Nutrition Care Services; West Point, Fort Stewart, Fort Leonard Wood, Fort Riley, Fort Irwin
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- HT940826RE003
- Agency
-
Defense Health Agency
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- PSC
- S203 Housekeeping- Food
- Place of performance
- Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri 65473, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Defense Health Agency's Healthcare Contracting Division – South is seeking a contractor to provide non-personal labor and management services for nutrition care food services across five military treatment facilities: Keller Army Community Hospital (West Point, NY), Winn Army Community Hospital (Fort Stewart, GA), General Leonard Wood Community Hospital (Fort Leonard Wood, MO), Irwin Army Community Hospital (Fort Riley, KS), and Weed Army Community Hospital (Fort Irwin, CA). The contractor must deliver comprehensive dining facility management, therapeutic food preparation, patient tray assembly and delivery, Registered Dietitian nutrition training, facility sanitation and janitorial services, and logistics support. Key requirements include compliance with the Tri-Service Food Code, personnel background checks and Common Access Card (CAC) processing, ServSafe certifications at appropriate levels, and completion of mandatory government training programs including Anti-Terrorism Level I, HIPAA, and OPSEC training. All offerors, including State Licensing Agency entities, will be evaluated against the same criteria established in the solicitation, and non-small business awardees may be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan for approval. The Pre-Solicitation Notice was posted on March 10, 2026, with the formal solicitation (HT940826RE003) anticipated on or about March 20, 2026, and a response deadline of April 15, 2026.
This opportunity carries no set-aside designation and will be competed among all eligible contractors. The contract is structured as a Firm Fixed Price arrangement under Product or Service Code S2 (Food Service Contractors, NAICS 722310), though no specific award value or budget range is disclosed in the pre-solicitation notice. The contractor must supply qualified managerial, supervisory, administrative, and technical personnel and furnish uniforms and replacement smallwares, while the government will provide facilities, equipment, utilities, food materials, and menus. The contract includes a 60-day phase-in period and requires the contractor to submit a Quality Control Plan within 60 days of award, along with quarterly consolidated quality control reports and participation in performance evaluation meetings. Prospective offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and possess a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) prior to award, and the Randolph Sheppard Act and associated regulations apply to this procurement.
Notice text
The Defense Health Agency, Healthcare Contracting Division - South, has a requirement to provide non-personal labor and management services necessary to perform nutrition care food services for five (5) Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) that focus on the following areas: dining facility management functions, therapeutic food preparation, patient tray assembly and delivery service, Registered Dietitian therapeutic nutrition training, facility sanitation and janitorial duties, and the associated logistics analysis and management functions in support of the Nutrition Care Divisions. The following MTFs are included: Keller Army Community Hospital (West Point, New York), Winn Army Community Hospital (Fort Stewart, Georgia), General Leonard Wood Community Hospital (Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri), Irwin Army Community Hospital (Fort Riley, Kansas), and Weed Army Community Hospital (Fort Irwin, CA).
The Randolph Sheppard Act (RSA) and 34 CFR 395.33 are applicable to this requirement. All offerors, including State Licensing Agency (SLA) entities, will be evaluated against the same criteria that is established in the solicitation. The tentative awardee may be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan for review and approval by the Contracting Officer if they are an other-than-small business in order to receive the award.
Solicitation HT940826RE003 will be issued for this requirement, and this posting will be updated once it is available. The anticipated issue date is on or about 20 March 2026, with an estimated response date of 15 April 2026. Propsective offerors are advised that any selected awardee must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) and have a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) prior to any award being made. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be physically issued, and telephone and faxed requests for the solicitation will not be honored.
- Contract Type: Firm Fixed Price
- Product or Service Code: S203 – Housekeeping – Food
- NAICS Code – 722310; SBA size standard - $47,000,000
- Competition: Full and Open (ie, unrestricted)
- Period of Performance: (Unit of Issue: Months)
- Base Period: 1 July 2026 - 30 September 2026
- Option Period 1: 1 October 2026 – 30 September 2027
- Option Period 2: 1 October 2027 – 30 September 2028
- Option Period 3: 1 October 2028 – 30 September 2029
** This synopsis notice does not in itself represent the issuance of a formal request for proposal and is not intended to be taken as such. Once issued, it is incumbent upon the interested party to monitor SAM.gov for any and all updates to the posting, including Q&A, due date changes (if any), etc.
All questions regarding this notice and future solicitation are to be submitted in writing via e-mail to the below listed POCs. Please use subject line: HT940826RE003 - Nutrition Care Services. Questions submitted to this office will be posted in this notice along with their answers. Vendor identities will not be disclosed. Attached is a draft performance work statement; it may be changed once the solicitation is formally issued. Interested vendors are encouraged to review the PWS and submit any questions they have in advance of the RFP being issued.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| PWS_ Nutrition Care Food Services_Feb 2026.docx | DOCX document |
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