Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Supply & Delivery of Packaged Food Products
Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
AI summarySolicitation 70CDCR27Q00000001 is a request for quotation (RFQ: a call for priced offers) open only to small businesses with a physical office within 20 miles of Atlanta, Georgia; teaming and subcontracting are not allowed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), part of the Department of Homeland Security, wants individually packaged breakfast, lunch and dinner delivered daily to its Atlanta Field Office for 77 detainees (the statement of work says up to 72). The response due date is November 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern; the price schedule runs a base year plus three option years, but the statement of work gives different dates. More in the summary
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Summary of the version posted Oct 21, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 4 attachments weren't read (1.15.1-Base-Price+Schedule.xlsx). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Solicitation 70CDCR27Q00000001 is a request for quotation (RFQ: a call for priced offers) open only to small businesses with a physical office within 20 miles of Atlanta, Georgia; teaming and subcontracting are not allowed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), part of the Department of Homeland Security, wants individually packaged breakfast, lunch and dinner delivered daily to its Atlanta Field Office for 77 detainees (the statement of work says up to 72). The response due date is November 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern; the price schedule runs a base year plus three option years, but the statement of work gives different dates.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses can quote (SAM.gov lists a total small business set-aside).
- A physical business location and address within a 20-mile radius of the place of performance in the Atlanta metropolitan area. Quotes that do not meet this are not considered.
- No teaming arrangements and no subcontracting: the quoting business must do the work itself.
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- Active registration in SAM when quoting and at award, with a UEI.
How to submit: Email to Ejikeme.Ezeala@ice.dhs.gov (the contract specialist). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
- Serious: Small businesses within 20 miles of Atlanta only; no teaming or subcontracting. A business without a physical office in the Atlanta area, or one that planned to team with or subcontract to another firm, will be rejected.
- Worth checking: Detainee count differs: 77 in the notice, 72 in the SOW. The notice, RFQ and price schedule use 77 detainees; the SOW says up to 72, so the quantity to price is unclear and worth asking the contracting officer.
- Worth checking: Contract dates differ between the price schedule and the SOW. The price schedule's base year starts November 7, 2026, while the SOW gives a start of November 19, 2026 and an end of November 18, 2030; ask which dates govern.
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- Worth checking: Delivery within two hours of a telephone order. You must be ready to take an order by phone and deliver all of it within two hours, which needs a kitchen or supplier close to Atlanta.
- Worth checking: No guaranteed order volume, yet pricing is for every day. The price schedule shows 365 days at 77 detainees per meal, but the SOW guarantees no minimum orders, so revenue may be lower than the schedule suggests.
- Worth checking: Zero-defect acceptance standard. Any defective or damaged goods in a shipment fail the acceptance criteria, which raises the risk of rejected deliveries.
- Minor: Delivery days stated two ways. The SOW lists delivery 7 days a week, but also Monday through Friday with occasional weekends and 24-hour notice; confirm weekend delivery before pricing.
- Minor: Quote validity: 30 days in the RFQ, 60 days in the clause. The RFQ asks for a quote valid 30 calendar days after close, while the clause 52.212-1 says prices are held 60 calendar days unless an addendum says otherwise; ask which governs.
- Minor: SOW mentions GSA Federal Supply Schedule meals. The SOW purpose line refers to GSA Federal Supply Schedule meals, but the notice names no schedule; it is unclear whether a schedule contract is needed.
- Minor: Special diets and detention standards. Meals must follow ICE detention standards and include nutritionist-certified special diets as required, which may add cost and paperwork.
Read from the notice and 3 attachments. 1 of 4 not read. Show which files.
- 2.2.1-Base- RFQ.docx (read)
- 1.1.4-Base-SOW Clean Copy.docx (read)
- 4.3.1-Att 2-Clauses.docx (read)
- 1.15.1-Base-Price+Schedule.xlsx: not read (the AI doesn't read this file type yet): open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Supply and deliver individually packaged breakfast, lunch and dinner every day to the ICE Atlanta Field Office, Detention Intake Processing Unit, 180 Spring Street SW Suite 106, Atlanta, GA 30303.
- Take one order each day by telephone between 7:30 AM and 1:30 PM and deliver the full order within two hours of the order.
