Solicitation
Solicitation for MSG Cook Services
Department of State · Sol. 19SZ3527Q0001
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The U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland wants a cook to prepare meals for the Marine Security Guard detachment of nine Marines, about 18 meals a day. Work is on site, five days a week from 10:00am to 5:00pm, for a base year plus two option years. No set-aside; award goes to the lowest-priced acceptable offer.
Watch out for
- Work is overseas in Switzerland. A small U.S. business would need to staff a cook in Geneva and handle local labor rules and access to the Mission, which the notice does not explain.
- Due date in the text conflicts with SAM.gov. The text gives November 9th, 2027 while SAM.gov shows 2026-11-09, so you could miss the real deadline.
Quotations are due by November 9th, 2027.
- Lowest price wins. Award goes to the lowest-priced acceptable offer, so margins may be thin.
submitting an acceptable offer at the lowest price
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Full brief
What they want
- One on-site cook preparing about 18 meals per day for the Marine Security Guards
- Food services five days a week, 10:00am to 5:00pm
- Contractor provides all managerial, administrative and direct labor personnel
- Base year plus two one-year options
- Period of performance
- Base year + 2 one-year option periods (anticipated)
- Place of performance
- U.S. Mission Geneva, Switzerland
- How they'll choose
- Lowest price among acceptable offers; award intended on initial quotations without discussions
- Offers due
- SAM.gov lists 2026-11-09 5:00 PM (UTC+1). The notice text says "November 9th, 2027", which looks like a typo, so confirm the year.
- How to submit
- Electronic response; submit to the address shown on the Standard Form 1449
What they'll judge offers on
- Price (lowest price among acceptable offers)
- Technical proposal acceptability (Section 3 criteria)
What to include when you submit
- Follow the instructions in Section 3 of the solicitation and complete the required portions of the attached document
- Include Section 1 Pricing, Section 3 Technical Proposal criteria and Section 5 Representations and Certifications
You must have
- Be registered in SAM.gov before submitting an offer
Offerors shall be registered in the SAM (System for Award Management) database
- Contractor employee must be on site
Contractor employee shall be on site.
Not in the notice text
- Contract type (fixed price or other) is not stated in the text
- Estimated value is not stated
- Security clearance, local work permit or background check requirements, if any, are in the attached solicitation
- Details of the Section 3 technical criteria
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 9, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Oct 9, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Solicitation
- 19SZ3527Q0001
- Agency
- Department of State
- Office
- American Embassy Geneva
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 311
- Product/service code
- S203
- Business type
- Food & food service
- Contracting contact
- Gavin Elliottelliottgt@state.gov41227494004
Before you respond
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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