Disaster Relief - US Forestry Catering

Description: US Forestry Service Catering RFI Purpose: The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to conduct market research seeking to identify vendors who would be interested in offering on a forthcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) for providing the US Forestry Service with Catered meals in support of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support's Subsistence Disaster relief efforts. The 2018 wildfires in California were unprecedented in length and magnitude and this trend is expected to continue. Fires can be expected to happen anywhere in the country, but they are most common in the West, where heat, drought, and frequent thunderstorms create perfect wildfire conditions. Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and California experience some of the worst in the United States. DLA is considering entering into contracts to provide catering support primarily in the western states anytime the US Forestry Service is called upon for firefighting services expected to last at least two (2) days. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a formal Request for Proposal, or promise to issue a solicitation in the future. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in responding to this RFI. All inquiries must be submitted in writing via email to Robin.Novak@dla.mil and Alyssa.Marley@dla.mil.The Government will not entertain any further requests to meet individually with a contractor, and will not respond to any telephonic inquiries in response to this RFI. Please see the below capabilities and requirements for a description of the possible acquisition. Target Audience: All Interested Businesses Disaster Relief - US Forestry Service Catering Requirement: Description - 1. DLA is looking for caterers to provide the Forestry Service daily hot breakfast, boxed lunch, and hot dinner for Incident Management Teams consisting of 200-300 personnel or more for at least 2 days. The length of feeding would depend on the severity of the fire being supported. Meals served would be based off of a menu of the Forestry Service's choosing. Equipment may be needed. Personnel from the US JOBCORP may be used to serve meals Please Respond To The Following Questions: Are you going to prepare at location or are you going to bring already preheated, cooked material? What type of meals will be provided? Please provide sample menus of hot breakfast, boxed lunch, and hot dinner for a 1 week period. If it is a franchise, do you have other franchises that will provide back up support in the event that you are not able to perform? What geographical area does the contractor serve? Are you able to support multiple locations simultaneously? How far are you able to travel and still be able to provide 3 meals per day? What are the breakfast, lunch, and dinner time periods? How much time in between meals would be required to prepare meals? How quickly could you respond to the request to provide meals? Expected notification would be 2 to 3 days. How much time is needed in order to respond to changes in numbers of firefighters to be fed? It may be a surge-like situation where numbers increase significantly within the first few days of the fire. How long can you sustain feeding large numbers of firefighters? What is the estimated cost per meal or per day? Are there any minimum or maximum constraints that we need to be aware of? Responses: If you are interested in offering on such an opportunity, please provide an emailed response by 4:00 PM EST on Tuesday January 8, 2019 to Robin Novak (Robin.Novak@dla.mil) and Alyssa Marley(Alyssa.Marley@dla.mil). Please have the subject of the email response read "US Forestry Catering RFI". Proprietary information or trade secrets, if any, must be clearly marked on all materials. All information received that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. All government reviewing RFI responses will have signed non-disclosure agreements and understand their responsibility for proper use and protecting from unauthorized disclosure of proprietary information as described in 41 U.S.C. - 423. The Government shall not be held liable for any damages incurred if proprietary information is not properly identified.