicitation package will be issued. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. All responses received by 17 July 2026 @ 1400 will be considered by the Government. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals/quotes. Responses and questions shall be submitted via email to tracy.ferrise@us.af.mil and ally.peterangelo@us.af.mil.
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