Best Western Smithfield

Best Western Smithfield Mukesh Patel Division is a minority-owned, for-profit hotel business located in Smithfield, North Carolina, operating under the Best Western brand. The entity, registered in SAM.gov since June 30, 2011, is classified as a Subcontinent Asian American-owned business and provides temporary lodging and hotel accommodation services to support federal government operational requirements. Best Western Smithfield operates as a corporate entity that specializes in delivering hospitality services to military personnel and government staff requiring temporary housing in proximity to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

Best Western Smithfield has established a consistent track record of providing lodging services exclusively to the Air Combat Command (ACC) of the U.S. Air Force through multiple federal contract awards spanning from 2021 through 2026. The entity has received five separate BPA call orders for lodging services, with ceiling values ranging from $29,204 to $84,866, all designated for temporary housing near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina. These contracts have supported diverse Air Force missions, including accommodations for reservists, personnel engaged in recruitment efforts, and military personnel on temporary duty assignments. The contracts issued include a $49,248 award for hotel recruitment services (October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022); a $69,970 lodging services contract (December 7, 2022, through September 30, 2023); a $29,204 hotel for reservists contract (October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024); a $35,970 reserve lodging contract designated as a total small business set-aside (October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025); and a $14,300 firm fixed price lodging services order (October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026). Notably, most of these awards carried no set-aside designations, with the exception of the October 2024 contract, which was set aside for small businesses. All awards were issued by Air Combat Command and represent call orders issued under an existing multiple award blanket purchase agreement.

Best Western Smithfield holds a multiple award blanket purchase agreement established by Air Combat Command on November 28, 2022, with a total ceiling value of $250,000 and an ordering period extending through November 27, 2027. This BPA provides ACC with pre-negotiated, flexible procurement authority to issue firm fixed price call orders for hotel and lodging accommodations as operational requirements dictate near Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. Under this IDV structure, ACC has issued numerous task orders to Best Western Smithfield totaling $84,900 to date, reflecting the agency's reliance on the vendor to fulfill its temporary housing needs in support of combat readiness and global air and space operations. The BPA was awarded with no set-aside designation, establishing it as an open competition vehicle available to ACC for procuring essential lodging services in the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base vicinity. This long-term agreement demonstrates ACC's confidence in Best Western Smithfield's ability to deliver reliable hospitality services while maintaining the flexibility necessary to respond to fluctuating military personnel accommodation requirements over a multi-year period.