USDA Forest Service - 20##-20## National Mobile Food Service Unit (MFSU) Support
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1202SC24RFI0001
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 722310 Food Service Contractors
- Place of performance
- United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Forest Service has issued a Special Notice for industry input on potential revisions to the National Mobile Food Services (MFSU) Unit support contract for the 2025-2029 period. This Request for Information (RFI) seeks feedback on various aspects of the contract, including an EPA clause for transportation, updates to dispatch procedures, the daily minimum guarantee, supporting spike camps, and dispatch minimum numbers.
The purpose of this RFI is to gather industry input that may inform a future solicitation for commercial, performance-based, multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with fixed-price Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for meal services. While this RFI will not result in awards, the Forest Service is interested in receiving questions and comments from industry by the December 31, 2024 deadline, which should be submitted via the provided QC Form to the specified email address. The contract is set aside for small businesses, and the agency has historically placed over $200 million in orders between 2015-2018, with individual contractors receiving an average of 4 dispatches annually.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
This UPDATED Request for Information (RFI) for National Mobile Food Services will not result in awards. The purpose of this edit is to provide the Questions and Answers from the last RFI meeting held to discuss the next (2025-2029) MFSU iteration.
This Request for Information (RFI) for National Mobile Food Services will not result in awards. Industry input on potential revisions to the current National Mobile Food Services (MFS) Unit support for the 2025-2029 iteration related to:
1) An EPA clause for transportation
2) Updates to Dispatch Procedures
3) Daily Minimum Guarantee
4) Supporting (Food Service) to Spike Camps
5) Dispatch Minimum Number - SOW - D.1.1(e) Ordering Requirements - Any time mobile food services are needed for federal wildland fire incidents in the western United States, the Federal Wildland Fire Agencies, hereinafter referred to as the Government, are obligated to order services from the National MFSU Contractors any time (a) the number of people to be fed is at or above 150 persons per meal and; (b) the headcount is estimated to remain at those numbers, or greater, for at least 72 hours from when the headcount first reaches 150 per meal, provided that the Contractor can reasonably meet the incident’s needs and required time frames.
Please provide Questions & Coments via the attached QC Form to the CO via 2025_29.pqv2cvnjk59v9lzz@u.box.com only. QC received by any other form or means will not be answered.
A solicitation for commercial, performance based, multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with fixed-price Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for meal services may be posted at a future date should it be determined in the government’s best interests.
Thank you for your interest; I look forward to hearing from you.
Update #1 ·
This Request for Information (RFI) for National Mobile Food Services will not result in awards. Industry input on potential revisions to the current National Mobile Food Services (MFS) Unit support for the 2025-2029 iteration related to:
1) An EPA clause for transportation
2) Updates to Dispatch Procedures
3) Daily Minimum Guarantee
4) Supporting (Food Service) to Spike Camps
5) Dispatch Minimum Number - SOW - D.1.1(e) Ordering Requirements - Any time mobile food services are needed for federal wildland fire incidents in the western United States, the Federal Wildland Fire Agencies, hereinafter referred to as the Government, are obligated to order services from the National MFSU Contractors any time (a) the number of people to be fed is at or above 150 persons per meal and; (b) the headcount is estimated to remain at those numbers, or greater, for at least 72 hours from when the headcount first reaches 150 per meal, provided that the Contractor can reasonably meet the incident’s needs and required time frames.
Please provide Questions & Coments via the attached QC Form to the CO via 2025_29.pqv2cvnjk59v9lzz@u.box.com only. QC received by any other form or means will not be answered.
A solicitation for commercial, performance based, multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with fixed-price Contract Line Item Numbers (CLINs) for meal services may be posted at a future date should it be determined in the government’s best interests.
Thank you for your interest; I look forward to hearing from you.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| JS 1202SC24RFI0002 QA_USDA_FS_9_24_2024.docx | DOCX document | |
| 1202SC24RFI0001 2025-29 National MFSU IDIQ RFI 12.15.23.pdf | ||
| 24RFI0001 QuesComm Form - RFI.docx | DOCX document | |
| 2025 Dispatch Procedures (final).pdf | ||
| 2025 EPA Custom Clause C.## (draft).pdf |
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