SOLICITATION NOTICE
73 -- Food Service for USDA Downtown Complex
- Notice Date
- 6/27/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 722310
— Food Service Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Office of Procurement and Property Management, Procurement Operations Division, 300 7th Street, S.W., Room 377, Reporters Building, Washington, District of Columbia, 20024
- ZIP Code
- 20024
- Solicitation Number
- AG-3143-S-11-0057
- Point of Contact
- victoria b. milner, Phone: 2026904358, Joyce B Morrison, Phone: (202) 690-4360
- E-Mail Address
-
vikki.milner@usda.gov, joyce.morrison@usda.gov
(vikki.milner@usda.gov, joyce.morrison@usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture ("the Agency") seeks a reputable dining service management company to operate a dining service program offering innovative and unique approaches to healthy dining and sustainability. USDA's vision is to obtain dining services that mainstream healthy food practices that offer a diversity of freshly prepared food, and has a positive societal impact. The Agency will select a Contractor who will deliver a variety of high quality, freshly prepared, sustainably produced and procured, foods on a daily basis and that creates strong customer satisfaction. The Agency envisions the services under this Contract to be a model for healthy eating and "sustainable" operations. Generally stated, this objective will be realized by operations that will include: • Food and beverage items that are fresh and locally grown or otherwise made or procured in the closest possible proximity to Washington DC and that contribute to a balanced diet and contain the fewest possible additives. • A fully-sustainable dining service program that economically supports sustainable food systems as a way of contributing to the vitality, environmental sustainability, and quality of life in the region. • Back-of-House Operations that include a verifiable waste reduction program; verifiable recycling program, uses (to the fullest extent possible) environmentally preferable products including products that are BioPreferred, made from recycled materials that are recyclable and/or biodegradable; and uses environmentally preferable practices. The Agency employs approximately 7,000 persons at its Headquarters with demographics consistent with federal civilian employees in the Washington DC metropolitan area (55.6% male; 44.3% female) www.opm.gov/feddata/html/prof0908.asp. The buildings are open to the public and on average 2,000 to 3,000 visitors patronize one of the dining facilities each month.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/OPPM/POD/AG-3143-S-11-0057/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDAA, Office of Operations, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, S-313 South Building, Washington, District of Columbia, 20250, United States
- Zip Code: 20250
- Zip Code: 20250
- Record
- SN02483424-W 20110629/110627235021-651f3c81e87501fd461d748cf729718a (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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