Butte Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) Noon Meals

The contractor is required to provide daily noon meals consisting of submarine sandwiches with specified ingredients—6-inch white or whole wheat buns weighing at least 2.5 ounces, a minimum of 4.0 ounces of meat, one medium fresh apple, and pre-packaged chocolate chip cookies—to personnel at the Butte Military Entrance Processing Station located in Butte, Montana. Meals must be delivered by 10:30 a.m. daily in temperature-controlled coolers and packaged in sturdy, protective containers. Beverages including carbonated soft drinks, bottled water, ice tea, and whole milk upon request must be included, along with one straw and napkin per meal and individual serving packets of yellow mustard, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, and vinaigrette. All food items must comply with state and local health department sanitation standards, and the preparation facility must maintain current federal, state, and local licenses. The contract is set aside exclusively for small businesses under NAICS code 311991, with evaluations based on a Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable methodology, requiring a valid health inspection report within the past 12 months scoring “A,” “B,” 85 or above, or passing, along with an acceptable past performance record. The base contract period runs from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2027, with two optional one-year extensions through August 2029, each covering 2,259 meals. Payment will be made via Governmentwide Commercial Purchase Card on a monthly basis, with invoices due no later than the third workday of the month following delivery, generated from standardized forms and indicating total lunches delivered. The contractor must accept GPC payment and maintain this capability throughout the contract term, with a monthly limit of 17 cards for processing. All deliveries are FOB destination, with transportation costs borne by the contractor, and packaging and labeling must conform to MIL-STD-130 and MIL-STD-129 for machine-readable identification. Personnel must complete background checks for installation access as required by the installation security office and comply with identity verification requirements under FAR 52.204-9. The contractor must also maintain a government-acceptable self-inspection program, submit records upon request, and comply with requirements relating to combating trafficking, cybersecurity, antiterrorism training, and prohibitions on hexavalent chromium and covered defense telecommunications equipment. The contract includes clauses for electronic payment,