SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- Online Student Meals Point of Sale software - RFI
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Department of Defense Education Activity, DoDEA Headquarters Procurement Branch, 4800 Mark Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, 22350, United States
- ZIP Code
- 22350
- Solicitation Number
- HE125418SS3005
- Archive Date
- 12/23/2017
- Point of Contact
- Michael C. Ridley, Phone: 571.372.1402, John M. Baggett, Phone: 571.372.1499
- E-Mail Address
-
Michael.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu, John.Baggett@hq.dodea.edu
(Michael.Ridley@hq.dodea.edu, John.Baggett@hq.dodea.edu)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Student Meals Program (SMP) in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is tasked with providing free and reduced-price meals to prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD). DoDEA operates 165 accredited schools in 8 (recently) consolidated districts. DoDEA’s approximately 17,000 employees serve more than 74,000 children of active duty military and DoD civilian families across 11 countries, 7 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Currently our DoDEA Europe and DoDEA Americas programs administer the Student Meals Program (SMP) use different Point of Sale (POS) software solutions. DoDEA Europe consists of multi-organizational School Food Authority (SFA) exchanges (The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES), and the Navy Exchange (NEX) execute the program with Horizon software. DoDEA America’s SMP consists primarily of internal staff and utilize Meals Plus software. DoDEA SMP must execute the entire process from enrollment, transaction history, inventory production, and program participation for accountability and reporting requirements for each agency utilizing multiple independent systems. The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) issues this Request for Information (RFI) for the purpose of identifying vendors who have the capacity and experience to provide an online system to provide student meals to students that attend the DoDEA schools. DoDEA expects to award one contract for a base year and five option years. This RFI is issued for informational purposes to locate capable businesses. The DoDEA is conducting market research and desires input from the industry to assist in requirements planning. The information requested by this RFI will be used within the DoDEA to facilitate the decision making process and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. Please note: This is not a commercial solicitation and DoDEA will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this RFI.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/DoDEA/ArlingtonVA/HE125418SS3005/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: DoDEA Headquarters, Alexandria, Virginia, 22350, United States
- Zip Code: 22350
- Zip Code: 22350
- Record
- SN04748501-W 20171126/171124230113-00c3ddc1ce3a662d8deb71a5ae68bb9c (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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