Fort Rucker, AL Full Food Service

What they want

• Full food service at dining facility (DFAC) Building 5914 (contract line item number,? CLIN, 0003: one priced line of the order) and DFAC Building 6204 (CLIN 0004): food receiving and storage, preparation, serving and facility sanitation, plus remote site feeding for two dining facilities
• Program manager and administrative functions (CLIN 0002A, 35 Months), including a full-time dining facility manager at each facility
• Hours by job at Building 5914, for example First Cook 16,222.5 Hours, Second Cook 40,556.25 Hours, Third Cook 54,075 Hours, Mess Attendant (Clipper Room) 51,371.25 Hours; Building 6204 has its own hours, for example First Cook 10,815 Hours
• A phase-in (CLIN 0001, 1 Months) from December 15, 2026 to January 14, 2027, issued as a separate task order?
• Buy consumables and cleaning supplies (CLIN 0005, 1 Job) and be reimbursed at the actual price paid, with three quotes required for purchases over $15,000
• Send an invoice about once every 30 days with the Invoice Tracker and a Monthly Certified Labor-Hour Summary built from payroll records
• Take part in quarterly performance management reviews and deliver the required reports; a Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Training Plan is due 30 days after award
• A new dining facility is under construction; when it opens, Building 6204 closes for renovation and Building 5914 later closes for good

What they'll judge offers on

• Technical Capability (acceptable or unacceptable): Staffing Plan, covering the program management staffing for CLIN 0002 and, for CLINs 0003-0004, staffing that meets or exceeds the Government estimate in Attachment O or comes with an adequate narrative
• Past Performance (acceptable or unacceptable): recency, relevance to the scope, size and complexity of the work, and how well the referenced contracts were performed
• Price (not scored): checked for being reasonable, complete and balanced; the total evaluated price adds the phase-in, project management and building operations lines for all years, and the option to extend services

What to include when you submit

• Complete the SF 1449 fully, acknowledge all amendments, and give contact information including who is authorized to negotiate; otherwise the proposal is nonresponsive.
• Keep your online representations and certifications in SAM current and accurate, including small business status for NAICS 722310.
• Past performance volume: up to 5 previous Government contracts that are recent (in progress or completed within the last 3 years from the date of the solicitation) and relevant; if you lack 5, recent and relevant subcontracts or commercial contracts may be submitted.
• Past performance volume: send a table of contents, a summary page, and a reference sheet for each contract on Attachment P, at most 10 pages per reference.
• Past performance volume: include the offeror and every subcontractor, teaming partner or joint venture partner proposed to perform 25% of the proposed effort, with a signed consent letter from each (Attachment Q) and a client authorization letter for each commercial customer.
• Ask a reference at each referenced contract's awarding organization to email the completed Past Performance Questionnaire (Attachment R) to the contracting officer and contract specialist before the response due date; you are responsible for making sure the Government receives enough of them.
• Price volume: price every CLIN and SubCLIN on the Attachment G pricing matrix with a unit price and extended amount, and show the basic hourly pay rate for each labor category covered by the wage determination or collective bargaining agreement.
• Staffing: fill in the Attachment H staffing matrix; if staffing differs from the Government estimate in Attachment O, add a narrative describing the difference, why the PWS requirements are still met, how it creates efficiencies, and the risks and how you will reduce them.
• Program management staffing for CLIN 0002: describe labor categories, full-time equivalents, organization, roles and responsibilities, and your reasoning.
• Include a written Mission-Essential Contractor Services Plan (how essential services continue for up to 30 days) and a Property Management Plan; an unacceptable or missing plan makes the offeror ineligible for award.

After award, you must have

• Required insurance: workers' compensation $100,000.00, general liability $500,000.00 per accident or occurrence, and automobile liability with limits stated in Section H; a certificate is due before work starts From Solicitation Amendment - W5168W27RA0140001.pdf: Comprehensive General Liability with minimum limits of: $500,000.00 per accident or…
• On-site project manager with a Common Access Card (CAC), at least 5 years of general supervisory experience and 3 years of specific management experience, and a current Food Protection Manager Certificate (for example ServSafe) before work starts From Attachment A - FRAL FFS PWS 20 Oct 26.pdf: …minimum of 5 years general supervisory experience and shall have at least 3 years…
• Use E-Verify (the Department of Homeland Security online system) to check that employees may work in the U.S. From Attachment A - FRAL FFS PWS 20 Oct 26.pdf: The Contractor shall use E-Verify to facilitate verification status of employees.

Current contractor

No incumbent is named. Attachment L is a 2020 collective bargaining agreement between Southern Foodservice Management, Inc. and Laborers' Local Union 559 for dining services at Ft. Rucker.

Not in the notice text

• Parts of the Solicitation Amendment, Attachment A (PWS) and Attachment F2 (building plans) were attached but not read, and the spreadsheets Attachments B, C, D1-D4, E, G, H, I, K and O (workload data, headcount, property lists, pricing matrix, staffing matrices) and the scanned wage determination (Attachment M) were attached but not read.
• Where and how to send the proposal, and the instructions for the first two volumes, were in the part of the amendment that was not read.
• The Government's estimated contract value is not stated in the parts read.
• Wage rates: Attachment M, the Department of Labor wage determination 2015-4631, was attached but not read; check it on SAM.gov.
• Government estimated staffing numbers (Attachment O) and the pricing matrix (Attachment G) are in unread spreadsheets.
• Whether a site visit is offered is not stated in the parts read.