- Deliver between 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM, with a signed receipt for each delivery showing how many meals were provided.
- Minimum meal named in the statement of work (SOW): a cold sandwich (2 slices of white bread, 2 slices of turkey, 1 slice of American cheese), a 1 oz bag of plain salted chips and an 8 oz bottle of water.
- Meet ICE detention standards and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration dietary guidelines, 2,800 to 3,000 calories per detainee per day on average, and provide nutritionist-certified special diets as required.
- Send sealed, tamper-proof packaging with clear expiration dates, plus a quality assurance report of batch testing results or certificates of compliance.
- Provide a product sample for approval on November 24, 2026 and make the first delivery on November 26, 2026 (milestones in the SOW).
- Take part in a monthly performance review at the end of each month.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price per meal, whatever the work ends up costing) under a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and services (FAR Part 12)
- Period of performance
- The price schedule shows a base year (November 7, 2026 to November 6, 2027) plus three option years ending November 6, 2030. The SOW gives a contract start of November 19, 2026 and end of November 18, 2030.
- Place of performance
- ICE Atlanta Field Office, 180 Spring Street SW Suite 106, Atlanta, GA 30303
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Lowest-priced technically acceptable (LPTA): the lowest price among quotes that meet all SOW requirements wins. A quote that is technically unacceptable is out regardless of price.
- Offers due
- November 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern (from the version posted Oct 21, 2026; amended since)
- How to submit
- Email to Ejikeme.Ezeala@ice.dhs.gov (the contract specialist)
- Page limits
- Technical Volume: 5 pages
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical acceptability: the Technical Volume must clearly show the vendor can meet all SOW requirements
- Price: complete pricing for every contract line item number (CLIN: one priced line of the order)
What to include when you submit
- Send two separate volumes: Volume I Technical and Volume II Price, each as a separate file or set of files.
- Volume I: a technical narrative showing you can meet all requirements in the SOW.
- Volume II: complete firm-fixed-price pricing for each meal in each period of performance, using the Government's price quotation template (a spreadsheet).
- Put the solicitation number 70CDCR27Q00000001 and the title Supply & Delivery of Packaged Food Products on the first page of both volumes.
- Include the name, title, phone number, mailing address and email address of your points of contact, and your Unique Entity ID (UEI: your SAM.gov identifier), on the quote.
- Use Microsoft Office-editable file formats, keep each file under 3 MB, keep Excel formulas visible, and do not password-protect files.
- Technical narrative: 12-point Times New Roman, one-inch margins on all sides; tables no smaller than 10-point and graphs no smaller than 8-point.
- Make the quote valid for 30 calendar days after the close of the solicitation.
- Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), the federal contractor registry.
Not in the notice text
- The Government's price quotation template (a spreadsheet, 1.15.1-Base-Price+Schedule.xlsx) is attached but not read, so its exact layout and any extra pricing instructions are unknown.
- The notice and attachments give no dollar estimate for the contract.
- The SOW says late delivery penalties are to be specified if applicable, and none are stated.
- The attached clause 52.217-9 (option to extend) says total duration shall not exceed 240 days; how that fits the four-year schedule is not stated.
- Which of the detention standards (National Detention Standards, Performance-Based National Detention Standards, and others) will apply is not stated; the RFQ says they may include several.
- The SOW says the vendor must be within a 15 to 20 mile radius, while the RFQ says 20 miles; ask the contract specialist which applies.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 722310
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to Ejikeme.Ezeala@ice.dhs.gov (the contract specialist). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 27, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Detention Compliance and Removals, Washington, DC
- Product/service code
- S203 · Housekeeping – Food
- Business type
- Food & food service (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 722310)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 5, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 5, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial products and commercial services prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12. This announcement constitutes only solicitation. Quotations are requested as a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is issuing Request for Quotation (RFQ) No. 70CDCR27Q00000001 for the supply and delivery of packaged food products to the ICE Atlanta Field Office, Detention Intake Processing Unit. The requirement is described in the attached Statement of Work (SOW). ICE seeks a capable small-business vendor to provide individually packaged meals three times daily, seven days per week, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for 77 detainees. The vendor shall provide meals that are financially sustainable, scalable to meet changing requirements, and compliant with all applicable requirements identified in the SOW and applicable ICE detention standards.
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